Bankside Gallery, London
20 March – 18 April 2026
RWS Spring 2026: Wherever You Go, There You Are
Trees, Rabat
My watercolour Trees, Rabat can be viewed at the head office of Perry Estate Agents, Sliema, Malta. The painting appears on the cover of 2026 edition of the company’s brochure, Issue 64.
Inside you can read an essay ‘Under the Canopy of Time’ by Professor Charlene Vella of the Department of Art and Art History, University of Malta.
RSW
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) Open Annual Exhibition
The 145th Open Annual Exhibition will run from 15th February to 11th March 2026 in the Upper Galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy building in Edinburgh.
Open daily 10am-5pm. Free admission.
Further details can be found here.
Installation shots, 3rd March 2026.
The Mini Picture Show 2025
28 November 2025 – Late January 2026
“The Mini Picture Show is now open! We have over 400 artworks on display, all by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. All works are available to take home immediately..”
Bankside Gallery
28 November 2025 – Late January 2026
Be Part of Art 4
Online art auction raising funds for the RWS
13 – 16 November 2025
It’s your chance to be part of art again!
100 original artworks by Members of the RWS and selected guests will be available for sale in our online fundraising auction. As with our previous auctions, this will be a rare chance to buy RWS artworks at very special prices.
The RWS is a registered educational charity and receives no government or public funding. By placing a bid in this auction, you will help raise vital funds for the RWS and ensure the sustainability and longevity of the Society for future generations to enjoy.
Browse the works (click here) and place your bids online from Thursday 13th November at 12pm until Sunday 16th of November at 8pm.
The Shapes of Water
The shapes in water are what watercolourists work in. Watercolour’s great complication is its transparency, challenging every aspect of the artist’s skill.
In their pursuit of capturing form, many artists build thick layers of waterbased paint, while others hint at shape with indications of colour applied in broad washes. For more than two hundred years the RWS has represented the very best in water-based media on paper and to this day artists continue to push at the limits of this unpredictable medium and its capabilities.
Bankside Gallery, 3 October – 1 November 2025
Summer at the Bankside Gallery 2025
Paintings and original prints from artists of the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers available to take away immediately on purchase.
A Sense of Place
Begins 9th August at 10am
Great to be part of this show at the Palm Court Lounge, The Phoenicia, Valletta. Thanks to Prof Charlene Vella.
Tim Marlow Selects
Bankside Gallery 45th Anniversary Exhibition
Delighted to have a painting in this show.
To mark a significant anniversary of its time on London’s Thames Riverside, Bankside Gallery is holding a celebratory exhibition of work by members of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), curated by Tim Marlow OBE; writer, broadcaster, art historian and current Director and CEO of the Design Museum.
31 July – 10 August 2025
Small Works
RWS Gallery at Whitcomb Street | 8th – 23rd May
An exhibition of works on paper by RWS Members, Associates and Guest Members exploring art on a small scale.
The RWS is an artist-led Society made up of an elected Membership who are amongst the finest practitioners in contemporary water-based painting. In this exhibition, artists are celebrating water-based media in all its forms, including gouache, acrylic, pen & ink, pigment, collage, mixed media as well as traditional watercolour.
Peter Quinn 