EDUCATION
AFA (fine art) Ferrum College
BA (graphics) Lynchburg College
Studied with : Don Andrews, Carole Barnes, Karen Bowden, Robert Burridge, Kathleen Conover, Vera Dickerson, Nancy Stark and Rosalie Day White
JURIED and GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 – 157th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, American Watercolor Society The Salmagundi Club, New York City, Jurors: Antonio Masi, AWS, D.F. (Chair) Chris Krupinski, AWS, D.F.
Dongfeng Li, AWS, D.F. ,Bev Jozwiak, AWS, Amid El Haddad, AWS (international juror) (Adrift)
2024 – 45th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA, Eric Wiegardt, juror (Beyond the Roost)
2024 47th Annual Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Panama City Center of the Arts, Panama City, Florida, Lynn D. Pratt, Juror – (The Gossips)
2024 – 16th Annual Riverviews Artspace Juried Exhibition, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA (Juror, Betsy Bannan) As for my Dog and Me
2024-Academy Center of the Arts Juried National Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA (Myles Katherine – juror) Philadelphia Shadows, Both Sides Now
2024 – 92nd Annual Lynchburg Civic Art Show, Georgia Morgan Memorial – Lynchburg Art Club (Dorsey Taylor – Judge)
2023 – Baltimore Watercolor Society – Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition – Art Barn and Kentlands Mansion Galleries, Gaithersburg, MD – (Alexis Lavine – juror/judge of awards) (The Eyes Have It)
2023 – 156th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, American Watercolor Society
The Salmagundi Club, New York City, Jurors: Antonio Masi, Chair, Judi Betts, AWS
Ken Call, AWS, Ken Goldman, AWS, Eric Wiegardt, AWS, DF (The Gossips)
2023 – 46th Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Panama City Center for the Arts, Panama City, Florida, Kathleen Giles, Juror – (The Turn)
2023 – 44th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Williamsburg Contemporary Art Center, Williamsburg, VA, Carol Barnes, juror – (Adrift)
2023 – Academy Center of the Arts Juried National Photography Exhibition, Alex Grabiec, Juror, Lynchburg, VA (Midnight Snack)
2023 – 15th Annual Riverviews Artspace Juried Exhibition, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA, Laura Pharis juror, ( Ethereal)
2023 – Academy Center of the Arts Juried National Exhibition, Hiromi Okumura – Juror, Lynchburg, VA (Beyond the Roost)
2022 – 49th Lynchburg Art Festival – Lynchburg, VA
2022 – Baltimore Watercolor Society – Mid-Atlantic juried exhibition, Catonsville, MD (Kathleen Giles – juror/judge of awards) (Beyond the Roost)
2022 – Academy Center of the Arts Juried National Photography Exhibition, Karen Cohen- Juror/Judge of Awards (Ethereal)
2022 – Show your Best – Lynchburg Art Club – Allen TenBusschen, judge of awards (Mexico Hills III, Red Mountains III)
2022 – 90th Annual Georgia Morgan Memorial, Lynchburg Civic Art Show, Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
2022 -14th annual Riverviews Artspace Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA (Lisa Tubach– Juror) The Turn
2021 – Findings Art Store, 2 person show with John Shuptrine
2021 – 154th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, American Watercolor Society
The Salmagundi Club, New York City, Jurors: Antonio Masi, Chair,
Jean Pederson Karen K. Rosasco Iain Stewart Pasqualino Fracasso (The Turn)
2021 – American Watercolor Society, 2021 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ONLINE EXHIBITION, June 07 – August 20, 2021. Dean Mitchell, Juror (First the Egg)
2021 – 12th Annual Signature American International Watermedia Juried Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA,
Katherine Chang Liu, juror (The Gossips)
2021- Baltimore Watercolor Society – Mid Atlantic Regional Online Exhibition, Ann Abgott – Juror/Judge of Awards, (The Gossips)
2021 – 13th Annual Riverviews Artspace Juried Exhibition – Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA – Elsabe’ Dixon Juror/Judge of Awards (The Gossips)
2021 – Show your Best – Lynchburg Art Club – Siobhan Byrns, judge of Awards (The Turn, Marks the Spot)
2021 – Academy Center of the Arts Juried National Photography Exhibition, Bob Shamerhorn – Juror/Judge of awards, Lynchburg, VA (Red Coat)
2021 – Academy Center of the Arts Juried National Exhibition, Joe Kakura – Juror/Judge of awards, Lynchburg, VA, (Adrift, Marks the Spot, City Canyons)
2021 – Bath County Art Show, John Rice Judge of awards, Hot Springs, VA
2021 – Academy Center of the Arts, 2 person show with Susan Harb,
“He Said, She Said, Consensual Art”
2020 – 100th Anniversary National Watercolor Society International Juried Exhibition, CA –
Katherine Liu, Dean Mitchell, John Salminen, jurors (Adrift)
2020 – 43rd Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Custom House Museum, Clarksville, TN, Mark Mehaffey, juror (Adrift)
