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2003

Named 2004 Artist of the Year by The Tucson Festival Society and Friends of Western Art.

2003

Cowboy Artists of America Show and Sale - Water Soluble- Silver - The Winter Hunter

2002

Cowboy Artists of America Show and Sale - Water Soluble- Gold - Prairie Storm Coming

2002

Cowboy Artists of America 2002 Poster Image, Thirsty Partners

2001

Cowboy Artists of America Show and Sale - Drawing and Other Media - Gold - Buffalo Vista

2000

Cowboy Artists of America Show and Sale - Silver Medal

2000

Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition - Frederic Remington Award (for Exceptional Artistic Merit) and Nona Jean Hulsey Buyers' Choice Award (for Most Popluar Work of Art) - Lakota Water Maidens - Oil

1997

Invited to be a member of Cowboy Artists of America

1997

Invited as an out-of-state member in the California Art Club

1997

Participated in "The Horse in Fine Art," a four museum traveling exhibition with The American Academy of Equine Art organization

1996

Great American Artists exhibition at the Cincinnati, Ohio Museum Center

1996

Judged the national Oil Painters of America Show, San Antonio, Texas

1995

Artist of the Year, National Western Stock Show

1994

Coors Western Art Show, Denver, Colorado, exhibitor - poster

1994

One-man exhibition at the Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, Maryland

1994

Recipient of the Colyer-Weston award for outstanding artistic achievement

1993

Artist of the Year, United States Olympic Equestrian Team

1992

Oil Painters of America, Chicago, Illinois, premiere exhibition poster artist; Honorable signature member

1992

National Academy of Western Art Exhibition, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1992

Olaf Wieghorst Memorial Award for Excellence, Mountain Oyster Club Art Exhibition

1991

2002 Settlers West Gallery, invitational exhibitions; artist representation

1991

Fiesta De Los Vaqueros, poster artist - poster

1990– 1992

Plein Air Painters of America Show, Catalina Island, California

1989

Europe through the Artist’s Eyes, one-man exhibition, Tucson, Arizona

1989

Texas Art Gallery exhibition and auction of Important Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries

1989 – 1990

Missouri Athletic Club Art Show, St. Louis, purchase award for permanent club collection

1988

Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson, Arizona, two-man exhibition with Robert “Shufly” Shufelt

1987 – 1988

Fine Art for Fine Causes, Tucson, Arizona, exhibition, auction

1987, 1990, 1992

Peppertree Ranch Art Show, Hidden Hills, California

1986 – 1998

Artists of America, Denver, Colorado, AOA Master Artist 1995

1985 – 1986

Western Art in the Grand Tradition, Fallbrook, California, exhibition

1984

National Ducks Unlimited Presidential Auction

1984 – 1997

Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, exhibitions

1983

National Portrait Institute, Washington, D. C., Award for Excellence

1981

George Phippin Memorial Art Show, Prescott, Arizona, exhibition

1980

New York Art Expo, New York, New York - poster

1979

Art Expo, West Los Angeles, California, exhibition

1978 – 1979

Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts, First Place Award, exhibition

Billy Graham Ministries, official 25th anniversary portrait of Mr. Graham

1992 - 1993

America work-study tour

1990 – 1991

European work-study tour

1980 – 1987

Attended National Portrait Institute, Washington, D.C.; Sergei Bongart School of Art, Santa Monica, California and Rexburg, Idaho; Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California; European work-study tour

1973 – 1975

Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California & apprenticed at Repertory Studios in fine art print making, Marina del Rey, California

1970 – 1972

Santa Monica City College, art major

1968 – 1970

Art Center College of Design & the Otis Art Institute of the Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California

1965

Chouinaird Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

1980

Moved business & studio to Tucson, Arizona

1978

Founded Pacific House Publishing

1975 – 1976

Owner R.N.R. Graphics, fine art prints and originals

1982 - Present

Private instructor

1992 – 1993

“Color Fest” Estes Park, Colorado, instructor

1991 – 1993

Denver Art Students League, Denver, Colorado, instructor

1992

Oil Painters of America, Chicago, Illinois, seminar speaker, demonstration

1991 – 1992

Fechin Institute, Taos, New Mexico, instructor

1991

Plein Air Painters of America, Catalina, California, instructor

1991

Studio Longrove, Longrove, Illinois, instructor

1990

Colorcraft Incorporated, Tucson, Arizona, instructor

1989

Willcox Art League, Willcox, Arizona, speaker, judge

1989

Studio in the Woods, Waconda, Illinois, instructor

1988 – 1990

Artists of America, seminar speaker, etching demonstration