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Ona Kingdon is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour,  and a signature member of both the National Watercolor Society and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. She was selected as one to watch by the Watercolor Artist Magazine in 2012 and has since won numerous awards nationally and internationally and has had her work published in several major magazines and books across the world.

Ona loves to focus on feeling or emotion when creating art and enjoys painting or drawing any subject matter that has an emotive element to it.  She has often been described as a visual storyteller because of her ability to engage with her audience through her artwork and communicate messages visually. For the last few years Ona has shifted her creative focus away from stand alone exhibition pieces while she writes and illustrates a children’s chapter book.

PLEASE NOTE: All paintings on this web site are the Copyright of Ona Kingdon. Please respect this copyright and do not use or reproduce any photograph of a painting or use the idea for a piece of artwork of your own without seeking permission first.

Exhibitions, News, and Events

Awards and Publications

Ona is taking a break from entering Exhibitions in 2022 and 2023 while she writes and illustrates a book.
Awards from 2011-2021
  • 1st Place Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Members Exhibition 2021.
  • People’s Choice Award Red River Watercolor Society National Exhibition, 2020
  • Byron Levy Memorial Award, Louisiana Watercolor Society’s 50th International Exhibition, 2020
  • 2nd Place PREMIO TLÁLOC exhibition in Mexico 2019
  • 2nd Place Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society International Exhibition 2019
  • 3rd Place in the North East Watercolor Society 43rd International Exhibition 2019
  • The Heinz Jordan and Company Ltd Award in the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 94th International Open Water Exhibition 2019.
  • Award of Excellence 3   Illinois Watercolor Society National Exhibition 2019.
  • The Richmond Hill Arts Award for Mid Career/Established Artist 2019
  • Honorable Mention Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Members Exhibition 2019
  • Dorothy Corson Award  CSPWC Open Water International Exhibition 2018
  • Zoltan Szabo Founders Award Transparent Watercolor Society of America 42nd National Exhibition 2018
  • Merit Award Louisiana Watercolor Society 48th International Exhibition 2018
  • First Place Award Pikes Peak International Watermedia 2017 Exhibition 2017
  • Honourable Mention 1st International Watercolor Magazine Online Contest 2017
  • People’s Choice Award Transparent Watercolor Society of America 40th National Exhibition 2017
  • National Watercolor Society Reciprocal Award Pennsylvania Watercolor Society’s 37th International Exhibition 2016
  • Cheap Joe’s Award NFWS 13th National Exhibition 2016
  • Weimer Congemi Memorial Award Louisiana Watercolor Society’s 46th International Exhibition 2016
  • Joan Wignall Young Award Mississippi Grand National Exhibition
  • Canson Award Pikes Peak International Watermedia Exhibition 2015
  • People’s Choice Award Transparent Watercolor Society of America 39th National Exhibition 2015
  • First Place Award NFWS 12th National Exhibition 2014
  • Curry’s Da Vinci Award in the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour 89th Open Water International Exhibition 2014
  • Winsor and Newton Award California Watercolor Association 44th National Exhibition
  • Charles Strissel Memorial Award IWS 30th  National Exhibition 2014
  • First Place Niagara Watercolor Society Spring Show 2014
  • Best in Show BWS Impressions of the Heart Exhibition 2014
  • Donors Award at the Transparent Watercolor Society of America’s 37th National Exhibition 2013
  • The Strathmore Artist Papers Award at the 4th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition. 2013
  • Merit Award at the Louisiana Watercolor Society 43rd International Exhibition 2013
  • The Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Award’ at the Watercolor West 44th International Juried Exhibition 2012
  • John Singer Sargent Award 36th TWSA Exhibition  2012
  • The Framing Depot Gold Award for Best in show and People’s Choice Award BWS Luminosity Exhibition 2012
  • Jade Fon Memorial Award   California Watercolor Association 42nd National Exhibition 2011
  • Honorable Mention Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia XV11 Exhibition 2011
Publications
  • Artwork featured in Art of Watercolour issue 34 (2022)
  • Featured in Splash 20 ( publish date July 2019) and Splash 21 (Publish date August 2020)
  • Featured in Splash 19  Published June 2018 North Light Books
  • Featured in the International Watercolor magazine issue 3 published December 2017
  • TENDERHEART-TED TALES written and illustrated by Ona Kingdon (Published September 2016)
  • Featured in North Light Books strokes of Genius 9
  • Cover image Art Journey Animals North Light Books
  • Featured in International Watercolor Artists Book 2 Published April 2015
  • Featured in North Light Books Splash 16: The Best of Watercolour
  • Featured in Strokes of Genius 7: The Best of Drawing
  • Featured in The International Watercolour Society 2014 catalogue,
    Featured in North Light Books Splash 15 and Strokes of Genius 6
  • Feature Article in the Art of Watercolour Magazine Issue 12
  • Selected as one of the Watercolor Artist Magazine 2012 ‘One’s to Watch’ and featured in the December 2012 issue