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2009 events
Opening May 1st
- Destination Abstraction Show at
ArtHaus66 Gallery!
On Friday, May 1st, please make plans to come to the Opening Reception for the
Destination Abstraction show at the ArtHaus 66 gallery. This show will highlight the
last two years of collaboration I have had with 6 other Albuquerque area artists as we took
on Abstract Art. The group includes Fred Yost, Betsy Greenlee, Jaci Fisher, Leila Hall, Elaine Scott,
Rod Groves and Jeff Potter. The show continues through May 25. Click on image below for location, etc.
Click here for a PDF file of the Invitation Postcard to Destination Abstraction
I will be
participating in this event
2009 PLANS
4th Avenue Spring Street Festival 2009
March 20 -22
Tucson, AZ
MasterWorks of New Mexico
during the month of April at the Hispanic Arts Center EXPO NM. This oil painting was accepted! MasterWorks Reception Friday April 3rd 5:30 PM - 8 PM.
click here for a PDF file of the official MasterWorks postcard containing dates and location.
St George, UT
April 10th & 11th I won a Second Place Award in Drawing
click here for artist listing
(Fri. - Sat. of Easter weekend)
Crested Butte Arts Festival 2009 (on Standby)
August 1 - 2
Escalante Canyons Art Festival
(mid-late September 2009)
4th Avenue Winter Festival
December 10 -12, 2009 in Tucson (tentatively)
RECENT ART NEWS - updated October 2008)
September 21 - 25, 2008 Escalante Canyons Art Festival - Four days of outdoor painting in and around the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument. in southern Utah I won a 4th Place Award. See the PLEIN AIR page, Recent Art News link and my New Work link.
September 2008 Rio Grande Art Association 6th Annual
Encantada! Juried Oil & Acrylic Exhibition.
Sponsor Award
for my oil painting
"Chama River Canyon"
July & August
2008 - Pastel
Society of New Mexico Signature Members Exhibit
First Place Award
Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition
- Irving,
Texas May 2008. CLICK HERE for more info on the Texas show.
Honorable Mention in April 2008 from Award Judge the late, great Wilson Hurley at MasterWorks of NM 2008
- If you are in Madrid, NM, please visit
Chumani Gallery
(click to visit their web site)
in Madrid, NM at
2839 State Hwy 14
I'm showing oils
there!
Highlights from 2008
October 1, 2008. UPDATE - I won a 4th Place award ($ 200 cash award) at the Escalante Canyons Plein Air Competition and Arts festival for this 12" x 18" pastel
"Towards Navajo Mountain" Plein Air
pastel done at
Escalante Plein Air Competition
"Sandstone Drama" Plein Air Oil
done during Escalante Plein Air Competition
"Escalante Valley View West" plein
air pastel done during Escalante Plein Air Competition
"Escalante Wagon" plein air pastel done during Escalante Plein Air
Competition
April 2008 - I won an Honorable Mention award for the pastel "Cliffs at Grand Staircase." I had three works (2 oils, 1 pastel) - accepted into the 2008 10th Annual MasterWorks of New Mexico show.
2008 Calendar
April 2008 - MasterWorks Exhibition
April 1 - May 1 Wooby's Coffee and Bistro in Cedar Crest 16 of my "East Mountains" theme works for sale
June 2008 - NM Arts and Crafts Fair showing my newest oils
July & August 2008 -
Communities:
The Pastel Society of
New Mexico. A signature member group exhibit. at the South
Broadway Cultural Center July 1- August 25, 2008
Reception: Friday, July 11, 6- 8 For more info, visit this
link
August 30, 31, 2008 - Cleveland (NM) MillFest Arts and Crafts
Fair
September 7 - October 1 2008 RGAA Encantada! Oil & Acrylic Painting Exhibit - I had two paintings showing and one won a Sponsor Award
September 2008 Escalante Canyons Plein Air Competition and Arts festival I won a 4th Place Award!
November 22 and 23, 2008 .Placitas Holiday Show Placitas NM Click Here for a PDF file with much more info.
Timeline of recent art events I've participated in
2008
MasterWorks of New Mexico April Exhibition, Hispanic Arts Center, Albuquerque, Honorable Mention Award in Pastels
Texas & Neighbors Juried National Exhibition, Irving, TX, 1st Place Award Recipient
July & August 2008 - Communities: The Pastel Society of New Mexico. A signature member group exhibit. at the South Broadway Cultural Center
RGAA Encantada! Oil & Acrylic Painting Exhibit, Albuquerque, NM. Sponsor Award
Escalante Canyons Plein Air Competition and Arts Festival. 4th Place Award!
Placitas Holiday Show November 22 and 23, 2008. Placitas NM
2007
New Mexico Watercolor Society Fall Show, Fine Arts Bldg., EXPO NM, Albuquerque
"Dwellings" Group Show, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque
Gateway to Imagination National Juried Exhibition, Farmington Museum, NM, merchandise award from Dick Blick Art Supplies
MasterWorks of New Mexico April Exhibition, Hispanic Arts Center, Albuquerque
Rio Grande Art Association Encantada! juried oil and acrylic exhibition, Albuquerque
Los Alamos Arts and Crafts Fair, August
Everett Ruess Plein Air Competition, Escalante, Utah
Festival of Cranes Wildlife Art Show, Bosque del Apache NWR, November 17 - 20
2006
Festival of Cranes Wildlife Art Show, Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico
Everett Ruess Plein Air Competition, Escalante, Utah
Albuquerque Museum Pastel Society of New Mexico Signature Member Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico
MasterWorks of New Mexico Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005
ARTS International, El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, Texas
Festival of Cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico
New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Village Hall group exhibition "Water in New Mexico"
2004
Park City Arts Festival, Park City, Utah
Festival of Cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico
Pastel Society of New Mexico National Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2003
Trinidad National Fine Arts Exhibition, Trinidad, Colorado
Park City Arts Festival, Park City, Utah
One Man Show, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Gallery