Manette Fairmont
NWS CWA WHS RMNWS WW
National Award Winning Artist



Prestigious Award Of Distinction As Signature Member Of:

NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY

•  WATERCOLOR WEST

• CALIFORNIA WATERCOLOR ASSOCIATION

• WATERCOLOR HONORS SOCIETY

• ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY




Selected National Watercolor Exhibition Awards:

2007 California Watercolor Association National Exhibition, 1st Place "Best in Show"

2006 Watercolor West XXXVII National Exhibition, 6th place

2004 Watercolor USA National Watercolor Exhibition, Juror's Award.

2003 Watercolor West National XXXV Watercolor Exhibition, Third Place.

2000 Watercolor West National XXXII Watercolor Exhibition, Fourth Place.

2000 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Albina Clebsch Award.

1999 Watercolor West National XXXI Watercolor Exhibition, Windsor Award.

1999 Watercolor USA National Watercolor Exhibition, Juror's Award.

1996 National Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Alice Leonard Award.

1996 California Watercolor National Exhibition, Merit Award.

Artist Biography:    Download Manette's Full Resume

Manette Fairmont received her Bachelor Degree in Fine Art and has studied abroad in England and Italy. She has received numerous national awards for her art work and has been a fine art judge for several prestigious art exhibitions. She has exhibited her work in many museum exhibitions as well as having her work published in the Fine Art Books: Best of Watercolor -Painting Composition, by Rockport Publishers, and a new book, Creative Computer Tools for Artists, " by Jann Pollard and Jerry Little, published by Watson Guptill.

Her paintings have been featured in several National Art Magazines. She is an elected Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Honor Society, the California Watercolor Association. Her original paintings are featured at "Gallery Ocean Avenue," on Ocaen Avenue in Carmel CA, and a new gallery on Cape Cod, Redwing Fine Art Gallery," located in Yarmouthport, MA.

She is also the curator and owner of her own gallery. The Fairmont Gallery, is recognized as one of the top galleries in the Bay Area for museum quality original oil, watercolors, pastels and photography. Her paintings and the work of other artists can be viewed at The Fairmont Gallery, in the Northern California Wine Country, north of San Francisco, on the Historic Sonoma Plaza, known for its quiet and intimate atmosphere. "The art I represent is traditional with a contemporary edge, but most importantly, it represents all the shapes and moods found in Sonoma Valley and by the dedicated artists who live here!"