Watercolours, drawings and prints by Peter Quinn RWS RSW
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
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.
Paintings and original prints from artists of the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers available to take away immediately on purchase.
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.
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.
Delighted to be a part of the annual open show and to have won an award. My painting, Small Shop, Port Maturin, Rodrigues, received the Scottish Arts Club Award.
The show continues Saturday 11 Jan – Tuesday 5 Feb 2024.
Royal Scottish Academy Building, Edinburgh
RSA Upper Galleries. Daily: 10 – 5pm
‘The 144th Open Annual Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) is Scotland’s primary showcase of watercolour and water-based media. …The exhibition in the RSA Upper Galleries on The Mound, Edinburgh, over 300 paintings … showing the best of contemporary watercolour just across the hall from the National Gallery of Scotland’s Turner watercolours.’
‘The show includes some 200 paintings by RSW members, and over 100 paintings by non-members who were selected from the open submission. The online show includes one work by each artist in the show (with a small number of exceptions).’
More details online here.
6 December 2024 – 26 January 2025
Bankside Gallery, London.
A selection of small artworks by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
The exhibition officially opens on Friday 6 December, but will be open late on Thursday 5 December between 6-8pm.
Delighted to be part of this exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
🗓️ The ING Discerning Eye exhibition will take place at the Mall Galleries from 15 to 24 November 2024, and online until 1 January 2025.
👀 The exhibition was curated by tastemakers including art critic Will Gompertz, artist Adebanji Alade and interior designer Gabrielle Blackman.
🖼️Out of 6,000+ entries, 685 artworks by 398 creatives were shortlisted for this prestigious show.
🎨 The ING Discerning Eye showcases talent in a wide range of media – painting, drawing, sculpture, print, photography, video, textile, ceramic and more.
🕔 The exhibition is free to visit every day, 10am to 5pm from Friday 15 to Saturday 23 November, and 10am to 1pm on Sunday 24 November 2024.
More info here https://www.discerningeye.org/exhibition
Gallagher and Turner, Specialist picture framer, Modern & contemporary art gallery in Newcastle
Group exhibition of works by Norman Ackroyd, Albert Irvin, Jill Campbell, Imogen Hawgood, Frances Law, Lucy May Schofield, Sarah Ross-Thompson, Peter Quinn, Neil Wood, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Silverkupe, Stephen Jeffrey and Ray Richardson.
Exhibition runs 8th November 2024 – January 2025
Peter Quinn 