NEW FAIRFIELD — Newtown artist Grace Scharr McEnaney is having her watercolors featured at The Barn Gallery & Frame Shop this month.

The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception at the gallery, 82 State Route 37 in New Fairfield, on Saturday, October 20, from 2 to 4 pm.

Ms McEnaney says her paintings vary in subject matter and reflect, interpret, and ultimately represent her personal life experience on many levels.

“While describing through light, form, and texture, internal relationships emerge and engage through the glistening values of the watercolor medium,” she said. “As a result, a design unfolds, illuminating what I hope to be both a memorable and meaningful painting.”

Varied forms of art and design have always been strong interests in the artist’s life. After graduating from Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, she began her career as a technical illustrator at Union Carbide and then later independently provided graphic design and advertising for various small companies in Connecticut.

Eventually, Ms McEnaney began illustrating for garden and travel magazines, which led to her focus of fine art painting in watercolor. She exhibits her watercolors in Connecticut and New York and currently teaches classes in watercolor from her studio in Newtown and at Arts Escape in Southbury.

Ms McEnaney was recently awarded First Place in Watercolor from The Catharine Lorillard Wolf Art Club 2018 Member’s Show at The Salmagundi Club in New York City and The People’s Bank Award at the 48th Annual Society of Creative Artist of Newtown Juried Show & Sale, presented at C.H. Booth Library in June.

Her painting “Western Wonders” was accepted into the 42nd Annual International Exhibition of The North East Watercolor Society at Kent Art Association in Kent, on view through October 28.

Also, two of her pieces — “Patience on Fifth” and “Maitreya” — have been selected for inclusion in The Golden Thread Gallery Anthology due out this season.

Barn Gallery & Frame Shop is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 9:30 am to 6 pm; and Thursday, noon to 6 pm. For more information, call Sue Newton at The Barn Gallery, 203-746-4502.