I look unto the hills, where does my help come from...
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Drawing on the walls of my boyhood home in Colorado with various media - mostly crayons - comprises some of my earliest memories. My parents encouraged my childhood creativity and I have loved drawing and painting ever since. As I get older, that love affair with creating art grows stronger - it is who I am. Originally born in Los Angeles, California in 1959, my family moved to Denver, Colorado in 1961 where many family members still reside. I set out for college in 1978, married soon after graduating and settled in South Texas where I live today with my wife and two daughters. Several times each year I travel back to Colorado where I paint and connect with the amazing power and beauty of the Rocky Mountain high country. My goal as a painter is to connect everyone who views my work with the transcendant power and peace I feel when standing in the middle of an Aspen grove, listening for the gentle rush of a nearby stream, or witnessing the majesty of a distant peak dusted with the first snows of fall.
Exhibitions -
2008
• Second 100; 2008 Paint the Parks Competition; Topeka, KS
• 12th Annual Exhibition of Fine Art; Plein Air Artists Colorado; Abend Gallery; Denver, CO
• 31st International Exhibition of the Watercolor Art Society-Houston; Houston, TX
2007
• Louisville Art Association's 22nd Annual National Fine Art Show 2007; Louisville, CO
• Planet Bronze Miniature Invitational Exhibition; Bozeman, MT
• Breckenridge Fine Arts Center 16th Annual Juried Art Show; Breckenridge, TX
• Bosque Conservatory Art Council 22nd Annual Conservatory Art Classic; Clifton, TX
• LIW Cargo Fine Art Gallery Plein Air Invitational; Manitou Springs, CO
2006
• Planet Bronze Miniature Invitational Exhibition; Bozeman, MT
• Top 100; Arts for the Parks National Exhibition; Jackson, WY
• American Impressionist Society 7th National Exhibition; Rockport, TX
• American Splash 2006 National Competition; Graham, TX
• Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition; Wichita, KS
• Western Heritage Art Invitational; Duncan, OK
• Estes Park Plein Air - Painting the Parks, Estes Park, CO
2005
• Old Bank Gallery Show; Juror: Christine Verner; Ada, OK
• Red River Watercolor Society; Juried Competition; Fargo, ND
• Wyoming Conservation Stamp Art Competition, Sale and Show; Cheyenne, WY
• National Greeley Art Exhibition; Juried Competition; Greeley, CO
• Great 8/Kansas Watercolor Society; Juror: Jean Grastorf AWS, NWS; Wichita, KS
• Watercolor USA 2005; Springfield Art Museum; Juror: Dr. Peter S. Briggs,
Springfield, MO
• Arts for the Parks/National Park Academy of the Arts/Mini 100; Jackson, WY
• National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society/Best of America Exhibit 05;
Osage Beach, MO
Awards/Honors
2008
• "Kingdom of the Pie"; Selected into the Second 100 of the 2008 Paint the Parks Competition; Topeka, KS
• "Luminous Near Nederland" juried into the 12th Annual Exhibition of Fine Art; Plein Air Artists Colorado; Abend Gallery; Denver, CO
• Selected to participate in Estes Park Plein Air 2008 - Painting the Parks,
Estes Park, Colorado
• Selected to paint in the LIW Cargo Fine Art Gallery Plein Air Invitational, June 2008
2007
• Selected to exhibit at the 2nd Annual Planet Bronze Miniature Invitational Exhibition; Bozeman, MT
• Bosque Conservatory Art Council 22nd Annual Conservatory Art Classic; Clifton, TX; Purchase Award
• Selected to paint in the LIW Cargo Fine Art Gallery Plein Air Invitational, June 2007
• "Light Around the Corner"; Artist's Choice Award; LIW Cargo Fine Art Gallery Plein Air Invitational
2006
• "Everlasting Amidst the Everchanging", National Park Academy of the Arts, 2006
Arts for the Parks Top 100 National Exhibition; purchased by private collector
• “Golden Meadow Path”, American Imnpressionist Society 7th National Exhibition,
purchased by private collector
• Selected to participate in Estes Park Plein Air 2006 - Painting the Parks,
Estes Park, Colorado
2005
• “Lake Shallows Temptation”, 4th place, 22nd Annual Wyoming Conservation
Stamp Art Competition, Sale and Show, 2005
• “Light Around the Corner Bar”, Watercolor U.S.A. 2005 National Exhibition
Winner: Patron’s Purchase Award
• “Aspen Grove Red”, 2005 Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition
Winner: Patron’s Purchase Award
• “Aspen View” and “Bright Meadow Aspen”, National Greeley Art Exhibition
Both paintings purchased for private collections
• “Mission of the Shady Vine”, National Park Academy of the Arts, 2005 Arts for the
Parks Mini 100 National Exhibition
• “KC Fields Barn 2”, National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society,
Best of America Exhibition.
Professional Affiliations
• Plein Air Artists Colorado, Signature Member
• Outdoor Painters Society, member
• American Watercolor Society, member
• American Impressionist Society, member
• Oil Painters of America, member
• National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, member
• Kansas Watercolor Society, member
Publications
• “Lake Shallows Temptation” in the 2005 Winter issue of
“Wyoming Wildlife Magazine”.
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