Background
Powers, W. Alex was born on April 25, 1940 in St. Charles, Virginia, United States. Son of William Coscar and Elsie Mae (Weston) Powers.
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Powers, W. Alex was born on April 25, 1940 in St. Charles, Virginia, United States. Son of William Coscar and Elsie Mae (Weston) Powers.
Bachelor, Emory & Henry College, 1962.
Public school teacher, Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, Richmond, Virginia, 1962-1966;
Public school teacher, Melbourne (Florida) High School, 1966-1967;
science computer programmer, Radio Corporation of America, Cape Kennedy, Florida, 1967-1969;
self-employed art teacher, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina., since 1969. Juror Pittsburgh Watercolor Society National Exhibition, 1991, Midwest Watercolor Society National Exhibition, 1991, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Mid-Atlanta regional, 1992, Tennessee Watercolor Society annual exhibition, 1992, Southeastern Watercolorist VIII, DeLand Museum Art, 1993, Oregon Watercolor Society, The Dalles, 1993, Louisiana Watercolor Society 23rd Annual International Exhibition, New Orleans, 1994. Teacher 12 to 15 workshops per year in the United States, Canada and abroad.
Represented in galleries in South Carolina., North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland., Michigan, California and Toronto.
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(Painting portraits in watercolours is a difficult practic...)
Member National Watercolor Society.
Married Janet Covington, 1980 (divorced 1989).