Honors and Awards

3rd Place, 2023 World Art Awards,  For "Cacophony." Worldwide competitition with 79 countries participating.

Honorable Mention, 2021 Science Art-Nature exhibition "Challenges of Climate Change," Stanford University

Haynes Galleries Award, Art Renewal Center International Salon, 2019.   For "Seven Halos."

Finalist, Art Renewal Center International Salon, 2019

Featured Artist, City of Olympia, WA Fall Arts Walk, 2018

Finalist, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Spring International Online Juried exhibition, 2017

Recommended Artist, Informed Collector Newsletter, 2017 

Finalist, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society International Online Juried exhibition, 2016

Featured Artist, chosen by City of Tacoma for TV Tacoma’s TacomaLive television segment, 2016

Juror’s Award, “H2O – What is it Worth?” Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2016.  For "Adrift," 16 x 24 oil and gold leaf on panel:  

Featured Artist, University of Washington Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Growth, Seattle, WA 2016

Guest Speaker, Peninsula Art League, “Building a Cohesive Body of Work,” Gig Harbor, WA 2016 

Featured Artist, Artsy Shark national art review, 2015 

Nine time Fav15% Finalist, Bold Brush painting competition, 2015-2019

Guest Speaker, Rainier Artists, “The Beauty of Disintegration,” Auburn, WA 2014 

Mention of Excellence, Chianciano Art Museum International Art Exhibition, Chianciano, Italy, 2012

People’s Choice, Kent Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Kent, Washington, 2006  For "Return to Sender."

Multiple International Best of Show award winner, "The Guardian," 60 x 48 oil on panel:

(Best of Show, Collector’s Choice, Art Essential, Calgary Alberta, Canada, 2001

Best of Show, Artist’s Choice, Art Essential, Calgary Alberta, Canada, 2001

3^rd Place, Animal Category, Artist’s Magazine’s Annual National Art Competition, 2001 (Out of nearly 13,000 entries nationwide). Juror: Ross Merrill, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. ):