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AWARDS

 

July 29 - Aug 5th, 2007 Collectors Purchase Award, 2007 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Show held at Elk Horn Art Gallery in Winter Park, Colorado.
May 19 - June 15, 2007 “Jury’s Top 50” Award, Salon International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, exhibition and sale, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, Texas
March 28- April 1, 2007 "Best Quick Draw" 1st Annual Marana Arts Council Plein Air Festival , Tucson, AZ
Mar 16, 2007 2nd Place, Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational 2007, Borrego Springs, CA
Oct 21 – 29, 2006 “Collector’s Choice Award” 2nd Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona, AZ
July 29 – Aug 6, 2006 “Best in Show” Award, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters 5th Annual National Show, Elkhorn Gallery, Winter Park, CO
July 1 – 8, 2006 “People’s Choice” Award, 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters

May 18 – 20, 2006

“Honorable Mention” 13th Carmel Arts Festival, Carmel, CA

May 6, 2006

3rd Place Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Artist Members Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

March 16, 2006

2nd Place, Tucson Plein Air Painters Society 2006 Juried Members Show, Northern Trust Bank Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Nov, 2004

“Honorable Mention” and “Collector’s Choice” Awards, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters competition, Estes Park, CO 

Sept 24, 2005

“Best in Show” Award, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters “Fall Colors 2005” plein air competition, Snowfire Gallery, Estes Park, CO

Aug 13, 2005

“People’s Choice” Award, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painter’s plein air competition, Elk Horn Gallery in Winter Park, CO

July 8, 2005

“Award of Excellence” Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Exhibit, Galleries West in Jackson Hole, WY

June 19, 2005

“Best Landscape”  Award OPA’s 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Hilligos Gallery in Chicago, IL

Feb 19th, 2005

“People’s Choice” Award 2005 Rocky Mountain Plein  Air Painter’s Annual Signature and Invited Artist Show, La Mariposa Resort in Tucson, AZ

Sept 19, 2004

One Painting in “Top 200” and one in “Top Mini 100.”, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of the Arts

March 6, 2004

“Gallery Award & Honorable Mention, 2004 Western Spirit Art Show & Sale,  Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY

Aug 2003

“Jury’s Top Fifty” Salon International 2003, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art

July 2003

One Painting in “Top 200”, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of the Arts

Feb 1, 2003

One of 10 Letters of Commendation” from a panel of 6 judges at “Plein Air 2003” Annual Sonora Desert Museum Show, Tucson, AZ

Nov 15-16, 2002

“Peoples Choice” Award 9th Annual Art Show & Sale at the Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

Sept 30 – Oct 6, 2002

“Curators" Award, San Luis Obispo Plein Air Competition, at the San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA

June 2002

Finalist Landscape Division , Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition

June 2002

Best in Show & Honorable Mention, 2002 Western & Wildlife Art Show, Casper, WY

Feb – March 2002

Photo & Caption, International Artist Annual Landscape Competition, 1 of 10 Finalists, Issue #23, Pg 8

Aug 2001

Honorable Mention, Art Wyo 2002, Casper, WY - Judged by: Jeannie McKenzie

July 2001

3 Paintings in Top 200, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of The Arts, Jackson, WY

June 2001

Best in Show and Honorable Mention, 2001 Western & Wildlife Show, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY – Judged by: John Phelps

April 2001

$5,000 Purchase Award, 2001 Casper Petroleum Club Art Show, Casper, WY

Oct 2000

First Place “Art Wyoming 2000” Annual Show West Wind Gallery, Casper WY

July 2000

One painting chosen for the Top 100 Arts for the Parks 2000 competition and two paintings for the Top 200, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson, WY

July 2000

Best in Show and Third Place, 2000 Western and Wildlife Show, Casper Artists Guild (West Wind Gallery), Casper, WY – Judged by: Carl Purcell, Utah

