I received my art training some 40+ years ago first at UTA then Arlington State College and finished with a BA from North Texas State University, now UNT. My art career started in Dallas as a staff artist at Southwestern Life Insurance. My next 33+ years would take me through several small advertising agencies as an Art Director. Later as the industry changed, I found that the production side of the business appealed to me more as a Production Manager, buying art, photography and printing for agency projects.

I retired from a 33 year career in advertising in 2004 and began thinking about a retirement career. I began painting in watercolor in May of 2006 after reading many books and taking a weekly watercolor course from Tom Wellman at the Irving Heritage Center. Since then, I have taken workshops from Nita Leland, Carl Dalio, Naomi Brotherton, Arne Westerman and Mark Mehaffey.

I am editor of the SWS SCENE newsletter, Membership Show/ Publicity Chairman of Irving Art Association and Newsletter Editor for the Association of Traditional Artists.

I had my first show in February of 2008 at the Jaycee Center for the Arts in Irving. It was gratifying to see all of my collected work hung in a show. It was well attended for the venue. Some 20 or so patrons viewed the show.

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E-mail: ron@ronswatercolors.com