Previous art shows and honors

2009

First place, mixed media in the San Dieguito Art Guild's Annual Small Image Show, November 2009-January 2010: "Uncharted Territory No. 4." Two other pieces from the "Uncharted Territory" series were in the show as well.
First place, mixed media in the Fallbrook Art Association Open Judged Show, November:"Love No. 1 ." Second place, mixed media in the same show: "She."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, November: "You can't say we never tried."
Climate/Gallery (Long Island City, New York) show Paint!, November: "Uncharted Territory No. 7" and "Uncharted Territory No. 13."
Museum of the Living Artist (San Diego Art Institute) juried regional membership show, October-November: "Beetle Boogie."
Best Theme Painting in the Outside the Box show at the San Diego Watercolor Society, September-October: "Step Boldly, White Kitten." Honorable mention for miniatures in the same show: "Neruda Poetry No. 2."
Regional membership show at the Museum of the Living Artist at the San Diego Art Institute, September-October: "Uncharted Territory No. 1" and "The Stillness Before."
Honorable mention in Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League's annual open show, July-September: "Shattered."
Regional membership show at the Museum of the Living Artist at the San Diego Art Institute, July-August: two paintings from the "Neruda Poetry" series.
Painters' Perspective show at Gallery 21, in Spanish Village at San Diego's Balboa Park, July-August: "Very Still, Still Life" (later renamed "The Stillness Before"), "Tiny Apple on a String," "Reaching for Peace" and "Blackbird Singin' in the Dead of Night."
Juror's commendation, San Diego Watercolor Society cash awards show, July: "Just a Kiss Away."
Museum of the Living Artist at the San Diego Art Institute membership show, June-July: "Neruda Poetry No. 14."
San Diego County Fair fine arts exhibit, June-July: 10 paintings. "She" won a second-place award, and "American Foreclosure" won a people's choice award.
Honorable mention for "Shattered," East County Art Association's Masters of the Moment regional juried art show, El Cajon, Calif., June. Two other paintings in the show as well.
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, June: "Surfers."
Second place, "Evolving" and accompanying poem, La Jolla Art Association's Poetry & Art show, May-June.
California Watercolor Association 40th National Exhibition, "You Can't Say We Never Tried," March-May.
Best of show in the Bonita Museum and Cultural Center's annual juried fine art exhibit, March-May: "She." Also in show: "Blue Morning, Blue Day" and "Amarilla."
Henry Fukahara Workshop Group traveling show: “Surviving Manzanar” was one of 40 paintings from the group that hung at the Manzanar Interpretive Center, Manzanar, Calif. The show also hung in Rancho Palos Verdes, Mammoth and Bishop. March-May.
Society of Watercolor Artists 28th Juried Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas, March-April: "Armed Resistance."
Honorable mention, San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, April: "Reeling in Red."
Third place and honorable mention in One-Foot Show at annual "Top 100 and One-Foot Show" at Southwestern Artists' Association, Gallery 23 in Spanish Village Art Center at Balboa Park, San Diego, March. Won for "Neruda 'Poetry' No. 2" and "Neruda 'Poetry' No. 3." Also in the show: "Reeling in Red" and "Blackbird Singin' in the Dead of Night."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, February: "Beetle Boogie."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, January: "In the Moment Before (They Loved Again)."

