RESUME

RESUME

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
2012 “My World” feature written in Southwest Art Magazine by Bonnie Ganglehoff, December 2012
2012 “Award of Merit” Sedona Plein Air Invitational, Sedona, AZ October 2012
2012 “Honorable Mention” Plein Air Moab, Moab, UT October2012
2012 “Award of Merit” Quickdraw, Plein Air Moab, Moab, UT October 2012
2012 “Artist’s Choice” Driggs Digs Plein Air, Driggs, ID August 2012
2012 “Peoples Choice” Quickdraw, Driggs Digs Plein Air, Driggs, ID August 2012
2012 “1st Place” Driggs Digs Plein Air, Driggs, ID August 2012
2012 “Painting the Figure in the Landscape” feature written in Southwest Art Magazine by Bonnie Ganglehoff, January 2012
2011 “1st Place” Colorado Mountain Plein Air Festival, Salida, CO September 2011
2011 “Kiabab Trail Award, 2nd Place Overall,” Grand Canyon Plein Air on the Rim Invitational, Grand Canyon, AZ September 2011
2011 “Peoples Choice-Quickdraw,” Grand Canyon Plein Air on the Rim Invitational, Grand Canyon, AZ September 2011
2011 “Honorable Mention,” Door County Plein Air Invitational, Door County WI, July 2011
2011 “Artist’s Choice,” Aspen Plein Air Invitational, Aspen CO July, 2011
2011 “Top 5 Sellers,” Telluride Plein Air Invitational, Telluride CO July, 2011
2010 “Superintendent’s Award,” Zion Plein Air Invitational, November 2010
2010 “Award of Excellence,” Sedona Plein Air Invitational, October 2010
2010 “Best Quick Draw,” Plein Air Moab, October 2010
2010 “Newsmakers” (Last Page of Magazine), Southwest Art Magazine, October 2010
2010 “Artist’s Choice,” “Plein Air Rockies”, Estes Park, CO, August 2010
2010 “Sedona Plein Air Festival”-Article featuring work and name mention, Cowboys and Indians Magazine (Art and Travel Section), July 2010
2010 “Award of Excellence,” “Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Show,” Crested Butte, CO, July 2010
2010 “Artist’s Choice: BEST OF SHOW,” “Telluride Plein Air Invitational,” Telluride, CO, July 2010
2010 “BEST OF SHOW,” “STEMS Plein Air Festival,” Leawood, Kansas, June 2010
2010 “Artist’s Choice,” “Augusta Plein Air Event,” Augusta, Missouri, May 2010
2010 Featured Article, “Plein Air Feature,” Southwest Art Magazine, June 2010
2010 Featured Article, “Using Right Practices to Paint Better,” American Artist Magazine, May 2010
2010 Pictured plein air painting with mention in January 2010 “Workshop Magazine.”
2010 Pictured plein air painting with mention in January 2010 “Western Art Collector” Magazine.
2009 Invited to participate:”Governor’s Invitational Art Show 2010″ Loveland Art Museum, Loveland, CO
2009 “Poster Award” Sedona Plein Air Invitational, Sedona, AZ 2009
2009 “TOP SELLER” Sedona Plein Air Invitational, Sedona, AZ 2009
2009 “1st Place” INAUGURAL Grand Canyon Plein Air on the Rim Invitational, Grand Canyon South Rim, AZ 2009
2009 “1st Place” “Quick Draw”  Victor Celebrates the Arts Plein Air Festival, Victor, CO 2009
2009 “1st Place” “Brush Rush”  Victor Celebrates the Arts Plein Air Festival, Victor, CO 2009
2009 “3rd Place Show Award” Victor Celebrates the Arts Plein Air Festival, Victor, CO 2009
2009 “Award of Merit” Estes Park Plein Air Festival, Estes Park, CO 2009
2009 Selected to paint the “Lifetime Achievement Award” for Ted Turner by the Colorado Conservation Trust
2009 “Artist’s Choice,” Augusta Plein Air Event, Augusta, MO 2009
2009 “Selected to be a “Signature Member” of the International Plein Air Painters Association,
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2009 Invited to participate: “Windows of the Divine” Maddon Art Museum, Denver, CO
2008 “Presenting Sponsor Award,” Sedona Plein Air Invitational, AZ 2008
2008 “Best of Show,” Victor Celebrates the Arts Plein Air Festival, CO 2008
2008 “Artist’s Choice,” Estes Park Plein Air Festival, CO 2008
2008 “Artist to Watch,” Southwest Art Magazine: June Issue.
2008 “Mini 50,” Paint the Parks Competition
2008 “Honorable Mention,” Frank Bette Plein Air Festival, Alameda, CA.
2007 “3rd Place Show Award,” Denver High Plein Air Festival, CO.
2007 “King of Frames Award,” Sedona Plein Air Festival, AZ 2007
2007 “2nd Place Show Award,” Estes Park Plein Air Festival, CO 2007. Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. Juried by Buffalo Klapinski, and Mark Sink.
2007 “Top 100″ Paint the Parks National Competition. Juried By: William Scott Jennings, Lilian Francuz, and Ann Trusty.
2007 “Gloria Riddle-Roe Award for Portraiture,” Art Of the Rockies Open Awards Show.
2006 “Best in Show,” Art of the Rockies Open Awards Show, CO Juror: Jim Pederson.
2006 “Second Place,” Art of the Rockies Open Awards Show, CO Juror: Jim Pederson.
2002 “Best Flash Animated Joke,” Contest held by Global Tantrum (Klasky Csupo), Hollywood, CA
1998 “Best in Show,” Student Juried Show. Juror: Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Durango, CO.
1998 “Best in Show,” Student Juried Show. Juror: Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Durango, CO.
1992 “Gold Key Award,” Sculpture, The Scholastic Art Awards, Highlands Ranch, CO.

EDUCATION:
2006 Gerald Merfeld Oil Painting Workshop, Westcliff, CO
2003-2004 Figure Painting in Oil, The California Art Institute, Thousand Oaks, CA.
1999 Dynamic Two Dimensional Animation, Summer Intensive Training, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY.
1999 BA in fine art, Magna Cum Laude, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.
1992-1995 Honorable Discharge, US Army. Stationed in Baumholder, Germany.
1992 Highlands Ranch High School, 3.1 GPA, Highlands Ranch, CO.

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