About Gwynn Di Pilla
Gwynn Di Pilla received a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from Temple University and Tyler School of Art. Upon graduating, she accepted a full-time position teaching art in the Oxford Area School District while taking graduate courses in art at West Chester University. In 1993, Gwynn moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey and began teaching drawing at the Haddonfield Adult School, later adding a watercolor course. A few years later, she started the children’s Multi-Media for Young Artist Program which has been continuously running multiple sessions three times annually for 15 years. From 2001-07, she participated in the Art Goes to School initiative, a volunteer program that teaches art history to children.
Gwynn continued to develop her art. Several pieces were selected by the Haddonfield Tourism Committee to represent the town in a series of fourteen postcards, and some of these images were also published in print media and online. In 2001, Gwynn started a series of Jersey shore scenes. Limited edition prints of 12 (to date) are sold in shore galleries and stores. In 2002, Gwynn went back to school at the newly founded Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia where she studied drawing and painting for four years under the prominent portrait painter Nelson Shanks.
In the years since, Gwynn has continued to teach, adding additional classes. She remains an active artist, focusing on drawing in colored pencil, and painting in watercolor and oils. In late 2010, Gwynn began to enter exhibits and shows, and was honored to receive recognition as Best Artist from South Jersey Magazine in 2011. She has also promoted the work of her adult students by arranging art shows in local venues. From 2013-15, Gwynn was a member artist of Church St Art and Craft in Mt. Holly. In 2013 she was accepted as a Signature Member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS), in 2018 a Signature Member of the Garden State Watercolor Society, and in 2019 a Signature Member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and the New Jersey Water Color Society (NJWCS). Starting in 2014, Gwynn has delivered workshops in colored pencil for the Willingboro Art Alliance, Rowan University, Medford Leas, and the Philadelphia Art Camp.
Artist Statement
“My goal is for my work to bring patrons to a place of serenity and beauty. Each image I create is based on series of photographs that I take, often altering the composition to achieve a sense of peacefulness and escape.”
New Brunswick Art Salon 2021 Fall Watercolor and Mixed Media Exhibition
Education
Messiah College
- Bachelor’s Degree, Art Teacher Education, 1985 – 1989
- Through a cooperative arrangement with Messiah College, Art Education requirements were met by completing art courses at Temple University and Tyler School of Art while attending Messiah’s Philadelphia campus.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 1990 – 1992
- Completed 18 credits in art toward a Master’s degree.
Studio Incamminati, Painting, Realism, 2002 – 2006
- Intense studies in realism painting. School founded by world renowned artist Nelson Shanks.
Art Organizations
- Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS), Signature Member since 2013
- National Watercolor Society (NWS), Member since 2013
- Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA), Member since 1992
- Garden State Watercolor Society, Member since 2016
- Historical Society of Haddonfield, Member since 2007
- Church Street Art and Craft (formerly Home Fine Art), Member Artist 2013 to 2015, Mt. Holly, NJ
Art Shows, Awards, and Gallery Works (Seleted)
2021 New Jersey Watercolor Society (NJWS) Elected Members Show (juried) – Award of Merit
2021 American Watercolor Society (AWS) Annual Show – Margaret Martin Memorial Award
2021 National Watercolor Society (NWS) Online Member’s Show (juried)
2021 Philadelphia Watercolor Society (PWCS) Online Member’s Show – Award of Merit
2020 Gisela Bly Show, Burlington County Art Guild (BCAG) (juried) – 1st Place
