Exhibiting in Virginia Avery Memorial “Reflections II” Juried Art Exhibition

"Edge of Autumn"

Krys Pettit

Watercolor on Paper

14"H x 20"W

"Windswept"

Krys Pettit

Watercolor on Gesso-coated Paper

11"H x 15"W

I am very honored to have two of my original paintings shown above chosen for exhibit at the Virginia Avery Memorial “Reflections II” Juried Art Exhibition sponsored by the Art Committee of the Atlanta Branch of the The National League of American Pen Women. It was open to all Georgia Women Artists and exhibit dates are August 1~21, 2020. 


It is rare to have an actual physical exhibit lately in the Atlanta area because of the challenges of COVID so I am particularly delighted to have my work physically on display with a talented group of women artists. The exhibit is at the Bowen Center for the Arts in Dawsonville, Georgia, about an hour north of Atlanta.

Visit my website for a sampling of my work and custom house portraiture:

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Wild Oats and Billy Goats is a great, eclectic fine art and craft gallery in Decatur, GA and I am thrilled be a part of their tribe:

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Etsy is a great marketplace for fine art and craft and I have had my store there for a number of years.  You'll find prints and my medium-sized oils, acrylic and watercolors.

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Looking for art to fill your home and within budget?  I regularly put out studies, smaller works, and older pieces for auction at my eBay store.  It's fun to bid and win and I keep the work varied and fresh:

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One Heck Of a Year

Taking a chance, choosing a new road, mapping out a new destination for an art career--these things have filled 2019 to the brim for me. All are exciting, challenging and a bit daunting. Like the many paths we hike on there are easy ways, narrow and cluttered ways, and they always are going up (mountain hiking). Once you're at the top you find a remarkable reward, not unlike the above spectacular view in this photograph I took. The year's journey has been nothing but rewarding.   

I would like to share with you some of the paintings and locations where I have shown my work in the last 8 months in my new North Georgia home. I am truly blessed and grateful for the wonderful opportunities that have presented themselves to me. I am especially grateful to my followers, collectors, friends and fellow artists who have been along for this wonderful ride I have taken.  

Happy Holidays and joy to you all.

"Winter Woods" watercolor on paper

Exhibited at The Quinlan Visual Arts Center Member Juried Exhibition 

Gainesville GA

 "October Leaves and Grasses"

Exhibited at The Georgia Art League Color Theory Judged Exhibition and 

The Bowen Art Center Fall Juried Exhibition

Gainesville GA and Dawsonville GA 

"Coming Home" watercolor on paper 

Exhibited at The Bowen Art Center Fall Juried Exhibition

Dawsonville GA 

"Three Together" watercolor on paper

Exhibited at The Bowen Art Center Fall Juried Exhibition

Dawsonville GA

"Edge of Autumn" watercolor on paper

Exhibited at The Downtown Gallery Fall/Holiday Juried Exhibition

Cartersville, GA

"Remains of An Empire" watercolor on acrylic paper

Exhibited at Tannery Row Art Colony Juried Fall Exhibition

Buford GA

"Early Morning Meeting" watercolor on paper

​Exhibited in “Reflections” 2019 National Pen Women Juried Art Exhibition

Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA

 "Windswept" watercolor on gessoed coated paper

"The Red Gate" oil on canvas panel

Both Exhibited and awarded prizes 

Georgia Art League Color Theory Judged Exhibition 

Gainesville GA

"Market Day" watercolor on paper

"Rush Hour" watercolor on paper

Both Exhibited Gadsden Art Associational Juried Exhibition

Gadsden AL Museum of Art

"You Can Never Have Too Much Garlic" watercolor on paper

"Yellow Pears in a Blue Glass Bowl" watercolor on paper

Both exhibiting in venues in historic downtown Norcross GA

Too see more of my work please visit my website:

Krys Pettit Artist

Change and Upheaval

No more palm trees in my yard -- spectacular hardwoods and rolling hills  now surround me

Relocation has its own particular stress. A positive exciting time, new places, new opportunities, beautiful topography and a wonderful, dare I say, perfect house.  Such was my artistic life for the last 6 months. Rather than creating art I spent my months packing a house and unpacking a house. I found myself keeping company with  200 plus Uhaul boxes.  Bubble wrap -- certainly enough bubble wrap to encircle the globe at least once.  Rolls and rolls of packing tape.   I hate packing tape but I grew fond of the clear stuff vs the brown stuff as the months went on.

After decades in a warm, tropical climate we realized we had enough of paradise. Or at least paradise as tourists and developers imagined it. So we searched for 3 yrs and found a location that was right and comfortable for our life style. Quiet, surrounded by woods, mountains, lakes, and some darn good wineries.  All the details fell into place over a short period of time.  No worries -- I can pack and coordinate the moving of 2 home offices and an entire house.  Let's just say it all worked out wonderful but stress eating (and occasional day drinking) resulted in a comfy extra 10 pounds.

And now I am here. After 6 months of adjustment I am finally finding my way back to healthy eating and creating art.  

I am fortunate to have a spectacular location, quiet and with great opportunities to show my work in the region. More than that I have two spaces to work in -- a designated area for office cum watercolor studio and a room in a basement of oil and acrylic work where I don't need to worry about whether the paint dripped on the floor.

New work is slowly taking shape - looser, better composed, plus exploring some new methods.  I'm inspired by the local landscape as the seasons make themselves know but am also revisiting old memories that end up on canvas and paper.  

"Late Afternoon Glow" © Krys Pettit, watercolor on gessoed paper, 11"Hx15"W

"Red Bud Season" © Krys Pettit, watercolor on paper, 15"Hx11"W

I have been lucky to become part of a local art coop where I can show my work and was thrilled to be accepted in a state-wide exhibit showing in late summer/fall.

More than anything I am grateful. Grateful to have the means to be in a new location, to be excited by new places and opportunities and to have my life as an artist.  It is, indeed, all good.

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