Exhibitions, Events and Awards
2026 "Best Off the Beaten Path" Merit Award Lighthouse Plein Air - Beth Bathe judge
2025 Plein Air Magazine - Plein Air Portfolio - Aspiring Lifeguards
2025 "Third Place" Sedona Arts Center, Paint Out - Bill Cramer judge
2025 "Best in Show", Houston MG Car Club/Woodlands Art League Paint out. Tomball, Texas
2025 "Peoples Choice" Houston MG Car Club/Woodlands Art League Paint out. Tomball, Texas
2025 “Cezanne/Best Landscape“, Olmstead, Atlanta, GA
2025 “Second Place” Mountain Marilyand, Cumberland, Maryland, for “Aspiring”
2024 Purchase Award Zion Forever Plein Air Invitational
2024 Portrait Honorable Mention September Plein Air Salon
2024 "Best Abstract" Sedona Arts Center Plein Air Invitational, Spiraling Up.
2024 "Honorable Mention" Quick paint, Sedona Arts Center Plein Air Invitational
2024 "Honorable Mention" Paint out - Sedona Arts Center Plein Air Invitational
2024 "Best Use Of Light" for "Where The Heart Is" Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Judges: Skot Foreman, Christopher Parker, Larry Moore
2023 “Best Nocturne” Sedona Arts Center Plein Air Festival, for “Into the Night”, Judge Tim Newton
2023 AIS All Member Online Exhibition
2023 “First Place, Quick Paint” Estes Valley Plein Air, for “Coffee Conversations”
2023 “Poster/Wine Label” Estes Valley Plein Air, “East of Long’s”
2023 “Nocturn Award” Estes Valley Plein Air for “Afterglow”. Judge Scott Ruthven
2023 “Board of Directors Award” Estes Valley Plein Air for “Sky Dancer’
2023 "Honorable Mention" AIS Associate Member Online Show for "Encircled".
2023 "Honorable Mention" Paint the Town, Marble Falls Texas, for "She Prospers"
2023 "2nd Place" Light House Plein Air Festival - Quick Paint
2023 "2nd Place" Light House Plein Air festival, "Moon Over the Inlet"
2023 "Parish President's Award" Shadows on the Teche Plein Air Event, "Royal"
2023 7th Annual AIS Impressions: Small Works Showcase, The District Gallery Knoxville, Tennessee
2022 “Best of Show” Sedona Plein Air Festival
2022 “Merit Award” Sedona Plein Air Festival Quick Paint
2022 “First Place” Sedona Plein Air Festival Quick Draw
2022 “Best of Show” Outdoor Painters Society
2022 AIS 3RD Annual All Member Online Exhibition
2022 NOAPS On-line International Fall 2022
2022 “Award of Distinction” Plein Air Southwest
2022 NOAPS Best of America Small Works Show
2022 AIS National Show
2/2022 - Fine Art Connoisseur - One To Watch
10/21 - Bold Brush Finalist, Judge Tony Pro, for "Interior Landscape"
10/29/21 - Honorable Mention - Sedona Plein Air Festival for "Down Town"
10/27/21 - Honorable Mention - Quick Paint - "Rhythm and Time"
10/10/21 - 12/30/21 AIS Member Online Exhibition
10/16/21 Award of Excellence - Oil Painters of America, Western Regional. for "Quiet Confidence"
9/17/21 Best Body of Work - Grand Prize - Grand Marais Plein Air Event.
9/10/21 Awarded Signature Status National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society - NOAPS.
2021 "Best Technique" NOAPS National for "High and Dry"
2021 "Third Place" Outdoor Painters Society Annual Show for "Tillie's Place"
2021 "Best Impressionism Award" NOAPS Associate Member Exhibit 2021 for "Hillbilly Hilton"
2021 "Best Quick Draw" Telluride Plein Air Festival
2021 Plein Air Southwest "Award of Merit" High and Dry - Judge Roger Dale Brown
2021 Bold Brush Fave 15% January, February, March
2020 "Best Vehicle" December Plein Air Salon
2020 “Best Figure” November Plein Air Salon
2020 “First Place” NOAPS - Members Only Plein Air Competition
2020 “Second Place Over All Award”, Fine Art Connoisseurs’ Art of the Selfie competition.
2020 “Top 25 Finalist”, Fine Art Connoisseurs’ Art of the Selfie competition.
