Watercolors by Jim Oberst Blog

Last week I found out that I've had one painting juried into the Mid-Southern Watercolorists Annual Exhibit this year. It is Sound of ...

I'm just back from a 3-day watercolor workshop taught by Timothy J. Clark in Van Buren, Arkansas. It was somewhat unusual compared to m...

I'm scheduled to teach a 3-day watercolor workshop under the auspices of Brush Strokes in Hot Springs Village on July 14th to 16th. The...

I will be featured at Gallery 726 , located at 726 Central Avenue in Hot Springs, during the month of April. In this show, titled Town and ...

I framed a few new paintings to display at Gallery 726 in April and May... I'll be featured there in April. Both of these are half-shee...

It's been about two and a half months since I began my weekly watercolor project - adding an additional small watercolor painting to my ...

Jeanette and I just returned from a two-week vacation in Kauai. I think we came home too soon, with all this snow! In any case, I took a ...

The Mid-Southern Watercolorists Annual Fall Members Show will be hung at the Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs during the month of January. ...

This seems to be the season of demos for me. Last Thursday, Barb Seibel invited me to do a 2-hour painting demo for her Brush Strokes -spon...

My new website, Weekly Watercolor by Jim Oberst at www.weeklywatercolor.com , is now active. It consists of three main pages: the Gallery, ...

I have established a new Facebook page to provide real-time information about all of my art activities. Clicking on this link - Watercolor...

The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs is sponsoring its annual member's Holiday Show during the month of December. I will have two of my...

Today I gave a painting demonstration to TAG, the Traditional Artists Group of Hot Springs. I chose to repeat the painting Early Snow that...

I was recently commissioned by Barbara White of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, to create a painting of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth...

I will be Featured Artist at the Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, located at 610A Central Avenue, during the month of November. Please join...

Last Wednesday, Richard Stephens gave me the opportunity to teach one session of his annual Garland County Library watercolor beginners clas...

The Springs Magazine is a monthly guide to arts, entertainment, and activities in Hot Springs, Arkansas. My painting Fall Firetrees was c...

During August, Jeanette and I took a cruise in Scandinavia that stopped in many cities in that region. The embarkation city was Copenhagen,...

My painting Clinton Avenue Looking West was awarded second prize in watercolor on paper at the 2009 Diamond National Exhibit sponsored by t...

I will be featured artist at Gallery 726 , located at 726 Central Avenue in Hot Springs, during the month of September. I'll be exhibit...