Artist Statement: "As a Contemporary American Impressionist, what interests me is rarely any specific subject unto itself. Instead I see color harmony, rhythms, patterns, and strong shapes. Weaving in and out, the world at 60 mph, life at a glance, this is how I paint. It is fascinating seeing this way. My art engages its viewers, like passers by who have to stop and move in more closely. The work invites them to find their own answers, like following clues to a mystery, and they can become an artist themselves, even if only for a brief time."
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American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition 2016, Plein Air Magazine Award of Excellence, Awarded by Calvin Liang
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Art Muse Contest, Master Class Finalist, Awarded by Terry Miura
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Artists' Choice Best of Show Award for Permanent Collection, Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational
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Forgotten Coast en Plein air 2016 , Third Place, Quick Draw, Awarded by Jean Stern
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Art Muse Contest, Master Class Finalist, Awarded by Greg LaRock
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All Along the Sierra Exhibition, First Place, Awarded by Carrie Brewster
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Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, Irvine Museum Award, Awarded by Jean Stern
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Art Muse Contest, Master Class Finalist, Awarded by Ken DeWaard
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BoldBrush Competition, FineArtStudioOnline, 3rd Place, Awarded by Eric Bowman
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Plein air Salon, Best Landscape, Dec/Jan, Awarded by Gary Haynes
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Oil Painters of America, Fall Online Showcase, Honorable Mention, Awarded by Kevin Beilfuss
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Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, 5th Place, Landscape
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Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, 4th Honorable Mention, Still Life
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Judge, Door County Plein air Invitational, Door County, WI
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Oil Painters of America Summer Online Showcase, 3rd Place, September 2015, Awarded by Kathy Anderson
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Plein Air Salon, Best Depiction of Water, April/May 2015, Awarded by David Leadman
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Oil Painters of America Spring Online Showcase, Honorable Mention, 2015, Awarded by Elizabeth Pollie,
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Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, High Museum Judge's Award, Awarded by Ken Brenneman, April 2015
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Plein Air Magazine Salon, Honorable Mention Annual Awards, 2014
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Plein Air Salon, Plein Air to Studio Award, Best Buildings Awarded by Ken Auster, Dec/Jan 2015
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Oil Painters of America Salon Showcase, Fall, 2nd Place, Awarded by Dan Beck.
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Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, Still Life Category Honorable Mention
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Plein air Magazine Salon, Best Nocturne, October
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Judge, Southern Appalachian Artist Guild National Exhibition, Blue Ridge, GA
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Laguna Plein air Painters Invitational, Randy Higbee Gallery Award
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American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO, Third Place, Awarded by Clayton J. Beck, III
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Crested Butte Plein air Invitational, Crested Butte, CO
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Judge, Fingerlakes Plein air Competition, Canandaigua, NY
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Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein air, Honorable Mention, Quick Draw, Apalachicola, FL
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Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Bennington, VT
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Plein air Magazine Salon, Honorable Mention, Annual Final
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Raymar Art Finalist, Awarded by Stephen M. Doherty
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Oil Painters of America Online Showcase, Honorable Mention, Awarded by Greg Scheibel
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Sedona Plein air Festival, Award of Merit, Awarded by Jill Carver
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Art in the Open Plein air, Honorable Mention, Quick Draw, Wexford, Ireland
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Oil Painters of America Fall Salon,Crooked-Tree Arts Center, Petosky,MI
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Modern Impressionists, Lori Putnam and Murat Kaboulov, two-man exhibition, LeQuire Gallery, Nashville, TN
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Plein air Magazine Salon, Best Floral, Awarded by Skip Whitcomb
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Cumberland Society of Painters, Honorable Mention, Awarded by Peggi Kroll-Roberts
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American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Charleston, SC
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Plein air Artists of Colorado, Second Place, Awarded by Wm. Scott Jennings
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Raymar Art Finalist, Awarded by Qiang Huang
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Laguna Plein air Painters Association, Best of Plein air, First Place, Awarded by Jean Stern
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Richmond Plein air Festival, Honorable Mention, Awarded by Steven Doherty
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Richmond Plein air Festival, Fast and Fresh, Second Place, Awarded by Steven Doherty
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Oil Painters of America National Juried Salon, Impressionist Award of Excellence, Awarded by Thom Robinson
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Oil Painters of America 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Most Original, Award of Excellence, Awarded by Sherrie McGraw
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Laguna Plein air Painters Association, Less is More Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
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Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL
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Portrait Society of America's International Member's Only Exhibition: Landscape Division, Honorable Mention
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Judge, Women Painters of the Southeast National Juried Exhibition, Franklin, TN
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Judge, Easels of Frederick, MD
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Bold Brush Competition, Finalist, Awarded by David Cheifetz, December
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Salmagundi Club New York City, Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, Certificate of Merit
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Richmond Plein Air Festival, Honorable Mention, Awarded by Everette Raymond Kinstler
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Los Gatos Plein Air Festival, Best of Show, Awarded by Bob Gerbracht
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Plein air Easton, Juried Plein air Festival, Easton, MD
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American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Vice President, Indianapolis, IN