2020 Open Show, New Jersey Watercolor Society (NJWS) (juried)
2020 Member’s Show, National Watercolor Society (NWCS) (juried)
2020 Open Show, National Watercolor Society (NWCS) (juried)
2020 Philadelphia Sketch Club (PSC) Show (juried)
2019 New Jersey Watercolor Society (NJWCS) 77th Annual Open Exhibition (juried) – Mary S. Lawrence Founder’s Award (Top Prize)
2019 Colored Pencil Society Annual International Exhibition (juried)
2018 Lumberton Leas, Solo Show
2018 Philadelphia Watercolor Society (PWCS) Annual Juried Show
2018 New Jersey Watercolor Society (NJWCS) Annual Juried Show
2018 New Jersey Watercolor Society (NJWCS) Associate Members Art Show (juried) – Honorable Mention
2018 Cherry Hill Township, Art Blooms at Croft Farm, Juried Art Exhibit (juried) – Second Place
2018 American Watercolor Society (AWS), 151st Annual show (juried)
2018 Willingboro Art Alliance Juried Show – Honorable Mention
2018 Haddonfield Pop Up Art Show (solo show)
2018 Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS) Online Juried Show (juried) – 2nd Place
2017 Burlington County Art Guild, 44th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Exhibition (juried) -3rd Place
2017 Garden State Watercolor Society Juried Show – Honorable Mention
2017 Medford Arts Center, Works on Paper 2017 (juried) – Honorable Mention
2016 Garden State Watercolor Society, 47th Annual Juried Show (juried) – Ken McCann Memorial Award
2016 Burlington County Art Guild, 44th Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Exhibition (juried) -Honorable Mention
2016 Haddonfield Pop Up Art Show (solo show)
2016 Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey Annual Juried Watercolor Exhibition (juried) -Second Place
2016 Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS) Online Juried Show (juried) – Honorable Mention
2016 Philadelphia Sketch Club, Art of the Flower (juried)
2016 Philadelphia Sketch Club, Works on Paper (juried)
2015 Burlington County Art Guild, 43rd Annual Robert Ransley Open Juried Art Exhibition (juried) -Honorable Mention
2015 Cherry Hill Township, Art Blooms at Croft Farm, Juried Art Exhibit (juried) – First Place
2015 Philadelphia Watercolor Society (PWCS) Member’s Show – Honorable Mention
2014 Willingboro Art Alliance, 19th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition 2014 (juried) – Honorable Mention
2014 Home Fine Art Gallery, Open Juried Art Exhibition (juried) – Third Place
2014 Burlington County Art Guild, 42nd Annual Robert Ransley Show (juried) – Honorable Mention
2014 Markeim Art Center, Power of the Flower: Fleurs & Flora – Annual Spring Juried Exhibition (juried), Haddonfield NJ (juried) – Best in Show
2013 West Chester University, West Chester PA, Philadelphia Water Color Society (juried) – 113th Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper
2013 Priya Art Gallery, Woodbury NJ (juried)
2013 Camden County College, Blackwood NJ – 38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
2012 Samaritan Hospice Gallery Exhibit, Virtual Hospital, Mt. Holly NJ
2012Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA, Philadelphia Water Color Society (juried) – 112th International Exhibition of Works on Paper
2012 Galleria Deptford, Deptford NJ, Group Show
2011 Hopkins House, Haddon Township NJ, Gallery of Contemporary Art – 37th Annual Juried Exhibition
2011 Markeim Art Center, Haddonfield NJ, Works of Art On Paper (juried) – 2nd Place
2011 Perkins Art Center, Moorestown NJ, Works On Paper (juried)
2011 Markeim Art Center, Haddonfield NJ (juried)
2011 Barnstone Gallery, Phoenixville PA, Philadelphia Water Color Society (juried)
2010 Hopkins House, Haddon Township NJ, National Arts Program – 1st Place Professional Category
2004 Bauhaus Studio, Haddon Township NJ, (solo show)
1999 Tavistock Country Club, Haddonfield NJ (solo show)
Other Honors and Awards
- Top Artist, South Jersey Magazine 2011 – Best of South Jersey Award
- Borough of Haddonfield – Proclamation: Women’s History Month, 2006 (Honored by Haddonfield’s Mayor for contributions to the borough for Women’s History Month)