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 thirty years Mel was an art director and creative director for major advertising agencies in New York City.
Mel is a signature member of national art societies including the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Allied Artists of America, Transparent Watercolor Society 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 sixteen one-man exhibitions of his watercolors. His 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 2009, Mel was honored with the Creative Catalyst Award at the 30th National Exhibition of the Georgia Watercolor Society, the Friedlander Award at the 28th Annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, the Joseph Krasnansky Memorial Award at the 78th Annual Exhibition of the Hudson Valley Art Association, the Swede Johnson Memorial Award at the 36th Annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, and the Cheap Joe's Art Stuff Award at the 41st Annual Exhibition of Watercolor West.
