Deborah Conn

Deborah Conn is primarily a watercolorist, but she works in acrylics, collage, and various forms of drawing media as well. Her favorite subjects are people (and dogs).

Deborah's paintings have been shown at NOVA, the Torpedo Factory and Green Spring Gardens in Virginia; Strathmore Hall in Maryland; and in other national and regional exhibits. Her solo show at the Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in May 2018, "A Sense of Herself," featured large-scale works of women.

She is an artist-in-residence at Palette22 restaurant in Shirlington, where she sketches patrons' dogs, and often joins other Falls Church Arts artists at the Falls Church Farmers Market, where she does the same.

Awards include:

• Honorable Mention, Art League Gallery, April 2018
• First Place, PVW NOVA exhibit, 2017
• Award of Excellence, Virginia Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, 2016
• Third Place, Frames of Mind Exhibit, Vienna, Va. 2016
• Potomac Valley Waterolorist Memorial Award, 2015
• Honorable Mention, PVW Green Spring Gardens Show, 2014

She is a signature member of Potomac Valley Watercolorists and the Baltimore Watercolor Society and an artist member of the Virginia Watercolor Society. She also belongs to Falls Church Arts, the Art League of Alexandria, and Vienna Arts Society.

Deborah teaches beginning and intermediate watercolor classes at her home studio in Falls Church, Virginia, as well watercolor classes on Cunard, Celebrity, and Azamara cruises.

Website: www.deborahconn.com