JUDI BETTS, NWS AWS, has attained an international reputation for her transparent watercolor paintings. She is a master of luminosity, and her signature is “sparkle.” She is the author of the award winning books WATERCOLOR...Let's Think About It and PAINTING...A QUEST Toward XTRAORD!NARY. Her paintings have won over 100 awards in major competitions. Her paintings appear on wine labels, CD’s, and in over 35 books. She is a contributor to many prominent art magazines. Her art has appeared in invitational exhibitions including Taiwan Art Education Institute, Federation of Canadian Artists, and Walt Disney’s EPCOT Center. Judi’s paintings appear in the permanent collections of the States of Arkansas and Louisiana, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Springfield (MO) Art Museum. Judi has been juror/judge for some 100 national, international, and regional competitions. She is listed in WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART. Her paintings are included in corporate, university, museum, and private collections.