When time permits, Artist Ron Weathers enjoys painting in watercolor and oil.  He is the president and founder of Weathers Contracting Company, Inc. He graduated from the College of Architecture at Clemson University in 1979. He and his family have lived on Lake Murray since 1984. 
Ron began painting in high school.  After a long “time away” he is now finding time to pursue his art. Ron has participated in many art workshops featuring nationally and internationally known artists. He occasionally teaches art classes as well.
Ron is a past president of Crooked Creek Art League and a member of the SC Watercolor Society.
Ron recently received First Place for the Columbia 225th Birthday Celebration and a Merit Award from the SC State Fair in 2011. He was juried into the 2010 SC Watermedia Society Annual Show. He also received a Best of Show Award in the 2010 & 2011 CCAL Juried Art Show, Patron Purchase Award, a Third Place Award at the SC State Fair in 2010, and a Patron Purchase Award at the SC State Fair in 2007.
He was the recipient of First Place in 2008, Second Place in 2007, First Place in 2006 and Second Place in 2005 in the Annual Juried Art Exhibit sponsored by the Crooked Creek Art League.

About the Artist
ONE PERSON SHOWS
2008Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009Palmetto Fine Arts, Chapin, SC
2007Arts and Taste of Chapin, Chapin, SC
2007Elmwood Park, Columbia, SC
2006Palmetto Fine Arts, Chapin, SC
2006Arts and Taste of Chapin, Chapin, SC
GALLERIES
Palmetto Fine Arts, Chapin, SC
Chapin Furniture, Chapin, SC
Doza Rizen, Chapin, SC
COMMISIONS
“Mattox Residence”, Mr. & Mrs. Laverne Mattox
“Novinger Residence”, Mrs. Kathy Novinger
"Fonti Flora", Mr. & Mrs. Kent Vickery
AWARDS
2011        "Time Gone By", SC State Fair Columbia 225th Birthday      
Celebration- First Place Award
2010"Streets of Tangier", Crooked Creek Art League - Best of Show
2008“Gone Fishing”, Crooked Creek Art League – First Place Award
2007“The Porch”, SC State Fair – Patron Purchase Award
2007“The Porch”, SC State Fair – Merit Award
2007“Secret Cottage”, Crooked Creek Art League – Second Place Award
2006“The Playhouse”, Crooked Creek Art League – First Place Award
2005“Porches”, Crooked Creek Art League – Second Place Award
AFFILIATIONS
SC Watermedia Society
Crooked Creek Art League, Past President
EDUCATION
1983-2012 Various Watercolor Workshops
1979  College of Architecture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
1976  Architectural Engineering, Midlands Tech, Columbia, SC

"My degree in college prepared me for the design and construction of buildings.  Now I am involved also in the design and the creation of Art. 
My subject matter is frequently related to my business, I love to paint Architectural subjects."

watercolors by Ron Weathers
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