Judy Nunno

Judy Nunno



Judy Nunno is a lifelong Floridian who was born and raised in Miami, graduated from the University of Florida, and now lives in Weston. She is a self-taught painter who began developing her artistic skills after raising her children and early retirement from her business career. In 2006 Judy took watercolor classes at a community center, and watercolor quickly became her favorite medium with its fluid strokes and luminous colors. Judy paints the things she loves including crystal, fruit, flowers, and people. Her paintings of crystal figurines combined with food and other organic objects have been described as realistic fantasies with a sense of humor. Her paintings and commissioned portraits can be found in homes and businesses in the United States and Canada.

Judy is a signature member of Florida Watercolor Society, secretary of Weston Art Guild, and a member of American Watercolor Society, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Plantation Art Guild, and Palm Beach Watercolor Society. She has exhibited in many shows and received dozens of awards. She won Honorable Mention in Watercolor Aritist magazine's Annual Watercolor Media Showcase Competition in 2011 and again in 2013. Her painting "A Case of Mistaken Identity" was featured in the February 2013 issue of Watercolor Artist as one of the top 34 watermedia paintings of the year.

Recent awards and exhibitions:

2014 Gold Coast Watercolor Society Open Show -- Whitlow Award
2013 Plantation Art Guild Member Show -- First Place
2013 Palm Beach Watercolor Society Member Show -- Second Place
2013 Gold Coast Watercolor Society Member Show -- Second Place
2013 Coral Springs Art Guild Open Show -- Third Place
2013 Florida Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition -- Only 35 exhibitors accepted
7th Annual Art Kudos International Show -- Finalist (featured in year-long online show)
2013 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors accepted
2013 Weston Art Guild Black and White Show -- First Place
2013 Plantation Art Guild Volunteers Show -- First Place
2013 Broward Art Guild Landscape & Still Life Show -- Judge's Recognition
2013 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2013 Watercolor Media Showcase Competition -- Honorable Mention (featured in 2/13 Watercolor Artist)
2012 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Second Place
2012 Serious Black Show (Rossetti Gallery) -- First Place
2012 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors accepted
6th Annual Art Kudos International Show -- Finalist (featured in year-long online show)
2012 Palm Beach Watercolor Society Open Show -- First Place
2012 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- Third Place
2012 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2012 Plantation Art Guild Volunteers Show -- Second Place
2011 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Featured demonstrator
The Artist Magazine's 28th Annual Art Competition -- Finalist
2011 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- First Place
144th American Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 125 exhibitors accepted
2011 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- Honorable Mention
2011 Watercolor Media Showcase Competition -- Honorable Mention (featured in 2/11 Watercolor Artist )
2011 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- Second Place
2010 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibitiion -- Awarded Signature Membership
2010 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- First Place
2010 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- First Place
2010 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2009 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors accepted
2009 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Third Place
2009 Weston Art Guild Members Show -- Judge's Recognition
2009 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2008 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition -- Only 100 exhibitors acce[ted
2008 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Judge's Recognition
2008 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- First Place
2007 Plantation Art Guild Members Show -- Judge's Recognition
2007 Plantation Art Guild Open Show -- Third Place


"I never planned to be a watercolor painter. A self-taught artist, I began painting in oils as a hobby after early
retirement from my job. Watercolor to me was a difficult and unforgiving medium. Then in 2006 I took a few
watercolor classes at a community center, and I was hooked. I found that painting in watercolors allows me
to create beauty out of ordinary objects using light and shadows. The fluid medium mixes in exciting and
often surprising ways on the paper and lets me paint the fine details that I love to capture.

After a friend told me she wanted to stay a while and visit one of my paintings, I realized that my goal as an
artist is to stir emotion within and bring pleasure to those who view my work. The best compliment is when
someone tells me one of my paintings made them smile. I hope you enjoy viewing my paintings as much as
I enjoyed creating them and that you will want to "stay awhile and visit.""

Judy Nunno