AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

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2025   16th ABSTRACTS online ART EXHIBITION with Light Space Time:  HONORABLE MENTION AWARD for "Intersections 2" (acrylic on panel 48" x 96")

2025  THIRD  PLACE AWARD at “Yosemite Renaissance #40 Art Exhibition”  for "THREE BROTHERS 2" Yosemite Gateway Art Center, Oakhurst, CA

2024  SECOND  PLACE in Acrylic Painting at “Sierra Artists Annual Open Art Exhibition”  Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, CA

2024  HONORABLE MENTION  at “Carnegie Art Showcase” Juried Exhibition at the Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA

2024  FIRST PLACE in Acrylic Painting in “YSA - TRANSITION”  Circle Gallery, Madera, CA

2023  FIRST PLACE in Acrylic Painting at “Sierra Artists Annual Open Art Exhibition”  Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, CA

2023  HONORABLE MENTION  at “Carnegie Art Showcase” Juried Exhibition at the Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA

2022  BEST OF SHOW for "DOGWOODS AND TREETOPS" in “Goldrush Show”  Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, CA

2022  Prize in Acrylic Painting for "THREE WOMEN WALKING" in “Community Spirit”  Merced County Arts Council, CA

2022  FIRST PLACE in Acrylic Painting in “YSA 51st Annual Open Art Competition and Exhibition”  Circle Gallery, Madera, CA

2021  FEATURED ARTIST on catalog cover for “Yosemite Renaissance #36” 

2020  BEST OF SHOW in Traditional Painting for “INTERSECTIONS 5” in

“6th Annual Colorful Abstraction” with Fusion Art, online

2020  SECOND PLACE in Watercolor category in “Goldrush Show” Juried Exhibition at the Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, CA

2019  FIRST and SECOND PLACE place in Acrylics category in “Goldrush Show” at the Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, CA

2018  FIRST PLACE in Painting, SECOND PLACE in Portraits, HONORABLE MENTION in Animals “Goldrush Show” Juried Exhibition at the Sierra Artists Gallery, Mariposa, CA

2016  HONORABLE MENTION “Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts” Juried Exhibition at the Lakewood Center for the Arts, Open Show, Lake Oswego, OR

2005  MERIT AWARD in Acrylic category “The Blues” Juried Exhibition at Frank Bette Center For The Arts, Alameda, CA

1992, 1993  FIRST PLACE, BEST of SHOW and PEOPLE’S CHOICE “Thank Goodness For Staff Art Show” University of California, Davis