White! Light! Bright!

Bivenne Harvey Staiger is known for her colorful, dramatic watercolors of natural motifs she loves, like birds, other animals and flowers, and is the recipient of many prestigious awards.  Among the most recent is the Silver Medal from the American Watercolor Society’s 152nd International Exhibition (2019). Bivenne became a Signature member of the American Watercolor Society in 2025. She is professionally affiliated with many art groups, including but not limited to the Salmagundi Club, American Artists’ Professional League, Academic Artists Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Artists, Connecticut Watercolor Society, and many others. She is the author of White! Light! Bright! How to Make Your Backgrounds Enhance and Support Your Watercolor Paintings, and illustrator of the children’s book I Love You As Much As… by Sarah Caratasios. Bivenne regularly gives instruction, demonstrations and workshops in watercolor, at venues including Spectrum Gallery and at Yale Peabody Museum.  Bivennne’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions and a few group exhibitions at venues including Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, Connecticut.