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Honors and Awards
International and National Recognitions:
Streamline Publishing Award, Women in Watercolor International Juried Comptition, Abstract Category 2025 "Moon Shadow"
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Doris Charest Juror's Award ISEA "Making Our Marks" 2025 Cairngorm Logbook - Book Combine 3D
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Watercolor Artist Magazine - "Adventures in Abstract"/"Driven to Abstraction" - Winter 2024
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ISEA International Society of Experimental Artists 2024
Norse Logbook 
Merit Cash Award 2024
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WIW Signature status awarded in 2024 - 3 awards in 6 years = Signature Status in WIW
2024 Abstract Award winner "Outer Islands" Artist Network (7) Merchandise Award, 2023 "Names of the Moon" 2023 Abstract Legion Merchandise Award, 2022 3rd Annual Intl Juried "Moon Above Seal Island" Second Place Abstract award
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The Complete Book of Watercolour 2024
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NWS / Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Exhibits 2024
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Mark Arts National Abstract Exhibition 2024
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Women in Watercolor - International Competition 2023 - Legion Award - Abstracts Category "Names of the Moon"
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NWWS - SALISH International Award 2024
Mark Arts - National Watercolor Exhibition 2022 - Dean Mitchell, Juror - 2 paintings selected: "Ness of Brodgar" and "Newgrange"
First Prize to "Ness of Brodgar with painting featured on exhibit catalog cover, and painting SOLD
SDWS - San Diego Watercolor Society Tri-Annual Exhibition August 2022 - Honorable Mention Award "Natural Pigments Carbon"
and 2 accepted paintings "Natural Pigments Carbon" and "Natural Pigments Ochres"
Women in Watercolor International Exhibition 2022 - Second Place - Abstracts Category
RRWS - Red River Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition 2022 / Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND - "Wayfinding"
SDWS - San Diego Watercolor Society - TriAnnual Exhibit May 2022 - "Moon Showers" - Honorable Mention
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ISAP - Acrylic International Biennial Juried Exhibition 2022 - "Message from Atlantis" - Kenosha Public Museum, WI - one of 45 invited from 320 entries
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IWE - International Watercolor Exhibition 45th 2022 Houston TX - "New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms" - Cash Merit Award - WAS-H Texas
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IWM - International Watercolour Masters United Kingdom 2022 - IWM2022 Finalist - 5 of 3,250 entries.
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Signature American Watermedia Exhibition Fallbrook Art Center 2021 Fallbrook, CA - Juror Katherine Chang Liu - "Pottery Collection"
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Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 46th Utah 2021 - "Monolith 8 Change Agent" received 'Blick Elevated Recognition' Award
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IWM - International Watercolour Masters United Kingdom - IWM2021 Award Winners - Finalist Highly Commended Certificate for 5 'Songline' series paintings
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ISEA 2020 Members Exhibition - "Horizon Explorer" First Place Award & Cash Prize
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Fresh Coast Plein Air Competition - 2019 Dusk to Dark Award - "Evening Glow"
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Michigan Water Color Society 2019 72nd Annual Exhibition - "Afloat" MWCS Cash Award and Touring Exhibits
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Michigan Water Color Society – "Teal and Indigo" 71st Annual Exhibition Founders Memorial Cash Award 2018 and Touring Exhibits
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International Watercolor Society - IWS Prague, Czech Republic, Costa Rica and Ukraine 2018
Watercolor Artist Magazine December 2017 - 5 Talented Artists to Watch
NWS 97th International Open Exhibition 2017 NWS San Pedro Gllery, San Pedro, CA - "Sunflowers for Vincent"
Bonese Collins Turner Experimental Cash Award
Fresh Coast Plein Air Competition 2017 Marquette MI - "The Dock" Grand Prize
National Watercolor Society / China - Exchange International Exhibitions 2015 and 2016 - "Irish Coast" exhibited in
4 museums and galleries in China and NWS Gallery in San Pedro, CA - Exhibition commemorative publication
The Artist's Magazine 2014 - Finalist Annual International Juried Competition. "Maize, Smoke and Gourd" selected from over 7,500 entries
Maize, Smoke and Gourd
ISEA / NWS / Wales Art Group - International Exchange Exhibition 2013 and 2014. "That's How the Light Gets In" with exhibits at Big Arts, Sanibel, FL / NWS Gallery in San Pedro, CA / Wales Art group in Wales. Commemorative publication and Medal award.
Interior Design Magazine May 31, 2014 p.196 - "Legends" Collection - "Flowers" rug design
Cover Magazine - London, UK - Spring 2015 Issue 38 - "Amergin Symbols" rug design
NWS – "Coordinates" NWS Gallery San Pedro, CA with Touring Exhibit to 4 US museums 2011 and 2012. "Booster, Passing, and Trajectory" NWS Signature Award 2011
More:
Lowell Arts in Lowell, MI– Honorable Mention Regional Art Competition 2017 - "Making Pies"
ISEA – Cutting Edge Award – International Annual Juried Exhibition 2010 at Forest Hill Fine Art Center, Grand Rapids, MI "A Tear the Sun Let Fall"
Lowell Area Arts Council in Lowell, MI - People’s Choice Awards in various regional exhibitions 1999 - 2015.
Rivertown Artists Guild at The Gainey Art and Culture Center Byron Center, MI – Second Place - 2006 - "We are Stones" - Paintings from the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
ISAP International Society of Acrylic Painters in California – “Citra Solv” Award 2015 "Ages of the Moon"
ISAP International Society of Acrylic Painters in California - ISAP Award 2015 Fifth Place Cash Award "Another Tear the Sun Let Fall"