Toni M. Elkins, WSA, is a signature member of nineteen watercolor societies including National Watercolor, Watercolor USA Honor Society, Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Society and Nautilus Fellowship Member of International Society of Experimental Artists.

Ms. Elkins has won over 150 national awards with 4 of those awards being won in 2006. She received the highest award given in the state of South Carolina for contributions to SC art from Governor Hodges in 1999: The Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Award for The Arts. She also was selected as a billboard model for The Girl Scouts of The Congaree Area. She is presently serving as President of South Carolina Watercolor Society.

Her artwork entitled The Connection has been selected as a finalist in the Experimental category of The Artist's Magazine 24th Annual Art Competition. Her name will be featured in the December issue of the magazine.

In talking about her art, Ms. Elkins has said, "Art comes from one's depths or it's not art at all!"