Having just received a phone call from one of the artists featured in our December issue—a “One to Watch,” no less—I’m reminded that we haven’t yet announced the artists here.

As in the past, we asked the country’s most popular watercolor instructors and competition jurors (back in March) to nominate those artists whose work was turning heads. We then contacted the nominees, asking them to submit images for consideration in the piece, and a month or so later we spent an entire day poring over the submissions. The WCM staff picked our 10 favorites, and voilà: the Ones to Watch.

Congratulations to the 2007 artists:
Sally H. Lambrecht
Peggy Morgan Stenmark
Suzann Marchin
Joyce “Kate” Stratton
Nancy Crawford
Jaimie Cordero
Robin Purcell (her painting, October Canyon (watercolor on paper, 21x14), is pictured)
Zhong-Sheng Hao
Al Albrektson
Carol Frye

Learn what caught the nominating instructors and competition jurors’ eye by clicking here. (The December issue is now on its way out to subscribers, and will be on newsstands in mid-October; non-subscribers can order by clicking here.)