One of my other passions is golf. In many ways it's like painting. It is a one person sport. You have only yourself to blame for missed shots (or missed brush strokes) and the satisfaction of a good game (a good painting) is unparalleled excitement--just as when a painting comes together! Watercolor, as a medium, is an adventure in itself and you never really know how a painting will turn out until it's done. It's a challenge, but that's why I love it.
I have never had any formal education in art other than the required classes in junior high school. I have taken workshops and classes over the last 12 years from some very accomplished and well known artists and have tried to glean a little bit from each one. They are names in the watercolor art world that are well recognized and each is well established in their own careers. People such as Paul Jackson, Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic, Eric Wiegardt, Frank Eber, Bev Jozwiak and Vickie Nelson, David Lobenberg, Kathy Collins, Joe MacKechnie, and Stella Canfield. The latter was the one who really got my motor started in watercolor painting and instilled in me the passion for painting.
Inevitably, "time on the brush" has produced some successes. I've been fortunate in my career (12 years) to have participated in many juried shows, both National and International, and have many won ribbons. I've exhibited paintings in Bulgaria, Albania, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Italy and Malaysia . My painting "Abandoned Pier", was selected for the 47th National and International Exhibition (Jan-Feb 2017) of the California Watercolor Association. There were over 750 entries and only 80 accepted.
Since we are fortunate enough to spend our winter months in the sunshine of the California desert, I've also participated in several art shows there as well and have won a "best in show" and many ribbons.
I think my paintings are characterized by the use of a lot of color and have strong contrasting values. So please, enjoy what you see here and don't hesitate to tell me what you think using the "Contact Me" tab.
I hope you will peruse my gallery and enjoy what you see. And please, should you have a comment to share or wish to consider a commission piece, use the "Contact Me" tab.
RECOGNITIONS
2019 Appointed as District Manager for the West Coast as part of the International Watercolor Society-USA team
2019 San Diego Watercolor Society
Accepted Juried Member's show. Thomas S. Schaller Juror
2019 Coachella Valley Watercolor Society 1st Place, Painter of the Month
2019 Accepted, International Watercolor Society Vietnam, 3rd Biennial, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2018 1st Place, Coachella Valley Watercolor Society, Painter of the Month
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Malaysia
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Italy
Only 75 artists accepted from around the world
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Exhibition, Dubai, UAE
2018 Indio Date Festival, Riverside Co., California
1st Place Division Traditional, (One of six major awards)
1st Place Landscape Watercolor Category Traditional
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Prague Exhibition.
Received 2018 Acceptance Award
2017 Accepted International Watercolor Society Juried Show, Tirana, Albania, 2nd Biennial
2017 Accepted International Watercolor Society 2nd Biennial Exhibition Juried Show, Hanoi, Vietnam
2016 Accepted 47th National and International Exhibition California Watercolor Association, Juried Show, Juror Donna Zagota
2016 Accepted International Watercolor Society Juried Show Varna, Bulgaria
2016 July-Aug Northwest Watercolor Society
Hot Press Editor’s Contest First Place
2016 Coachella Valley Watercolor Society Annual Juried Show
Honorable Mention Juried Show
2016 Indio Date Festival, Riverside County, California
1st Place Marine category Juried Show
2nd Place Animal category Juried Show
2016 Painter of the month Coachella Valley Watercolor Society
2015 Indio Date Festival, Juried Show
1st Place Portrait Category
2nd Place Marine Category
2015 Edmonds Arts Festival Accepted Juried Art Show
2015 1Day Solo Exhibition, Seattle. WA
2015 Northwest Watercolor Society
Featured Artist Editor’s Newsletter, Nov-Dec 2015
2014 Sun City Palm Desert Arts Fair
Best of Show
1st Place Peoples Category
3rd Place Animals Category
2010 Featured Artist MIVAL (Mercer Is Visual Arts League)
2010 Kenmore, WA Juried Art Show
2009-2012 MIVAL Art Gallery, Mercer Island, WA2008 Kenmore, WA Juried Art Show
I have never had any formal education in art other than the required classes in junior high school. I have taken workshops and classes over the last 12 years from some very accomplished and well known artists and have tried to glean a little bit from each one. They are names in the watercolor art world that are well recognized and each is well established in their own careers. People such as Paul Jackson, Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic, Eric Wiegardt, Frank Eber, Bev Jozwiak and Vickie Nelson, David Lobenberg, Kathy Collins, Joe MacKechnie, and Stella Canfield. The latter was the one who really got my motor started in watercolor painting and instilled in me the passion for painting.
Inevitably, "time on the brush" has produced some successes. I've been fortunate in my career (12 years) to have participated in many juried shows, both National and International, and have many won ribbons. I've exhibited paintings in Bulgaria, Albania, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Italy and Malaysia . My painting "Abandoned Pier", was selected for the 47th National and International Exhibition (Jan-Feb 2017) of the California Watercolor Association. There were over 750 entries and only 80 accepted.
Since we are fortunate enough to spend our winter months in the sunshine of the California desert, I've also participated in several art shows there as well and have won a "best in show" and many ribbons.
I think my paintings are characterized by the use of a lot of color and have strong contrasting values. So please, enjoy what you see here and don't hesitate to tell me what you think using the "Contact Me" tab.
I hope you will peruse my gallery and enjoy what you see. And please, should you have a comment to share or wish to consider a commission piece, use the "Contact Me" tab.
RECOGNITIONS
2019 Appointed as District Manager for the West Coast as part of the International Watercolor Society-USA team
2019 San Diego Watercolor Society
Accepted Juried Member's show. Thomas S. Schaller Juror
2019 Coachella Valley Watercolor Society 1st Place, Painter of the Month
2019 Accepted, International Watercolor Society Vietnam, 3rd Biennial, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2018 1st Place, Coachella Valley Watercolor Society, Painter of the Month
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Malaysia
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Italy
Only 75 artists accepted from around the world
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Exhibition, Dubai, UAE
2018 Indio Date Festival, Riverside Co., California
1st Place Division Traditional, (One of six major awards)
1st Place Landscape Watercolor Category Traditional
2018 Accepted International Watercolor Society Prague Exhibition.
Received 2018 Acceptance Award
2017 Accepted International Watercolor Society Juried Show, Tirana, Albania, 2nd Biennial
2017 Accepted International Watercolor Society 2nd Biennial Exhibition Juried Show, Hanoi, Vietnam
2016 Accepted 47th National and International Exhibition California Watercolor Association, Juried Show, Juror Donna Zagota
2016 Accepted International Watercolor Society Juried Show Varna, Bulgaria
2016 July-Aug Northwest Watercolor Society
Hot Press Editor’s Contest First Place
2016 Coachella Valley Watercolor Society Annual Juried Show
Honorable Mention Juried Show
2016 Indio Date Festival, Riverside County, California
1st Place Marine category Juried Show
2nd Place Animal category Juried Show
2016 Painter of the month Coachella Valley Watercolor Society
2015 Indio Date Festival, Juried Show
1st Place Portrait Category
2nd Place Marine Category
2015 Edmonds Arts Festival Accepted Juried Art Show
2015 1Day Solo Exhibition, Seattle. WA
2015 Northwest Watercolor Society
Featured Artist Editor’s Newsletter, Nov-Dec 2015
2014 Sun City Palm Desert Arts Fair
Best of Show
1st Place Peoples Category
3rd Place Animals Category
2010 Featured Artist MIVAL (Mercer Is Visual Arts League)
2010 Kenmore, WA Juried Art Show
2009-2012 MIVAL Art Gallery, Mercer Island, WA2008 Kenmore, WA Juried Art Show
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