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"Tidal Pools" Acrylic on Belgian Linen (12"H x 16"W) Copyright © 2018, Wendell Graham; All rights reserved. Currently on exhibit at the 26th Street Manatee County Library in Bradenton, Florida. (Original or limited edition giclees available)

"Gorilla gorilla gorilla" is part of my endangered and threatened species series. This watercolor is of the critically endangered Western lowland gorilla, one of two subspecies of the western gorilla. This magnificent male Silverback sitting back pondering is from Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. It measures, 30.00"H x 22.00"W; Copyright © 2018, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. Selected as Alternate for 2019 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibit (Carol Carter, Juror); Previously on exhibit at the 26th Street Manatee County Library in Bradenton, Florida. (Original destroyed in Hurricane Helene) Giclees available.

"Silent" is part of the endangered and threatened species series. This watercolor piece represents the alluring snow leopard--allusive and solitary, this big cat's eyes follow you in this abstract rendition. It measures, 22.00"H x 30.00"W; Copyright © 2018; Wendell Graham; All rights reserved. Currently on exhibit at the 26th Street Manatee County Library in Bradenton, Florida. (Original or limited edition giclees available)

"I Love You More Than Bacon" is an oil on panel measuring 18.50"H x 26.00"W; It was during a local 4-H swine show that this adorable butt sauntered in front of the crowd; Copyright © 2018, Wendell Graham; All rights reserved. (Giclees available - original destroyed in Hurricane Helene)

"The Watchman" is a sweet oil on Belgium linen panel. While hiking a section of the Appalachian Trail on a dreary, rainy, cold and misty day, we stopped at a trail shelter and were greeted by this service dog wearing a shawl belonging to another hiker. This dog stayed out in the rain the rest of the day watching the woods for any threat of danger and only came in at night after much coaxing by his master. Copyright © 2018, Wendell Graham; All rights reserved. (South Carolina, Private Collection)

"Hide n Seek" (Mixed Media on Yupo) 32" x 25.5" Formerly displayed at the Sarasota Herald Tribune Building on Main Street, Sarasota, Florida September 2013 and at the Manatee County 26th Street Library, Bradenton, Florida May-December 2015 Copyright © 2012, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"Coquina Waves" (Oil on Canvas) Juried into 7th Annual Dog Days of Summer Show at artUptown Gallery in Sarasota, Florida (2015). Copyright © 2015, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"Peacock" (Acrylic on Yupo) Third Place - Mixed Media Category The Windsor at Lakewood Ranch 6th Annual Invitational Art Show - 1-30 March 2013 17" x 14" - Copyright © 2012, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"Naptime" (Oil on Belgium linen), Wendell Graham (North Carolina Private Collection)

"Sovereign" (Water Media on Yupo ) 47"x33" Juried into 9th Biennial National Art Exhibition (Carl Samson, Juror) at the Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, Florida, February 2014; Juried into the Annual Florida Flavor Exhibit at ArtCenter Sarasota July 25 - September 6, 2013 - Juror: Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, St Petersburg Museum of Fine Art Copyright © 2013, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"WHO!!" (Water Media on Yupo ) 47"x33" Awarded 2nd Place at Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Show in Palmetto, Florida, January 18 – February 18, 2014 – (Juror: Helen Burkett); Awarded Merit at 1st Annual Florida Flavor Exhibit at ArtCenter Sarasota July 25 - September 6, 2013 - Juror: Katherine Pill, Assistant Curator of Art after 1950, St Petersburg Museum of Fine Art Copyright © 2013, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"Morning Stillness" (Water Media on Yupo ) 47"x33" Juried into: Manatee ArtCenter Show; Sarasota ArtCenter Show; and Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Show; 2014 Copyright © 2014, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (South Carolina Private Collection)

"Stand Up Trio" ...(Water Media on Yupo ) (Original or giclees available) Juried into 26th Annual Harvest of Art Exhibition at the Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, Florida, November, 2015 - Copyright © 2015, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"Ovis dalli" (47"x33") "PEOPLE'S CHOICE" Award winner in the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Open Aqueous Show, 5-29 December 2017 in the Goff Gallery, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, Florida (John Bayalis, Juror). Juried into the Florida Watercolor 2017-18 Online Show (Bev Jozwiak, 2018 FWS Online Show Judge). Juried into the State-wide Florida's Finest Exhibit at ArtCenter Sarasota, July 6 - August 11, 2017 - Juror: Lynn Whitelaw, Founding Director & Curator of Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art , St Petersburg, Florida; Copyright © 2017, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Giclees available - original destroyed in Hurricane Helene)

"Louie" (Water Media on Yupo) "33"H x 47"W Juried into 2nd Annual All Florida Flavor art exhibition, ArtCenter Sarasota, 2014; Juried into Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Show, 2014 Copyright © 2014, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Giclees available - original destroyed in Hurricane Helene)

"Specter" (Mixed Water Media on Yupo) 43"x47"; Juried into "Something to Talk About Open Exhibition" at ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, Florida, September, 2016 (Roger Parent, Juror) Copyright © 2016, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved (Available)

"Grouper" (Water Media on Yupo) (Original or giclees available) Honorable Mention Award - ArtCenter Manatee (Bradenton, Florida) - Retrospective Color - Juried Show 2012 and Selected into Florida Watercolor Society 2012 Juried On-line Show (Soon Y. Warren, Juror) and 2nd Annual ISEA Member Only Virtual Exhibition-November 2016 (Jurors, Maxine Masterfield, Elaine Daily Birnbaum) 29" x 40" Copyright © 2012, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"The Cassion" (Mixed Water Media on Yupo) (46"w x 27"h); Awarded Second Place by Juror Bob Burridge in the Florida Watercolor Society 2023 Non-Signature Online Show; Juried into the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Open Aqueous Juried Show in the Searle & Reid Hodges Galleries of ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, Florida, February 8 - March 18, 2022 (Juror Frank Spino); Copyright © 2022, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved (Giclees available - original destroyed in Hurricane Helene)

"Lurking", Juror, Mark Mehaffey for selecting "Lurking" as one of the 80 paintings for the 43rd Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition which was to be held in May 2020 at the Custom House Museum in Clarksville, Tennessee. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical show was cancelled, and in its place an online virtual show was created. Lurking received the "Holbein Merchandise Award" which I am so grateful to Mark Mehaffey for selecting Lurking for this award and to Holbein Fine Art Manufacturing for their generosity. Lurking was also one of 150 out of 537 entries accepted by Juror Dawn Emerson to show in the 12th Biennial National Art Exhibit hosted by the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, Florida. February 7 - March 24, 2020. Lurking was also awarded 3rd Place in ArtCenter Manatee's "Go Wild" open, all media, juried exhibition October 8 - November 8, 2019; Juror: Kim Anderson. This mixed-water-media on Yupo paper brings the American alligator right into your living room. You can sense the menacing power and allure of this formidable reptile as he lurks in the shadows of the grasses. Measuring 26.00"H x 40.00"W; Copyright © 2019; Wendell Graham; All rights reserved. Available.

"Fish" (Water Media on Yupo) "33"H x 47"W; Juried into The 13th Biennial National Art Exhibition hosted by the Visual Art Center in Punta Gorda, Florida February 18 - April 16, 2022. It is one of the nation’s most prestigious juried exhibitions of two-dimensonal media. Juror: Dean Mitchell; Juried into ArtCenter Sarasota, 2022; Juried into Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Show, 2022 Copyright © 2022, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Giclees available - original destroyed in Hurricane Helene)

"Manatee Matoval" (Water Media on Yupo) "25"H x 60"W; Juried into "New Beginnings" Exhibition at the Visual ArtCenter, Punta Gorda, Florida from January 12 –February 8, 2022; Copyright © 2022, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Available)

"The Bull Rider" - Oil on Canvas (40" x 30") Copyright © 2017, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. Juried into the "Art from the Heart" Open, All Media, All Subjects, Juried Exhibition at ArtCenter Sarasota, January 25 - February 24, 2018 - Juror: Eszter Sziksz, Internationally Recognized Printmaking Artist; and juried into The Inaugural All-Florida Cowboy Art Championship in Arcadia, Florida 2018. (Available)

"Coming Home" - Oil on Canvas (16" x 31.5") - Juried into the State-wide Florida's Finest Exhibit at ArtCenter Sarasota, July 6 - August 11, 2017 - Juror: Lynn Whitelaw, Founding Director & Curator of Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art , St Petersburg, Florida; and The Inaugural All-Florida Cowboy Art Championship in Arcadia, Florida, Copyright © 2016, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"Long Day" - Oil on Canvas (13"H x 16"W); Juried into ArtCenter Sarasota's "Made Fresh: Juried Members Exhibtion (Juror: Marianne Chapel), Sarasota, Florida, May 2019; Juried into ArtUptown's "11th Annual Dog Days of Summer" Exhibition (Juror: Nathan Beard), Sarasota, Florida, July 27 - August 30, 2019; copyright 2019 by Wendell Graham (All Rights Reserved)

"4.11" (Watercolor on #300 Arches) Juried into the 42nd Southern Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition; Kerr Arts & Cultural Center; Kerrsville, Texas; May 23-July 6, 2019 (Judy Morris, Juror); Currently on exhibit at the 26th Street Manatee County Library in Bradenton, Florida. Copyright © 2018, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Available)

"Cetacea" (Water Media on Yupo) ("33"H x 47"W) Awarded Honorable Mention in "What Lies Beneath" Juried Art Show at ArtCenter Sarasota, December, 2015 (Jurors: Nancy Goff & Morgan Janssen) and Awarded Merit Award at Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society "Open Aqueous Show" at Ringling College of Art & Design Willis Smith Gallery, May 20, 2016 (Rose Edin, Juror) Copyright © 2015, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Available)

"Off the Beaten Path" (Water Media on Yupo) "33"H x 47"W; Juried into the 45th Annual Juried Exhibition at ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, Florida April 12 - May 13, 2022; Juror Ken Call; Juried into Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Show, 2022 Copyright © 2022, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Florida Private Collection)

"The Berry" (Watercolor on Yupo) (49" x 35.5") Juried into the Florida Watercolor Society's 52nd Annual Exhibition September 25 - October 26, 2023 at the Webber Gallery in Ocala, Florida. (Andy Evansen, Juror ); Copyright © 2023, Wendell Graham, All rights reserved. (Available)

"Dubois Rookie" (Water Media on Yupo) (36" H x 20"W); Juried into the Florida Cracker Cowboy Art Show, Palmetto Historical Park & Manatee County Agricultural Museum, Palmetto, Florida, March 2016; Juried into Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Show at ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, Florida, 2016; Received Honorable Mention Award at The Inaugural All-Florida Cowboy Art Championship in Arcadia, Florida, March 2018. Copyright © 2015, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Available)

"Dubois Pals II" - Watercolor - Juried into the State-wide Florida's Finest Exhibit at ArtCenter Sarasota, July 6 - August 11, 2017 - Juror: Lynn Whitelaw, Founding Director & Curator of Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art , St Petersburg, Florida; Copyright © 2016, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved.

"Lola" (Watercolor on #300 Arches) Juried into 2nd Annual All Florida Flavor Art Show, 2014, Sarasota, Florida and Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Open Transparent Show, December, 2014 (Dean Mitchell, Juror) Copyright © 2014, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Giclees available - original lost in Hurricane Helene 2024)

"Elvis" (Acrylic) (9"H x 11"W) into Artcenter Manatee "Something Tasty" exhibit 5 Sept – 4 Oct 2019; ArtCenter Sarasota's "Made Fresh: Juried Members Exhibtion (Juror: Marianne Chapel), Sarasota, Florida, May 2019; and Juried into the 2nd All-Florida Cowboy Art Championship in Arcadia, Florida; Copyright © 2019, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. Available)

"Tatanka" (Watercolor on YUPO Paper) Juried into the 2024 Florida Watercolor Society's 53rd Annual Exhibition August 8th thru October 13th (Stephen Quiller, Juror) Copyright © 2023, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (Available)

"Drink Responsibly" (Watercolor) (40" x 26") June 2016 Juried into the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Show - Englewood Art Center, November/December 2016; Florida Watercolor 2016 Online Show ( Ron Thurston, AWS, Judge) ; Copyright © 2016, Wendell Graham, All rights reserved. Currently on exhibit at the 26th Street Manatee County Library in Bradenton, Florida. (Available)

"Helloooo" (Watercolor) (40" x 26") June 2018 Juried into the Florida Watercolor Society 47th Annual Exhibition (Thomas W Schaller, AWS, NWS, Judge); Copyright © 2018, Wendell Graham, All rights reserved. Exhibited in the 127 SOBO Art Gallery, Winter Garden Art Association, Winter Garden, Florida; the Elliot Museum, Stuart, Florida; and at ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, Florida. Juried into the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Open Aqueous Show (Tim Parker, Judge) at the Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda Florida. (Florida Private Collection)

"Bailey" (Acrylic on Cradleboard) (10"x10") Juried into the 2022 Annual Members Juried Show by Jurors: Barbara Banks and Katherine Bzura. Copyright © 2022, Wendell Graham. All rights reserved. (California Private Collection)