Events

Collections of Note

• Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA.
• C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT.
• Marty Sklar, past President of Walt Disney Imagineering
• Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
• United States Air Force, Washington, DC.

Awards or Happenings

• 2018, July / August – I was chosen to grace the “Classic Moments” page of the July / August 2018 Fine Art Connoisseur magazine. This is the last page of the magazine and a full page spread! My painting, “The Artist’s Wife”, 32×24, was my response to a painting of the same title by William Merit Chase, done in 1892.
• 2018 – Portrait Society of America – 6×9: Limited Size, Unlimited Talent Mystery Art Sale, April 20 at the Art of the Portrait Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
• 2017 – Portrait Society of American Members Only Competition Finalist in the “Outside the Box” Figurative Competition – for “Mourning Dove” 36×24
• 2017 – Two pieces juried into the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Holiday Small Works Show
• 2017 – C.M. Russell Museum Auction “The Russell”
• 2016 – Portrait Society of American Members Only Competition Finalist in the Landscape Division – for “Milk & Honey” 24×24;
• 2016 – Juried into the American Women Artists National Competition & Exhibition
• 2015 – C.M. Russell Museum Auction “The Russell”
• 2015 – Juried into the American Women Artists National Online Competition & Exhibition
• 2014 – One of the 150 artists juried into the NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibition
• 2014 – Juried into the American Women Artists National Competition & Exhibition
• 2014 – Chosen to be an Art in Action Artist during the C.M. Russell Auction activities
• 2013 – Juried into the American Women Artists National Competition & Exhibition
• 2012 – Top 100 Artist – Paint the Parks National Competition and traveling show (2 pieces), Topeka, KS.
• 2012 – Quick Draw Participant – Western Masters Art Show & Auction, Great Falls, MT.
• 2011 – Peoples Choice Award at the Clymer Art Museum Auction , Ellensburg, WA.
• 2008-2010 – Top 100 Artist each year – Paint America National Competition & Show, Topeka, KS.
• 2008 – Russell Art Auction CEO Award, given to one Auction participant, Great Falls, MT.

Affiliations

• American Impressionist Society www.americanimpressionistsociety.org
• American Women Artists – Signature and Board Member www.americanwomenartists.org
• Montana Painters Alliance – Founding Member www.mtpaintersalliance.org
• National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society www.noaps.org/
• Oil Painters of America www.oilpaintersofamerica.com
• Portrait Society of America www.portraitsociety.org

Current Events

• “Coeur d’ Alene Galleries – 2018 Miniatures by the Lake Show” Sept. 22, 2018, 6 – 8 pm
• “American Women Artists Illuminate the Haggin Museum” Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA. Aug 2 – through Sept.16,2018
• “NOAPS Best of America Small Painting National Exhibition” Richland Fine Art Gallery, Knoxville, TN. April 30 – May 26, 2018
• “Out West Art Show and Sale” Room 176 at the Heritage Inn, Great Falls,MT., March 14-17, 2018
• “Portrait Society of America “6×9 Limited Size, Unlimited Talent Mystery Sale” at The Art of the Portrait Conference in Washinton, DC., April 20, 2018
• “National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Holiday Small Works Show” at Cathy Cline Gallery, Parkville, MO. Nov. 13 – Dec. 30, 2017
• “AWA Master & Signature Show and National Juried Competition “Under a Vast Sky”” at Tucson Desert Art Museum, Tucson, AZ. Oct. 13 – Dec. 3, 2017
• “Dissent Show” at Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA. July 1 – August 31, 2017
• “Auction for the Arts” at Moonlight Lodge in Big Sky, MT. , March 23, 2017
• The Russell Live Auction, Mansfield Convention Center, Great Falls, MT., Mar. 17, 2017

Previous Events

• “Montana Painters Alliance Show” at the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, MT. , June 30 – August 31, 2016
• “I taught a “Back to Basics: Considerations for Every Painter” Workshop at the C. M. Russell Museum “, Great Falls, MT. – April 29 – May 1, 2016
• Altamira Fine Art – Guest Artist , Scottsdale, AZ. – November, 2015
• “Traveling the West Art Show & Sale”, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX. – October 23 – 24, 2015
• “Boots Required! Show”, Bella Muse Gallery, Ogden, UT. – July 3 – August 31, 2015
• The Dana Gallery “Icons of the West Show”, opening May 16, 2015
• Altamira Fine Art “Art 2 Art Show” & Exhibition, Jackson, WY. – mid December 2014 – January 1, 2015
• Dana Gallery “Holiday Show”, Missoula, MT. – December, 2014
• Coeur d’ Alene Galleries “Miniatures by the Lake Show”, Coeur d’ Alene, ID. – Autumn, 2014
• American Women Artists National Juried Competition & Exhibition, Orleans, MA, Aug. 15 – Sept. 15, 2014
• Art in Action, Meadowlark Country Club, Great Falls, MT., Mar. 21, 2014
• Western Masters Art Show, Heritage Inn, Great Falls, MT., Mar. 19 – 22, 2014
• For the Love of Art Gala & Art Auction, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA., Feb. 15, 2014
• National Cowboy Museum “Small Works, Great Wonders” Show , Oklahoma City, OK, Nov. 15, 2013
• American Women Artists National Juried Competition and Exhibition , Fredericksburg, TX., Nov. 1 – 24, 2013
• Trailside Galleries Invitational “Masters in Miniature Show” , Jackson, WY., July 15-28, 2013
• Many of the same annual recurring shows
• “The Russell” – the show to benefit the Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT.
• Annual C.M. Russell Art Show & Auction (now called “The Russell”) March, Great Falls, MT.
• Coeur d’Alene Galleries “Miniatures by the Lake” Show, Coeur d’ Alene, ID., – September 2009 – 2011
• Settlers West Galleries Invitational “American Miniatures Show”, Tucson, AZ., Feb. 2010-2012
• Art Event & Fundraiser for the Art Association of Jackson Hole, and the Jackson Conservation Fund, Jackson, WY. 2012 – 2014
• Holter Museum “Art of the Horse” Show, Helena, MT. Summer 2012
• “One Hundred Mile Radius” – a five woman show, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT. 2011
• Paint America National Top 100 Competition & Show finalist for the years 2008 – 2010. Topeka, KS. Four paintings selected during that time, and another for the Top 200. Those shows travel for a year.
• “Native Americans in Art” Show, C. M. Russell Art Museum, Great Falls, MT. 2008
• “Paintings of Glacier Park” Show, Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT. 2006
• Montana Painters Alliance Show, C. M. Russell Art Museum, Great Falls, MT. – every other year
• “Artists for Open Space Art Show & Auction, Montana Land Reliance, Big Fork, MT. 2007
• “Art for the Arts Show” to benefit the Missouri River Dance Company, Great Falls, MT. 2003 – 2008
• “An Affair of the Art” – a Disney affiliated show to benefit aspiring young artists, Los Angeles, CA. I participated for many years.
• Summer Show, Zoot Enterprises / Betsy Swartz Fine Art, Bozeman, MT.
• Annual Art Auction, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT.