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
- 2020 – The Artist’s Wife was one of 150 paintings juried into the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society 2020 Spring International Online Competition.
- 2-2020 I was accepted into the Booth Western Art Museum show Making Their Mark: American Women Artists. May 27 – Aug. 23, 2020.
- 2020 – Mourning Dove was selected to be part of the show Making Their Mark: American Women Artists, to be held at the Booth Western Art museum in Cartersville, GA. from May 27 – Aug 23, 2020.
- 2018 – My painting The Artist’s Wife was chosen as a Finalist in the Portrait Society of America’s “Members Only Competition” (in the Non-Commissioned Portrait Category)
- 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
Current Events
Previous Events
- American Women Artists National Juried Competition & Exhibition, Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat, CO. June 2019
- American Women Artists National Juried Competition & Exhibition – “Full Sun: American Women Artists Illuminate the Haggin Museum”, Stockton, CA. Aug. 8 – Sept. 16, 2018
- “NOAPS Best of America Small Painting National Exhibition” Richland Fine Art Gallery, Knoxville, TN. April 30 – May 26, 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
- “Out West Art Show and Sale” Room 176 at the Heritage Inn, Great Falls,MT., March 2018 and for many year previously
- “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 2017 and years previously
- “The Russell” Live Auction, Mansfield Convention Center, Great Falls, MT., Mar. 2017 and for many years past
- “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. – September of many years
- 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
- Annual C.M. Russell Art Show & Auction (now called “The Russell”) March, Great Falls, MT.
- 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.