2020 – 11th 11th Annual Signature American Watermedia International Juried Exhibition Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA Mark Mehaffey, juror (The Turn)
2020 – 12th Annual Riverviews Artspace National Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA – Jeffrey Cudlin, juror
2019 – Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Exhibition, Black Rock Art Center, Germantown, MD, David Lobenberg, juror (The Turn)
2019 – 42nd Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, Kerrville, TX, Judy Morris, juror ( Due West)
2019 – 40th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibition, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA, John Salminen, juror ( The Dance)
2019- 11th Annual Riverviews Artspace National Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA ,Joseph Krakora, juror
2019- Academy Center of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA – Joan Huiner Ranzini, juror
2019- 28th Annual Central Virginia Watercolor Guild Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA., Nancy Stark, juror
2018 – 39th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibition, Olin Hall Galleries, Salem, VA – Kathleen Conover, juror (First the Egg)
2018- Baltimore Watercolor Society, Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition, Germantown, MD – Kathleen Conover, juror (The Dance)
2018 -25th Annual Red River Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition, Moorhead, MN – Mark Mehaffey, juror
2018 – 41st Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL – John Salminen, juror
2018 – 27th Annual Central Virginia Watercolor Guild Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA., Stephen Doherty, juror
2018 – Academy Center of the Arts National Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA – Laura McManus, Juror
2018 – Academy Center of the Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA, Andrew Ross, juror
2018 – Art at the Mill, Spring Juried show, Millwood, VA
2017 – 9th Annual Riverviews Artspace Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2017 – 53rd Annual Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, VA
2017 – Baltimore Watercolor Society, Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition , Germantown, MD, Frank Ebers, juror
2017 – 40th Annual International Watermedia Exhibition, Houston, TX, Stephen Quiller, juror
2017- 26th Annual Central Virginia Watercolor Guild Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
2017 -Biennial Juried Exhibition – Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke, College , Salem, VA
2017 – Riverviews Artspace 4th Biennial Community Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2017 – Academy Center of the Arts National Photography Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2016 – 36th San Diego Watercolor International Exhibition, San Diego, CA, Mark Mehaffey, juror
2016 – Academy Center of the Arts, National Photography Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2016 – Academy Center of the Arts, National Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2016 – Riverviews Artspace 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2016 – 25th Annual Central Virginia Watercolor Guild Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
2016 – 37th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Gloucester, VA, Mel Stabin, juror
2015 – Bower Center National Juried Exhibition, Bower Art Center, Bedford, VA
2015 – Mid-Atlantic Regional Juried Exhibition- Baltimore Watercolor Society, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Maryland, Mark Mehaffey, juror
2015- 38th Annual Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition – Clarksville, TN, Kathleen Conover, juror
2015 – 36th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Harrisonburg,VA, Mark Mehaffey, juror
2014-Central Virginia Watercolor Guild 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
2014-Virginia Watercolor Society 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA, Nicholas Simmons, juror
2014 – Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition – Baltimore Watercolor Society, University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD, Linda Baker, juror
2013 – 5th Annual Riverviews Juried Exhibition, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
(Erin Stover-Sickmen, Juror) Guanajuato Houses XX
2013 – New River Arts Association 12th Juried Biennial Exhibition
Blacksburg, VA, (Michael Haga, Jeffrey Allison, Robin Boucher, jurors)
Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Guernsey Boatman
2013 – Virginia Watercolor Society 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Charles E Taylor Art Center – Hampton, VA
(Carole Barnes, juror) Guernsey Boatman
2012-Virginia Watercolor Society 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Charles E Taylor Art Center – Hampton, VA
(Dan Smith, juror) Face in the Bridge
2012-2013- Central Virginia Watercolor Guild Annual Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
2011-4th Annual National Juried Exhibition- Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2011 63rd Virginia Highlands Festival – Juried Fine Arts Exhibition – Abingdon, VA
2011-Virginia Watercolor Society 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition,Kilmarnock, VA
2011 -National Juried Multimedia Exhibition- Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2009-11-12-13 Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2009-10-11 Nelson Fine Arts Gallery-Annual Juried Show, Lexington, VA
2009 -10 -13 Riverviews Artspace Juried Art Exhibition, Lynchburg VA
2009-13 Lexington VA – 2nd & 3rd Annual Plein Air Paint Out – Invitational
2009 / 2013 New River Art 2009-Juried Regional Exhibition, Pulaski, VA
2009 Academy of Fine Arts Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA
2009 The 61st Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Fine Art Show, Abington, VA
2009 Central Virginia Watercolor Guild 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
2009 Virginia Watercolor Society 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lorton, VA
2009 Biennial Juried Exhibition Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke College, Salem VA 2008 88th Annual National Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Riverside, CA
2008 29th Annual Roanoke City Art Show Juried Exhibition, Roanoke, VA
2005 The 5th Annual American Landscapes National Juried Exhibition, Annapolis, MD
AWARDS
2024 – M. Graham Watercolor Award – 47th Annual Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Panama City Center of the Arts, Panama City, Florida, Lynn D. Pratt, Juror – (The Gossips)
2024 – Honorable Mention – Lynchburg Civic Art Show, 92nd Annual Georgia Morgan Memorial, Lynchburg, VA (Dorsey Taylor, Judge of Awards) Golden Fields II
2023 – Andrew Wyeth Award – Baltimore Watercolor Society – Mid-Atlantic regional exhibition (Alexis Lavine, juror/judge of awards) The Eyes Have It
2022 – Group Award, Baltimore Watercolor Society – Mid-Atlantic regional exhibition – (Kathleen Giles, juror/judge of awards) Beyond the Roost
2022 – 4th Place, Peery & Woolwine Dentistry Award, 49th Lynchburg Art Festival, Lynchburg, VA (Diego Sanchez, Judge of awards) The Gossips
2022 – Award of Distinction – Lynchburg Art Club, Show your Best, Lynchburg, VA (Allen Tenbusschen, judge of awards) Mexico Hills III
2022 – 1st Place Award – Lynchburg Civic Art Show, 90th Annual Georgia Morgan Memorial, Lynchburg, VA (Richard Pumphrey, Judge of Awards) Yellow Fields V
2021 – Hahnemuhle Paper Award, Baltimore Watercolor Society – Mid-Atlantic regional Exhibition – (Anne Abgott, Juror/Judge of awards) The Gossips
2021 – 2nd place Award – Oil/Acrylic category, Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, VA (John H Rice, judge of awards) On The Way Home
2021 – Merit Award – 32nd Annual Smith Mountain Lake Art Show – Moneta, VA (Jane Stogner, Judge of awards ) Yellow Fields V
2021 – Award of Distinction, Show your Best – Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA – (Siobhan Byrns- Judge of awards) Marks the Spot
2021 – Honorable Mention, Lynchburg Civic Art Show, Georgia Morgan Memorial, Lynchburg, VA (John Morgan, Judge of awards)“Clouds over the Ridge III”
2020 – Holbein USA Award, 43rd Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Clarksville, TN, (Mark Mehaffey – Juror / Judge) Adrift
2019 – John A Crawford Memorial Award of Distinction, 40th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia (John Salminen Juror/Judge of Awards) “The Dance”
2019 – M.Graham & Company Award, Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Juried exhibition, Germantown, MD (David Lobenberg, Juror/Judge of Awards) “The Turn”
2019 – First Place, 87th Annual Civic Art Show, Georgia Morgan Memorial, Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA (Barbara Rothermel, judge of Awards) “San Miguel Shadows III”
2018 – Tom Lobe Memorial Award, 54th Annual Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, VA (Frank Phillips, judge of awards) “Sunset Reds, Bath County”
2018 – Philadelphia Water Color Society Award, Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Juried show, Germantown, MD (Kathleen Conover, Juror/Judge of awards) “The Dance”
2018 – Honorable Mention, Lynchburg Civic Art Show, Georgia Morgan Memorial, Lynchburg, VA ( Dan Shipley, judge of awards) “Nebraska Skies II”
2017 – Judges Choice, Lynn Shapiro Award, Academy Center of the Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA (Carolyn Russo, juror/judge of awards) “Mornings at 7”
2017 – Peery Family Dentistry Award – 45th Annual Lynchburg Art Festival, Lynchburg VA (Jeffry Cudlin, judge) “Covesville Shadows”
2017 – Honorable Mention, 53rd Annual Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, VA (Bradley Stevens, judge) Blue Mountain II