2000

Runner Up – Grand Prize & Non Traditional Plein Air, Best Design/Nature (2 paintings) – Judged by: John K. Goodman, Bob Kuhn & Barbara Kelly (Southwest Art Publisher), Plein Air Tucson 2000, Tucson, AZ

2000

One of 15 Award Winners, Scottsdale Art Classic – Judged by: Troy Murray, Scottsdale, AZ

1999, 1997 & 1995

Top 200, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson, WY

1999

Best of Show and Three Awards of Merit “Celebrating Nature”, Our Best Landscapes Show – Judged by: Ron Loveland, Casper Artists Guild, Casper, WY

1999

Work of Merit Award, American Women Artists 2nd Annual Competition, Taos, NM

1999

Second Place, Western & Wildlife Art Show, Casper, WY

1998

Purchase Award & Honorable Mention, Western & Wildlife Show – Judged by: Gregory I. McHuron, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY

1998

Best of Show, “Small Works Show”, Casper, WY

1997

Second Place Overall, Art Wyoming ’97 – Judged by: Rose Eden, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY

1997

First Place & Honorable Mention, 1997 Wyoming Western & Wildlife Art Show – Judged by: Rod Frederick, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY

1996

First Place – Oils, Western Regional Western Art Show – Judged by: Roy Kerswill, Casper, WY

 

ORGANIZATIONS

 

  Signature & Founding Member of Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters
  Signature Member of American Women Artists

 

Signature Member of Oil Painters of America

 

Member of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

 

Artist Member of California Art Club

 

Member of Wyoming Artist Association

 

Listed with the National Museum of Women in the Arts

 

Artist Member of Tucson Plein Air Painters

PUBLICATIONS

 

June / July 2007 Feature Article, Issue #55 International Artist Magazine

July 2006

Feature Article & Cover Artist , The Cultural Times magazine

May/June 2006

Feature Article, Art of the West magazine 

May / June 2004

One page article with photos, “Artists Profile”, SkyWest Magazine

May / June 2004

One page article with photos included in feature article about 5 regional artists in the United States, Wildlife Art News

March / April 2004

Cover and ½ page article with photos, SkyWest Magazine (cover & pg 27),

Nov / Dec 2003

One page article with 1 photo “Artists Worth Watching”, Art Talk magazine

August 2003

One page article with 2 photos, “Another Dimension”, The Artists Magazine spotlighting finalists in their annual art contest

July 2003

6 page feature article with photos, “Sculpted Strokes: Painting with a Palette Knife”, American Artist magazine.

Feb 2003

Write-up & photo, “Artists to Watch” Southwest Art magazine (pg 26)

2002

Cover Artist, J.M. Smucker Company, Annual report, 250,000 Shareholders

2002

Write-up & Photo, International Artist, “Showcase of Master Artists”

July 4, 2001

Write-up & Photo, “Stepping Out”, Jackson Hole News (pg 12)

June 28, 2001

Write-up & Photos, Arts & Entertainment “What Better Job”, Casper Journal (front page, Sec B)

Winter 2001

Write-up & Photo, “Art Scene”, Breckenridge Magazine (pg 71 under Paint Horse Gallery)

Dec 27, 2000

Write-up & Photo, “The Arts”, The Jackson Hole News (pg 7)

Oct 23, 2000

“Wyoming Artist”, Write-up, The Monterey Post (pg 5)

Sept 3, 1999

“Going Places”, Color Photo with Captions, Casper Star Tribune  (section C1)

Dec 23, 1998

“Arts & Entertainment”, Article & Photo, The Casper Journal (pg 12)

Oct 2, 1998

“Gallery Art”, Write-up, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (section C1)

1998

Book Cover, “The Welsh Corgi Annual”, Hoflin Publishing, Inc.

1998

“A Larklain Legacy”, Article & Photos, “The Welsh Corgi Annual”, Hoflin Publishing, Inc. (pg 15)

1998

“The Artist Eye”, Article & Photos, Hoflin Publishing, Inc. (pg 20-27)


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