2020 “Award of Excellence” NOAPS Best of America Exhibition, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, judge Mark Boedges.
2020 November, NOAPS 2020 Best of America National Juried Exhibition, Cutter and Cutter Fine Art, St Augustine, FL
2020 “Beauty of Oil Award”, Plein Air Grand Marais, judge Kathie Wheeler, OPA, AIS, AWA
2020 “Award of Excellence” Oil Painters of America, Virtual - International Wet Paint Competition, Judge John Pototschnik.
2020 “Best of Show” Plein Visions in Miniature, Outdoor Painters Society, Judge Rusty Jones.
2020 "Plein Visions in Miniature" Associates Show, August 8th Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, TX.
2020 Oil Painters of America Nation Show RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2020 “Best Use of Light and Color AWARD”, NOAPS Best of America Small Works Show 2020, Daniel Gerhartz Judge, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
2020 June - July Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Portfolio, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, editors pick
2020 “Best Vehicle”, Plein Air Salon April-May
2020 February - March Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Portfolio, Paint the Town, Editors pick
2020 Nov 2-5 Plein Air Workshop Tubac, AZ
2020 Sedona Plein Air, AZ
2020 Grand Marais Plein Air, Grand Marais, MN
2020 Estes Valley Plein Air, Estes Park, CO
2020 Telluride Plein Air, Telluride, CO
2020 Paint the Town, Marble Falls, Texas
2020 Shadows on the Tesche, New Iberia, LA
2020 Plein Air Southwest, Galveston, TX
2020 January BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 January BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 February BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 February BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 March BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 April BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 April BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 May BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 June BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 July BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 August BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 August BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 September BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 October, BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 October, BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 November, BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 December, BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15%
2020 January Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Portfolio.
2019 Plein Air Salon October/November Third Place Overall for “Night Watch”
2019 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Juried Exhibition, Sorrel Sky Gallery , Santa Fe, NM
2019 Texas Artist Camp Award (Artists Choice) En Plein Air Texas, San Angelo, TX
2019 Best Sense of Place Award, Plein Air Grand Marais, Grand Marais, MN
2019 QuickDraw, 3rd Place, Plein Air Grand Marais, Grand Marais, MN
2019 People’s Choice, Estes Valley Plein Air, Estes Park, Colorado
2019 Artist Choice, Estes Valley Plein Air, Estes Park, Colorado
2019 January, Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Portfolio, On the Road.
2019 April, Fine Art Connoisseur, When Artists Depict Themselves
2019 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - November
2019 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - October
2019 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - September
2019 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - August
2019 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - July
2019 Second Place, Paint the Town, marble Falls TX, Eric Rhoads Judge
2019 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - May
2018 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society small works Exhibition- Best Technique AWARD
2018 Fine Art Connoisseur, December, Figurative Art Showcase
2018 Brandywine Valley Plein Air, Children's Beach House
2018 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - October
2018 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - August
2018 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - July
2018 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - May
2018 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - April
2018 Paint the Town -Third Place AWARD
2018 Bucks County Plein Air
2017 PleinAir Salon October/November - Best Sketch Book
2017 Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event - Best In Show AWARD
2017 Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event - Best Quick Draw, Gallery AWARD
2017 Paint the Town - Best In Show AWARD
2017 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Fall Online Competition -
2017 BoldBrush Painting Competition - February FINALISTS
2017 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - December
2017 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - October
2017 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - May
2017 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - April
2017 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - March
2017 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - February
2017 NOAPS Spring International Online Exhibition-
2016 Paint the Town - People's Choice AWARD
2015 Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition - 9th Merritt AWARD
2015 Oil Painters of America 24th Annual National Juried Exhibition
2015 Raymar International Art Contest February - February - Finalist
2015 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - November
2015 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - July
2015 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - May
2015 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - March
2015 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - February
2015 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - January
2014 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - December
2014 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - November
2014 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - October
2014 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - May
2014 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - April
2013 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - November
2013 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - August
2013 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - June
2013 BoldBrush Painting Competition FAV 15% - March
2013 Oil Painters of America 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition
2013 NOAPS International Online Exhibition
2013 Oil Painters of America International Sumer Salon
2012 Oil Painters of America Summer Online Showcase -
2012 Woodlands Art League Fall Show - Best of Show
2012 Woodlands Art League Fall Show - First Place
