The society awards prizes for paintings judged to be best in show by the judges at our annual selected exhibition. Please see the current exhibition page for information about awards to be allocated at the upcoming exhibition.

The ‘President’s Award’ is given by the President of the Royal Watercolour Society and guarantees the winning painting a place at the RWS Open Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery the following Spring.  Other awards are made possible by the generous support of our sponsors.

2016 Selected Exhibition Awards

RWS President’s Award – On the Edge by Karen Stamper

Daniel Smith Watercolour Award – Jugs 1 by Virginia Albutt

Daniel Smith Watercolour Award for an Artist under 35 – Caribbean Crab by Freddy Paske

St Cuthbert’s Paper Award – Storm by Lesley Rumble

Tindalls Award – Amphitheatre Pompei by Anthony Mashman

Tindalls Award – A Quiet Spot in the Yorkshire Dales by David Mitchell

Tindalls Award – Ploughed Field by Moira Fraser-Steele

Rosemary’s Brushes Award – Fritilary by Amanda Caldwell

2015 Selected Exhibition Awards

2015 RWS award – Mary by John Glover

St Cuthberts Paper award – Sleepy Sheep by Ruth Mccabe

Rosemary & Co Brushes award – Mussel man by Gilly Marklew

Tindalls award – Glassworks by Alan Noyes

Tindalls award – Mediterra Marche by Tony White

Tindalls award – The Amphitheatre by Vandy Massey

2014 Selected Exhibition Awards

RWS President’s award – Moehne Dam, Breached by Lesley Rumble

St Cuthbert’s Paper award – Kirkham Priory by Rita Browne

Rosemary & Co Brushes award – Simon James by Merrie Curtiss-Fuller

Tindalls award – Norwegian Northern Lights Fauske 2 by Hugh Jenkins

Tindalls award – Beer Boxes, Ski Resort by Sue Lees

Tindall’s award – Retreat from the City by Sue Lees

Past winners of The RWS President’s Award:

2016 Karen Stamper
2015 John Glover
2014 Lesley Rumble
2013 Moira Fraser Steel
2012 Tony White
2011 Tessa Shedley Jordan
2010 Tessa Shedley Jordan
2009 no prize awarded
2008 Tessa Shedley Jordan
2007 Philip Rundall

Our sponsors:

Daniel Smith Watercolours

Rosemary’s Brushes

St Cuthbert’s Mill

The Rosewood Studio

Tindalls of Newmarket and Cambridge