Wanda Honeycutt, an artist and resident of San Carlos, has won the third place award in the competitive June 2023 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Color Scheming”, an in-gallery show of the SDWS at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station.
Honeycutt’s painting titled “Light Connection” was selected by local artist Stephanie Goldman for this honor, out of more than 200 entries.
Goldman said of the painting, “This painting has so much great texture and color variation, and it uses so many different materials. I love the Aztec feeling with its sense of a real person connecting with ancient history. Everything centers around the candle flame. It is a fabulous painting because you can look at it repeatedly and see something new each time.”
Honeycutt’s art education began in college and has continued post-grad by taking classes and workshops with some of the best water media artists in the world. Her unique and colorful paintings have been shown, given awards, and sold in galleries throughout San Diego and many are held in private collections in several foreign countries, and throughout the United States.
Keenly intuitive, Honeycutt rarely paints what she actually sees in the physical world. She creates from a different perspective, a deeper connection to the Universe. She feels that her art is co-created and inspired from this level. The images in her paintings sometimes come from meditative visions, somewhat like inspired dreams. Honeycutt often has a specific idea or inspiration for a painting; but many times, she freely applies paint to paper or canvas and allows her intuition to guide her. Admirers of her art enjoy searching for her signature items which appear in each piece: a hawk and a heart. Wanda is also a sought after and experienced art juror. More of her art can be found at: wandahoneycutt.com.
The SDWS Gallery Exhibit will run through Saturday, July 1, at the gallery in Liberty Station.
Paintings can be viewed and purchased from the gallery as well as on the SDWS website at: sdws.org/galleryart.php?cat=7018.
Editor’s note: This article was provided by Carla Scheidlinger for SDWS.