2016 – CVWG Memorial Award, 25th Annual Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA (James Warwick Jones, judge) “First the Egg”
2016 – The William Thomasson Family Award, 44th Annual Lynchburg Art Festival, Lynchburg, VA (Amy Shawley, judge) “Valley Trees”
2015 – N. B. Handy Award, 43rd Annual Lynchburg Art Festival, Lynchburg, VA (Elizabeth Geiger, Judge) “Southside Virginia”
2014 – Shelly Bechtel Shepherd Memorial Award- 50th Annual Bath County Art Show-Warm Springs, VA (Al Gury, Chair of the Painting Department, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Award of Merit – 82nd Annual Georgia Morgan Memorial ShowLynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA (Ron Boehmer, Judge) “Southside Virginia”
2013 Abe M Schewel Memorial Award – 41st Annual Lynchburg Art Festival-Lynchburg, VA (Nancy Bass – judge)”View from Goshen, VA”
2013 Award of Excellence, Central Virginia Watercolor Guild 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA (Jan Ledbetter, judge) San Miguel Shadows
2013 Honorable Mention, Judge’s Choice, 49th Annual Bath County Art Show-Warm Springs, VA (Michael Haga, Judge) One Tree Valley
2011 Honorable Mention – 63rd Annual Virginia Highlands Festival – Juried Fine Arts Exhibition – Abingdon, VA
2011 Members Choice Award -12th Annual Juried Show-Nelson Fine Arts Gallery – Lexington, VA
2010 Best Mixed Media Award – Sidewalk Art Show, Roanoke, VA
2010 Award of Excellence – 62nd Annual Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Art Show -Abingdon, VA
2010 Third Place Oils – 46th Annual Bath County Art Show
2010 Royal County Arts Award – Lynchburg Art Festival
2009 Shirley Duncan Hobbs Memorial Best in Show Award – Lynchburg Art Festival
2009 Award of Distinction – Miller Off Main Galleries – New River Art Show
2009 Bill Byers Memorial Award – Nelson Fine Arts Gallery 10th Annual Juried Show
2009 Award of Merit – 61st Annual Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Fine Art Show – Abingdon, VA
2008 Lynchburg Art Club President’s Award – 36th Annual Lynchburg Art Festival
2007 Award of Excellence – 59th Annual Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Art Show- Abingdon, VA
2006 Award of Excellence – 58th Annual Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Art Show – Abingdon, VA
BIO
A native Virginian who works and resides in Forest, VA, David Eakin received degrees in fine art from Ferrum College, VA and graphic arts from University of Lynchburg, VA.
He has studied with Don Andrews, Carol Barnes, Karen Bowden, Robert Burridge, Kathleen Conover, Vera Dickerson, and Nancy Stark. Since 1999 he has been studying oil & gouache with Rosalie Day White of Lynchburg, VA. Over the past 20 years Eakin has participated in the Summer Artists Program at Nimrod Hall, Bath County, VA. He paints in oil, gouache and acrylic.
Eakin is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the Baltimore Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society and the Virginia Watercolor Society. He has served as chair and co-chair of the Annual Lynchburg Art Festival in Lynchburg VA for over 20 years. In 1996, he joined Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg, VA. Eakin was a co-chair of the 2014 and is co-chair of the 2024 Virginia Watercolor Exhibition. His studio is located at Art on 12TH Studios #7 (422 12th Street in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia).
Eakin’s work has been selected for Virginia juried exhibitions in Abingdon, Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Danville, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Richmond and Staunton as well as national and international juried shows in California, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. His work has received awards in regional as well as national and international exhibitions.
“The Eyes Have It” received the 2023 Andrew Wyeth Award, “Beyond the Roost” received the 2022 Group Award at the Baltimore Watercolor Mid-Atlantic Exhibition. “The Gossips” received the 2021 Hahnemühle paper Award, “The Turn” received the 2019 M. Graham & Company Award and “The Dance” received the 2018 Philadelphia Water Color Society Award at the Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Exhibitions. In 2020, “Adrift” received the Holbein USA Award at the Southern Watercolor Society Exhibition. “The Dance” received an Award of Distinction at the 2019 Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibition. “Walk from the Mirador” received the Best in Show Award at the 37th Annual Lynchburg Art Festival.
David Eakin exhibits work at The Lynchburg Art Festival & Art Club; The Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA; The Alleghany Highlands Arts & Craft Center, Clifton Forge, VA; and at Studio 7 / Art on 12th at The Art Box in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia.
You can see more of David’s work at – www.davideakin.com