ABOUT THE ARTIST ANNE CROWN, BWS, DWS

A native of Arlington, VA, award-winning Delaware artist, Anne Crown, has been drawing and painting since childhood. She is a signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society and the Delaware Watercolor Society. She has studied and painted in various media, including printmaking, but paints primarily in watercolor, gouache, and oil, and occasionally acrylic. She is both a studio and plein air painter and has traveled and painted in Austria, France, Holland, Ireland, Italy, and Spain as well as the Bahamas, New England, and the Southwest. When not traveling, Anne enjoys painting in her home studio and exploring nearby areas for inspiration and plein air painting.

In 2004, she developed and curated a 16-person show on barns of Delaware, featuring painters, photographers, and fiber artists. The show, Treasures of the Land: Delaware Barns and Outbuildings, exhibited throughout Delaware, and held silent auctions to benefit the Delaware chapter of Farm Safety 4 Just Kids, a non-profit educational organization promoting a farm environment free from injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among children and youths.

As founding member of the Delaware Watercolor Society, Anne served as president and communications director for many years and enhanced the growth of the organization, through workshops, a newsletter and website, and juried shows in all counties in Delaware.

She has served as a juror and judge for local watercolor exhibitions and has received many awards and recognition for her watercolor and oil paintings, including Individual Opportunity Awards from the Delaware Division of Arts. She is a former copyist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Juried Exhibitions/Awards (Partial Listing) these are in order by year

• Rehoboth Art League, 86^th Annual Members Fine Art Exhibition, Adelia E. Chiswell Award for Outstanding Watercolor (2024)
• Art League of Ocean City, Juried Corporate Partners’ Show, Honorable Mention (April 2024)
• Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Open Juried Show, Complementary Colors, Honorable Mention, September (2023)
• Delaware Watercolor Society, Peninsula Gallery, Juried Signature Artist Exhibition, Sunrise/Sunset, Merit Award, September (2023)
• Rehoboth Art League, 85^th Annual Members Fine Art Exhibition, First Place in Watercolor (2023)
• Delaware Watercolor Society, Nassau Valley Vineyards, Juried Spring Exhibition, Merit Award (2023)
• Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Juried National Exhibition Spring Forward, Watercolor Award, First Place (2021)
• Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor USA, National Juried Exhibition (June-August 2021)
• Scottsdale Artists School, Best and Brightest juried exhibition, First Place in Watermedia (2019), Scottsdale, AZ
• Maryland Federal of Art, Juried Strokes of Genius exhibition, Circle Gallery, Annapolis (2018)
• National Watercolor Society Member Juried Exhibition, Howard Clapp Award, San Pedro, CA (2018)

Education

B.F.A., Painting, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
M.A., Latin American Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
B.S., Spanish, French, Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
A.A., Fine Art, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
A.A., Liberal Arts, Marymount University, Arlington, VA

Memberships

American Watercolor Society, New York, NY
Art League of Ocean City, Ocean City, MD
Art League of Virginia, Torpedo Factory, Gallery 75, Alexandria, VA
Baltimore Watercolor Society, Baltimore, MD - Signature Artist
Delaware Watercolor Society, Rehoboth Beach, DE - Signature Artist, founding member,
and former president and communications director
National Watercolor Society. San Pedro, CA
The Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE