Art Exhibit Awards 2001-2009
October 2009: Watercolor Society of NC 64th annual Juried Exhibit, Calabash NC, 5th place "Morning Light"; chosen for traveling exhibit
August 2009: Rock School Gallery Annual Open Competition, Honorable Mention, "Canyon Hikers"
August 2009:High Country Watermedia Society Jones House Exhibit, 1st Place, Boone NC
June 2009: 32nd Annual Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibit, Columbus ,Ga, "Breakfast Room Shadows"October 2008: Watercolor Society of NC 63rd Annual Exhibit, Greenville, NC: "Wedding at Vertine" accepted
September 2008: ISEA 17th Annual Juried Exhibition, Houston Texas; "Morning Shadows" and "Breakfast Room Shadows" accepted
August 2008: Rock School Open Competition, Honorable Mention for "Branching Out"
February 2008: Art About Women, Full circle Arts Annual Exhibit, 1st Place, "Pink Power, A Salute to Femininity"
November 2007: "Vistas", a fine are Exhibit and Sale hosted by Judy Rider and friends to benefit Safe Harbor Rescue Mission, Hickory NC, at River Street Grill, Oliver's Landing; Reception, Nov 4th. Paintings on display and for sale through December 2007
October 2007: Artoberfest, Mooresville Art Guild, 1st Place Watercolor, for "Wedding at Vertine, Italy"
October 2007: Watercolor Society of North Carolina, Hendersonville, NC Juried Exhibit. Attained Signature Status (One of 70 paintings selected from 214 entries), for "Vaison de Romaine"
August 2007: HCWM Society, Jones House Juried Exhibit, 2nd Place for "Sunworshipper"
May 2007: Spring Art Festival, Mooresville Art Guild, 2nd Place, Watermedia for "Carnivale" from my "Going in Circles" Series
February 2007: Art About Women juried exhibit, Full Circle Arts, Hickory, NC; 2 honorable mentions for "Reclining Nude", and "Caribbean shop Girl"
September 2006: Mooresville Art Guild juried exhibit; 2nd Place Watercolor, Mooresville, NC, for "Line Dance"
August 2006: High Country Watermedia Society, Juried Member Show, 2nd place, Jones House, Boone NC, for "Line Dance"
September 2005: Books and Brushes Art Invitational, Lenoir Rhyne College
One of seven artists invited to participate to benefit Rudisill Library
September 2005: Rock School Gallery, Annual Judged Competition, Valdese, NC
August 2005: High Country Watermedia Society, Member Juried Exhibit; Jones House, Boone, NC
August 2005: High Country Watermedia Society, “Clichés” Judged Exhibit, Lees McCrae College, Banner Elk, NC, Honorable Mention, for "Birds of a Feather"
July 2004: Watercolor Society of North Carolina 59th Juried Exhibition, Boone, NC (one of 80 paintings selected from 260 entries), for "Golden Glow"
June 2004: Southern Watercolor Society 27th Annual Juried Exhibit, Fair Hope, Alabama (One of 70 paintings accepted from 228 artists submitting 427 slides from 15 Southern states), for "Wash Day in Venice"
May 2004: Caldwell Arts Council, “Mirror Image” Self-Portrait Juried Exhibit
September 2003: Carolina Artists Open, Salisbury, NC, 2nd Place Award
August 2003: Rock School Annual Open Competition, Valdese, NC, Honorable Mention
August 2002: Art One, Gastonia, Art About Women, Merchant Award
July 2002: Watercolor Society of NC Annual Juried Exhibit, Gastonia, Merchant’s Award, for "Long Time No Sea"
June 2001: National Collage Society, “Wish You Were Here” Postcard Exhibit, Cash Award (1 0f 14, nationwide), "Remembering Italy"