ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mel Stabin, AWS, NWS, is an internationally known teacher, author, and award-winning watercolorist. A graduate of Pratt Institute, Mel studied the art of watercolor with Edgar Whitney. For over 30 years Mel was an art director and creative director for major advertising agencies in New York City.
Mel is a signature member of many national art societies including American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Transparent Water- color Society of America, Allied Artists of America, and Watercolor West.
His paintings have been the recipient of numerous national awards and have been represented in major exhibitions including the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, National Academy of Design, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Watercolor West, Allied Artists of America, Butler Institute of American Art, North East Watercolor Society, and New Jersey Watercolor Society.
Mel has had 16 one-man exhibitions of his watercolors. In September 2010, he will have a one-man exhibition at the Belskie Museum of Art in Closter, New Jersey. Mel's paintings are in many private and corporate collections. His work can be viewed in the "Featured Artists" section of the New American Gallery website at www.newamgallery.com. Mel was a director for the American Watercolor Society's 2005 and 2006 exhibitions and was a Juror of Selection for the American Watercolor Society's 2006 Annual International Exhibition.
In 2010 Mel was honored with the "Digital Arts Studio Award" at the Georgia Watercolor Society's 31st National Exhibition, the "Bradley C. Barnard Award" at the 29th Annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor, and the "Edgar A. Whitney Memorial Award" at the 79th Annual Exhibition of the Hudson Valley Art Association.
