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Emily Gibbons is a watercolor artist, painting and raising her toddler in Cortland, NY. Emily moved to Cortland after earning a degree in Art Studio from SUNY Geneseo. Emily co-teaches workshops with David Beale, in watercolor around the country and internationally, including a yearly workshop in Ireland. She focuses on plein air, landscapes and people. Her travels inspire many of her paintings, as well as her friends and family. She maintains a studio in the Cortland Corset Building.
Juried Exhibitions
Annual Juried Show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca NY, 2021
Spectrum, Stay Home Gallery, Paris TN, 2021
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society's 39th International Juried Exhibition, 2019. Baltimore Watercolor Society Reciprocal Award
Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, 2015
Cortland National Photography Exhibition, 2014, 2015
Appalachian Pastel Society Juried National Exhibition, 2014
Nude Attitude, Peoria IL, 2014
Women in Art, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA, 2013
Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, Rochester NY, 2013
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society's 33rd International Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg PA, 2012
SUNY Geneseo Alumni Juried Exhibition, Lockhart Gallery at McClellan House, Geneseo, NY, 2012
Salon: Strictly Local, The Tech Gardens, Syracuse, NY, 2012
Exposed: The Nude Self, The Shoe Factory Art Co-op, Rochester, NY 2011
Women of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 2011
Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Old Forge NY, 2011
Au Naturel International Exhibition, Astoria OR, 2011
Community Arts Challenge, Homer NY, 2011, 2012, 2013
NY State Fair, Syracuse NY, 2010, 2011, 2013
Cortland Arts and Wine Festival, Cortland NY, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Central Adirondack Show, Old Forge NY, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Image City Photography Gallery, Rochester NY, 2008-2013
Art Awake, Rochester NY, 2009
Select Solo, Group Shows
Plein Air Cortland, McNeil Building Gallery, Cortland NY, 2021
Plein Air to Studio, Ireland's West Coast, Blue Mountain Lake, 2016
Portráidí: People and Portraits, Beard Gallery, Cortland NY, 2016
Solo Show, Chemung Canal Trust Company, Ithaca NY, 2015
Solo Show, Just a Taste, Ithaca NY, 2016
Impressions of Ireland, Beard Gallery, Cortland NY, 2014
Solo Show, Americana Winery, Interlaken NY, 2014
Solo Show, YWCA, Cortland NY, 2013
Solo Show, Waffle Frolic, Ithaca NY, 2013, 2015
Solo Show, Stella's, Ithaca NY, 2013
Solo Show, Cortland Free Library, Cortland NY 2012
Solo Show, Damiani Winery, Burdett NY, 2012
Awards
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Baltimore Watercolor Society Award, 2018
Individual Artist Grant from the Cultural Resources Council, 2012
Strathmore Papers Award, Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, 2011
Outstanding Portrait in Master's Division, Central Adirondack Show, 2014
Third Place, Watercolor, New York State Fair 2014
Green Mountain Watercolor Exibition, Holbein Artist Materials Award, 2015
Workshops
West Cork, Ireland, 2022
May in Mayo, County Mayo, Ireland, 2019
Springtime in the Smokies, Ashville, NC, 2018
Watercolor Workshop, Sandy Point, ME, 2017
Cow House Studios, County Wexford, Ireland, 2017
Watercolor Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 2016
Plein Air Watercolor Workshop, County Galway and Kerry, Ireland, 2015
Painting Workshop, Sedona, AZ, 2015
Painting the Wild Atlantic, County Clare and Cork, Ireland, 2014
Plein Air Watercolor Workshop, Cortland County 2011, 2013, 2014
Affiliations
Cortland Arts Connect
Tioughnioga River Painters
Where to see work
Picture House Gallery, Cortland NY