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Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL
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Plein Air Artists of Colorado National Juried Exhibition, 1st Place Signature Member, Awarded by Joe Anna Arnett
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Women Painters of the Southeast, Judge's Choice, Awarded by Barbara Flowers
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Art in the Open, Wexford Ireland, Honorable Mention, Quick Draw, Wexford, Ireland
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Judge, Ohio Plein air Painters Association Paintout
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Juror, Judge, and Foreman, 88th Annual Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN
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Art in the Open, Wexford Ireland, Honorable Mention, Quick Draw, Wexford, Ireland
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Los Gatos Plein Air Festival, Artists' Choice Award, CA
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Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Honorable Mention, Quick Draw, Apalachicola, FL
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Callaway Gardens Plein Air Festival, First Place Quick Draw, Georgia, Awarded by Jean Stern
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American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Show Chair, Carmel, CA
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Plein air Painters of the Southeast, Exhibition, Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
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Randy Higbee, 6x6 Squared Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
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Juror and Judge for Memphis Germantown Art League National Exhibition
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Plein air Artists of Colorado National Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO
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Juror and Judge, 87th Annual Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN
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Sibling Rivalry: Lori Putnam and James Richardson, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC
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Oil Painters of America 30th National Juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
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Oil Painters of America Salon Show Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils
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American Impressionist Society 21st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Illume Gallery of Fine Art, St. George, UT
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California Art Club 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition
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Salmagundi Club New York Annual Members’ Show
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Customs House Museum, Wonders of the West Exhibition, Clarksville, TN
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American Impressionist Society 3rd Annual Impressions Small Works Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center,
Petoskey Michigan
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NOAPS Spring International Online Exhibition
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Oil Painters of America 29th National Juried Exhibition, Ilume Gallery of Fine Art, St. George, UT
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Salmagundi Club Annual Members’ Exhibition, NYC, NY
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Team USA/HMI Medical Conference, Ukraine
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Salmagundi Spring 2019 Auction, NYC, NY
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Virtuosos of OPA, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, FL
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NOAPS 2019 Best of America Small Painting National Juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
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American Impressionist Society 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
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National Oil and Acrylic Painters Association 28th International Juried Best of America Exhibition, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH
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Waterton-Glacier International Peace Parks Exhibition, Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT
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Plein air Easton Juried Exhibition, Easton, MD
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Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational Judge's Exhibition, Apalachicola, FL
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LeQuire Gallery Solo Exhibition, Nashville, TN
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Maui Plein air Invitational, Maui, Hawaii
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Legacy Gallery Small Works Show, Scottsdale, AZ
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The Brinton 101, Big Horn, WY
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Anglin Smith Fall Exhibition, Charleston, SC
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Art in the Open, Adjudicator and Guest Exhibitor, Wexford, Ireland
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Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL
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Laguna Plein Air Painters in Residence: Birds, Bees and Botanicals Juried Art Show, Laguna, CA
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Maui Plein Air Invitational, Maui, Hawaii
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American Impressionist Society, Impressions: Small Works Showcase, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
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California Art Club 106th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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Legacy Gallery Small Works Show, Scottsdale, AZ
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Tucson Museum of Art, The New Westward: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles that Move the Modern West
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Laguna Plein air Painters Association Signature Member Exhibition, Huntington Beach, CA
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Scottsdale Artists' School Beaux Arts Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ
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Sedona Arts Center, Judge's Exhibition, Sedona AZ
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American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Howard Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Award of Excellence
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Oil Painters of America Salon Exhibition, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
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Oil Painters of American National Juried Exhibition, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
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Laguna Plein air Painters Association Plein air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA
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The Chestnut Group, Harpeth River Watershed Conservation Exhibition, Nashville, TN
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Beverly McNeil Gallery Sporting and Wildlife Show, Birmingham, AL
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The Brinton Museum Small Works Exhibition, Big Horn, WY
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Maynard Dixon Camp Out, The Thunderbird Foundation, Mt. Carmel, UT
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Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL, Artists' Choice Best in Show Award and Third Place Quick Draw
