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138th Open Annual Exhibition at the RSA -installation is complete. Please click here for a complete list of all artists included in this years exhibition

The RSW is the only Society dedicated to promoting watercolour painting in Scotland.

We pride ourselves on our distinguished history and in our forward looking approach to encouraging watercolour painting. Our annual open winter and summer exhibitions are key dates on the Scottish arts calendar bringing together leading and emerging Scottish artists.

We are an artist led, Scottish charity and are delighted and honoured that HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay is our Royal Patron.

Featured artist

Robert D Murray RSW RGI PAI

My work is an ongoing visual diary of experiences and observations from my life. The paintings are not topographical representations, they are responses, distillations or statements often deriving from a memory seen or imagined. I work straight in with the painting, without prior planning, often...

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From the blog

Words on Canvas
November 5, 2018
Poet: Doris Dickson Artist: Anda Paterson The Portuguese Bus Stop LIFESTYLES Sheila’s eyes lit up as she wandered round the RSW annual exhibition and arrived at exhibit No. 100 – ‘The Portuguese Bus Stop’. That’s got to be an Anda Paterson, she thought! She …read more
Words on Canvas
November 5, 2018
During our last Annual Exhibition members of the poetry group Words on Canvas came along to view the art works and responded in poetry. There should have been an evening of both genres of artists coming together the read the poetry and exchange thoughts on …read more

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