Astrid Edel Walter

Award Winning Artist born in Stavanger, Norway on October 22nd. One of my artist teachers called me an Impressionistic Mood Painter. I`m a member of SDWS (San Diego Watercolor Society) and Watercolor West all in California and Missouri
Watercolor Society (MOWS) St.Louis, MO,U.S.A. NFUK and Nordic Watercolor Society and Indigo Watercolor Artists. I love to paint in Watercolor. Lately I have tried to experiment with acrylic, collage and inks with watercolor which is
exciting. I also would like to try to paint more abstracts. I´m represented in Artbooks in Norway called: "Naturmalerier slik maler vi norsk natur","Blomstermalerier til inspirasjon og glede" "En dag i mitt liv" and the artist magazine called "Kunst for alle" #6/2004 & #4/2005.I was also voted the artist of the month for December 2007 in Palettklubben in the art magazine "Kunst for alle" in Norway.

Was accepted and attended Rogaland Artschool for 3/4 year. Could not complete, because I started working Offshore in the North Sea ! Have gone to numerous workshops of very well known artist in USA and England. Some of them are: Don Andrews, Judi Betts, Gerald F. Brommer, Carol Carter, Alvaro Castagnet, Don Dennis, Pat Dews, Frank Eber, Nita Engle, Peter Esdaile, Tom Fong, John Lidzey, Tom Lynch, Joan McKasson, Barbara Nechis, Charles Reid, Lou & Linda Rizzolo, Betsy Dillard Stroud, Keiko Tanabe, Howard Watson and Arne Westerman. Also Zoomworkshops with Fabio Cembranelli, Thomas W Schiller, David Lobenberg.

Solo Exhibition at Gallery Krossen. Sandnes in Norway May - June 2007.
I was accepted in Nordic Watercolor Society´s Juried Exhibitions in 1998 and 2007 in Sweden. 2013 in Norway and 2019/20 in Finland.
All the (SDWS) San Diego Watercolor Society´s Exhibitions are Juried! Was exhibited at SDWS Gallery in September and December 2010.January, March,April,May,August,Sept,Nov+Dec.-2011.
January,March,April,May,June,July,Aug,Sept,Nov-2012.Jan,Febr.March,April,May,July,Aug,Sept,Nov,Dec.-2013.
"Veiled Beauty" Watercolor 2013 was accepted at Watercolor West 45th Annual International Juried Exhibition for 2013 at Brea in CA, USA.
My paintings were juried into San Diego Watercolor Society´s Gallery Jan&Feb&April&June&Aug&
Sept&Nov&Dec-2014. Jan&March&May&July&Aug&Sept& Dec.-2015. Jan&March&April&May&June&July&Aug&Sept&Des.-2016.Jan.& April&May&June&Aug&Sept& Nov& Dec-2017. Jan&March&May&July,Sept. 2018. Febr/March/April/June/July/Aug/Sept/Nov/Dec.2020.
Jan/February/March/April/May/July/Aug/Sept/Nov/Dec.2021.Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Nov/Dec.2022,Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/June/Aug/Sept/Dec.2023 February/March/April/May/June/Aug/Sept/Nov/Dec 2024.
February/March/April 2025
The Main Summer Exhibitor for summer 2015 and 2019 at "Gallery ...