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Outdoor Painters Society Guest Artist, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
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California Art Club 105th Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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All Along the Sierra, Epperson Gallery, Crocket, CA, First Place
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Castle Gallery Valentine Invitational, Fort Wayne, IN
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Maui Plein air Invitational, HI, Irvine Museum Award
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Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Home for the Holidays, Laguna Beach, CA
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Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Along the Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, CA
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Legacy Gallery Small Works Show, Bozeman, MT and Scottsdale, AZ
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Laguna Plein air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA
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American Impressionist Society Annual National Juried Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ
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Oil Painters of America Juried Salon Show, Birmingham, AL
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Outdoor Painters Society, Dallas, TX
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Western Masters Heart of the West Exhibition and Auction, Coeur d’Alene, ID
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Judge, Door County Plein air Invitational, Door County, WI
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LPAPA, California Impressionism: Plein air painting, Past and Present, Huntington Beach, CA
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Solo Exhibition, Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island, CA
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Spirit of Sedona Keynote Speaker and Guest Artist, Sedona, AZ
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Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL
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Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Atlanta, GA, High Museum Judge's Award
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Out West Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT
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Maui Plein Air Invitational, HI
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Celebrating Florida’s Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
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Laguna Plein air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, Randy Higbee Gallery Award
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Plein air Artists of Colorado National Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO
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Judge, Finger Lakes Plein air Competition, Canandaigua, NY
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American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO, 3rd Place
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Crested Butte Plein air Invitational, Crested Butte, CO
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Salmagundi Masters, New York, NY
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Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL, Honorable Mention Quick Draw
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Oil Painter’s of America National Juried Exhibition, Bennington, VT
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Plein air Salon, 2013-14, Finalist
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Maui Plein air Invitational
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7 in the Spotlight, Illume Gallery of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
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Oil Painters of American Online Showcase, Honorable Mention
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Cumberland Society of Painters, Nashville, TN, Honorable Mention
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Laguna Plein air Painters Association, Best of Plein air, First Place
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Plein Air Richmond, Juried Plein air Festival, Honorable Mention
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Oil Painters of America Fall Salon, Crooked-Tree Arts Center, Petosky, MI
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Plein Air Artists of Colorado, National Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO, Second Place
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Sedona Plein air Festival, Sedona, AZ, Merit Award
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“Art in the Open” Plein Air, Wexford, Ireland
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Modern Impressionists, Lori Putnam and Murat Kaboulov, two-man exhibit, Nashville, TN
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Oil Painter’s of American National Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg, TX
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Laguna Plein air Painters Association, Less is More Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
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Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Port St. Joe, FL
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Salmagundi NYC Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, Certificate of Merit
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Judge, Easels of Frederick Plein air Festival, Frederick, MD
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Plein Air Richmond, Juried Plein air Festival, Honorable Mention
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Plein Air Artists of Colorado National Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO, 1st Place Signature Member Award
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Los Gatos Plein air Festival, Best of Show, Los Gatos, CA
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Women Painters of the Southeast, Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Choice Award
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Plein air Easton Juried Plein air Festival, Easton, MD
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American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition and Vice President, Indianapolis, IN
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Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL
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American Impressionists Society National Juried Exhibition and Show Chair, Carmel, CA
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Plein Air Painters of the Southeast, Group Exhibition, Huntsville Museum of Art
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“Art in the Open” Plein Air, Wexford, Ireland
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Los Gatos Plein air Festival, Artists’ Choice Award, Los Gatos, CA
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Eric Rhoads Publisher’s Invitational, “Paint the Adirondacks”
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Randy Higbee, “6x6 Squared” Exhibition
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Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, “Best of Plein Air” Exhibition
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Callaway Gardens Plein Air Festival, Pine Mountain, GA, First Place in the Quick Draw Competition
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Juror and Judge for the Memphis Germantown Art League National Exhibition
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Juror and Judge for the 87th Annual Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN
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Plein Air Artists of Colorado Juried Exhibition, Denver, CO
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Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Honorable Mention Quick Draw, Port St. Joe, FL
