Shirley Apple Jenkins

I have always “felt” like an artist. It is an internal need, but it has taken years of study workshops and classes to get to a level of competence and confidence to finally be able to say “I am an artist”.

After moving to the Baltimore area from the Alabama Gulf Coast, I got accepted into the Baltimore Watercolor Society and met many serious, professional artists members, then did I start to really develop as a painter.

I paint once a week with some of the BWS friends. This is so valuable because I trust their critiques and opinions. I believe it is important to have someone whom you admire as an artist, to give you honest feedback. Your friends will most often tell you “It’s great”, “Wonderful job!” This is good for the ego, but to grow you need honest evaluation of your work.

I am a BWS Watermedia Master Elite, a Faculty Member of Zoll’s Studio of Fine Art, Timonium, MD, Watercolor Instructor, a Stable Artists at Manor Mill Gallery, Monkton. Giclee prints in 1300 rooms at the Host Marrriott, Canal St. New Orleans.

Juried and Awards

• 2023 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition

• 2022 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition

• 2022 Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Annual Catalogue

• 2021 Women in Watercolor Exhibition

• 2021 Pennsylvania International Watercolor Exhibit

• 2020 Pittsburgh Aqueous Juried Exhibition

• 2020 American Watercolor Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, NYC

• 2019 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition

• 2017 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition “Bobbing” was awarded the Philadelphia Watercolor Society Award

• ”Jacob” was featured in the 2015 Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Catalog

• 2017 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition

• 2016 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition

• 2014 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition

• 2013 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition

• ”Jazz” in the Marriott Corp. Collection

• 2013 Hampton Mansion Art Exhibit

• 2002 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition