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
3rd 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. ):