Judy Morris earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in art education from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. She taught art at South Medford High School for thirty years before retiring in 1996 to become a full time professional watercolorist. For over fifteen years Morris has been a popular juror and workshop teacher throughout the country and in Canada, Mexico, England, Switzerland, France, Italy and Japan.
Her paintings have received more than fifty national and regional awards and have been included in exhibitions throughout the country, most recently those sponsored by the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. Morris was one of 15 American artists invited to be included in the 2011 Taiwan International Watercolor Exhibition that was held at the Chung-Shan National Gallery in Taipei City, Taiwan.
She has had numerous feature articles in national publications including the August/September 2005 issue of INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE. Her work hangs in public and private collections from California to New York, Canada to Mexico, and in Europe.
She has been a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon since 1980 and is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, and the Northwest Watercolor Society. She is also a member of the West Coast Watercolor Society whose elected membership is limited to fifty artists living in the Pacific coast states.
Her work has been included in more than a dozen recent watercolor books and publications including SPLASH 4, SPLASH 5, SPLASH 7 (See an image of her painting on the back cover), SPLASH 8, SPLASH 9, SPLASH 10, SPLASH 11, SPLASH 12. and SPLASH 13. She is the author of WATERCOLOR BASICS: LIGHT published by North Light Books. (Highlights of her sold-out book are available as an instructional CD. Click Here)
Morris has been selected for inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in the World , and the recent edition of Who’s Who in America. Her original watercolors are available at the Hanson Howard Gallery in Ashland, Oregon and the Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford, Oregon. Morris maintains her studio in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

PUBLICATIONS

Judy is the author of  WATERCOLOR BASICS: LIGHT (Click Here)

Judy has authored numerous articles in national publications since 1992 including the August/September 2005 issue of INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE. Her work has been featured in more than a dozen recent watercolor books including SPLASH 4 (1996), SPLASH 5 (1998), SPLASH 7 (2002... see an image of her painting on the back cover), SPLASH 8 (2004), SPLASH 9 (2006), SPLASH 10 (2008), SPLASH 11 (2009), SPLASH 12 (2010), and SPLASH 13 (2012).

A partial list of published work includes:
WATERCOLOR '92 (spring), "Cinematic Lighting - Another Perspective".
The Artist's Magazine, September 1992, "Letter from the Editor".
Watercolor Highlights 2 , 1995.
The Artistic Touch, 1995.
The Best of Watercolor, 1995
In Watercolor: People, 1996
The Artistic Touch II, 1996.
The Artist's Magazine, December 1996, "Letter from the Editor".
The Artist's Guide, 1998.
The Best of Watercolor: Painting Light & Shadows, 1998
The Best of Flower Painting 2, 1999
WATERCOLOR '99 (spring), "Making Memories"
The Artist's Magazine, November 1999, "Unexpected Color!" (cover artist)
Watercolor Magic, Winter 2001,"Texture You Can Believe"
WATERCOLOR ‘05 (spring), “Achieving a ‘Finished” Work.
Creative WATERCOLOR Workshop, 2005.
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE, 2005, “The Lure of Patterns and Textures”.


CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS

Rogue Valley Art Association, life member.
Watercolor Society of Oregon since 1980.
Northwest Watercolor Society, signature member.
National Watercolor Society, signature member, regional representative.
Transparent Watercolor Society of America, lifetime signature member.
American Watercolor Society, signature member.

CURRENT REPRESENTATIONS

Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR