William Garbe, an artist known for his large-scale watercolors of birds, flowers and seashore life, died last Thursday on the way to St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan.

The show also includes a series of beautiful large-scale watercolors, which draw connections between India, where Mr. Dodiya lives, and the larger world (Cotter).

The present show assembles more than 50 of his large-scale watercolors of birds, animals, snakes and lushly exotic flora, all produced since the early 1990s.

For Mr. Murphy, quick sketches and paintings of people and skyscrapers around Times Square served as a launching pad for a large-scale watercolor of a neon-splashed building dotted with windows from which faces peered.

From Aug. 3 to Sept. 15, a series of large-scale watercolors by Dan Gibbons of sites in the botanic garden and other outdoor locations in the New York area will be in the conservatory.

Ms. Reay is well known in the area for her large-scale watercolors, especially her still lifes.

Beginning Friday, the Brooklyn Museum will present more than 50 of Ford's meticulous large-scale watercolors made since the 1990's, works that question the beauty and simplicity of nature and man's relationship to it.

Starting out as an oil painter, he was one of the first to see large-scale watercolor as a serious pursuit.

This show assembles more than 50 of Mr. Ford's large-scale watercolors of birds, animals, snakes and lushly exotic flora.

The show also includes a series of recent large-scale watercolors, sepia-gray in tone, which also refer to connections between India, where Mr. Dodiya lives, and the world at large.