2008

Studio of Art and Design (Solana Beach, Calif.) juried membership show, November-December: "She" (third place winner), "The Last Gasp of Materialism" and "Caucasian Male, 18-24."
San Diego Watercolor Society cash awards show, November: "Knowledge is Freedom" (first place winner).
Judged cash awards show at Off Track Gallery, Encinitas, Calif., November.
San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, October: "Armed Resistance."
Studio of Art and Design (Solana Beach, Calif.) juried membership show, September-October: "Blue Morning, Blue Day" (honorable mention), "Love No. 1" and "Beetle Boogie."
11th Annual Henry Fukuhara Workshop Exhibition at APC Fine Arts & Graphics Gallery (Torrance, Calif.), August-September: "Surviving Manzanar."
Honorable mention in Long Beach (Calif.) Arts, Works on Paper Exhibition, August-September: "Evolving."
First-place winner, mixed media, Carlsbad-Oceanside (Calif.) Art League 58th annual open fine arts award show, August-September: "Reeling in Red." Also in the show: "Step Boldly, White Kitten" and "Pensive in Pink."
Best Theme Painting in the San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, August, with the theme "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight": "Love No. 1."
Honorable mention in Gallery 21 (San Diego) Catnip Connections 2 show, July: "Step Boldly, White Kitten."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, July: "Blue Morning, Blue Day."
Honorable mention in San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, May: "New Day."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, March: "Evolving."
Solo show at Perfect Frame (Carlsbad, Calif.), March-April: "New York Rhythm," a collection of more than 10 paintings, inspired by a trip to New York City.
Honorable mention in Fallbrook (Calif.) Art Association spring show, March-April: "Daphne." Also in the show: "Can't a Fella Read in Peace?" and "Day's End."
Southwestern Artists' Association (San Diego) Top 100 show, March: "You Can't Say We Never Tried."
San Diego Art Institute's Museum of the Living Artist regional show, March: "Bullfight in Madrid."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, March: "The Sand of La Jolla Cove" and "Casas Colgadas."
Studio of Art and Design (Solana Beach, Calif.) members exhibit, March: "Reaching for Peace."
Studio of Art and Design (Solana Beach, Calif.) six-woman show "Expressions in Watermedia," February-March: 10 paintings. Other artists in the show were Harriett Shoup, Rachel Hasson, Kathy McChesney, Suanne Summers and Amanda James.
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, February: "Central Park Sunday" and "Everything."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, January: "Jimmy's Mouth Could Get Him in Trouble" and "Broadway."

2007

Palm Springs (Calif.) Art Museum Artist Council 39th Annual National Juried Exhibition, November-December: "Daphne."
Front Porch Gallery (Carlsbad, Calif.) group show Views from Spain, November 2007-January 2008: "Bullfight in Madrid," "Scooter en la Calle," "The Alhambra, Granada, Spain," "El Baile Final del Toro" and others.
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, September: "Domestic Resistance," "Can't a Fella Read in Peace?" and "She Dreamed in Purple."
Third place in Escondido (Calif.) Arts Association Summertime 2007 open juried show, August: "Kissed by the Sea Breeze." Honorable mention in the same show: "Mine Eyes." Also in the show: "Call Waiting."
Honorable mention in Carlsbad-Oceanside (Calif.) Art League 57th annual open fine arts award show, August: "Can't a Fella Read in Peace?" Also in the show: "¿Que Desean Comer?"
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, August: "Fleeting Innocence."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, July: "¿Que Desean Comer?"
Second place in San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, June: "Kissed by the Sea Breeze.".
Brandon Gallery (Fallbrook, Calif.) juried show of small-format works, June: "Loss of Illusion," "On One Knee" and "Spanish Sun."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, May: "She Stopped Striving for Normal - and Soared" and "Purple Man No. 1" (later renamed "On One Knee").
La Jolla (Calif.) Art Association juried county show, April: "Lady Burning Blue"
Third place in La Jolla (Calif.) Art Association juried plein-air open show, March: "The Sand of La Jolla Cove." Also in the show: "Homeless Under the Jacaranda."
First place in Studio of Art and Design (Solana Beach, Calif.) open juried watermedia exhibit, March-April: "Scooter en la Calle." Also in the show: "Golden Country."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, February: "Lady Burning Blue."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, January: "Scooter en la Calle."

2006

San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, November: "The Alhambra, Granada, Spain."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, July: "Pasadena's Green Hotel."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, June: "Purple Ocean / Blue Cliffs."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, May: "Seeking Solace in Lime Green Light" and the miniature "I Can't Dance, But I'll Play."
Third place in San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, April: "Bug Guts."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, January: "Golden Country."

2005

San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, December: "Breathe."
San Diego Watercolor Society juried membership show, November: "Autumn Trees."
Splash 2005, group show, Newbury Park, Calif.
Spanking New and Wild Too, October 2005, with other artists from the Doyon Studio and Gallery, in Camarillo, Calif.

2004

Splash 2004, group show, Newbury Park, Calif.