Pamela Leggate Watercolors

Pamela Leggate self portrait

Pamela Leggate, Award-Winning Watercolorist

Leggate specializes in transparent watercolors and has spent decades practicing her art and refining her technique.

Throughout her career, she has earned accolades and awards at local, state and regional shows and exhibitions.

Awards and Honors (click arrow for dropdown list)

2024

New Jersey Watercolor Society 82nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition --"New Jersey Sunset" -- Garden State Watercolor Society Award

Women in Watercolor 5th Annual International Juried Competition -- "Forgotten Sentinel" -- Honorable Mention

The Ridgewood Art Institute 44th Annual Open Juried Show — "Simple Pleasures"

2023

The Ridgewood Art Institute 43rd Annual Open Juried Show — "The White Rose"

"Their Future is in the Past" wins FIRST PLACE WATERMEDIA / Associate Member Division in the Garden State Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, November

2022

Garden State Watercolor Society 52nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition — "Abandoned Studio"

New Jersey Water Color Society 80th Annual Open Juried Exhibition — "The White Rose"

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 42nd Annual International Juried Exhibition — "Forgotten Sentinel"

Pamela Leggate original watercolor “Gloucester Docks” in 42nd Annual Juried Show of The Ridgewood Art Institute, 12 East Glen Ave., Ridgewood, New Jersey; Feb. 16 – March 6

2021

NJWCS (New Jersey Water Color Society) Elected Member

2020

THE RIDGEWOOD ART INSTITUTE AWARD at the NJWCS (New Jersey Watercolor Society) 78th Annual Open Juried Exhibition (link to NJWCS award winners page). Winning work: “Forgotten Sentinel”

2019

SECOND PLACE WATERCOLOR — Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts 2019 Fall Open Juried Exhibition

Pam’s original watercolor “The Cloister” in The New Jersey Water Color Society’s 77th Annual Open Juried Exhibition — Middletown Arts Center, Middletown, New Jersey, Oct. 7 through Nov. 3, 2019.

2018

HONORABLE MENTION — Bergen County Senior Art Show 2018 Professional Watercolor

THIRD PLACE — Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts – 2018 Open Juried Show

HONORABLE MENTION — Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts – Winners’ Circle Exhibition – June 24-July 22, 2018. Reception, July 15, Ringwood Manor State Park, Barn Gallery, 1304 Sloatsburg Rd., Ringwood, New Jersey 07456

2017

FIRST PLACE WATERCOLOR — Art Center of Northern New Jersey; Focus New Jersey Juried Show 2017

FIRST PLACE WATER MEDIA — Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts 2017 Open Juried Show

SECOND PLACE WATER MEDIA — Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts 2017 Members Show

HONORABLE MENTION WATERCOLOR — Art Center of Northern New Jersey; Focus New Jersey Juried Show 2016

2016

SECOND PLACE WATER MEDIA — Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts 2016 Open Juried Show

HONORABLE MENTION WATERCOLOR — Bergen County Senior Juried Art Show 2016 Professional

FIRST PLACE WATER MEDIA — Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts 2016 Members Show

Their Future Is in the Past

2023 Winner

November 2023, "Their Future is in the Past," wins First Place Watermedia / Associate Member Division in the Garden State Watercolor Society Members Exhibition.

About the Artist

Pamela Leggate has been drawing and painting all of her life. She has a degree in art education from Kutztown University and extensive experience as an art educator and painting instructor in a variety of educational settings.

She is a native of the Northeast, but has lived abroad and travels widely. Her art is heavily influenced by her travels.

Her work is widely exhibited in the northeastern United States, as well as in the United Kingdom. Her travels provide inspiration for her painting. Many works feature scenes in England and Scotland.

She draws and paints in several media, but focuses on transparent watercolor. When choosing a subject, she is most drawn to the quality of the light on the object versus the object itself. Her works reveal the play of light against dark and dark against light, often within the same painting.

Gloucester Docks

The White Rose

Professional Memberships

Art Center Watercolor Affiliates (ACWA) - Member

Garden State Watercolor Society - Associate Member

New Jersey Watercolor Society (NJWCS) - Signature Member

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society - Associate Member

Abandoned Studio

Inspiration

Every time I begin a new painting I’m filled with excitement. Planning the composition. Choosing the colors. How should I limit my palette? What am I trying to show, and what should be left unsaid?

There is such joy in watercolors and all that they can do. They are full of surprises. The pleasure of exploring ways to push brush and paint across paper, or dropping a blossom in where it’s least expected.

Pamela Leggate

Contact Pamela Leggate via email at LeggateArt(at)gmail(dot)com

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