I taught a fun one day workshop for the Brighton Institute. It was a beautiful, slightly overcast day and this is the demonstration painting I did for the students.
Brighton Summer Flowers Oil 12 x 16
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I'm honored to have my watercolor receive First Place and my oil to receive Second Place in their annual art competition. it is a great event and I thank all the volunteers who help.  Sheep At The Bungalo watercolor First Place Award  40's Farmhouse oil Second Place
West Valley Arts-Utah's Waterways Utah Cultural Center 355 W 3100 S Feb. 20 - March 31, 20213/23/2021 This is a unique art show of Utah's waterways from the Rocky Mountains to the Southern Deserts. I have three paintings in this exhibit and was happy to receive an Honorable Mention on the painting shown here.  "The Slow Meandering Stream" 12" x 16" oil Honorable Mention
I was honored to receive an Honorable Mention award in the annual Spring City Arts Plein Air Painting Competition. This year with the COVID 19 pandemic problem there were nonetheless over 90 artists competing. Thank you Spring City Arts and thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Valentiner for purchasing the painting.  Country Home 12" x 16" oil Honorable Mention  Honorable Mention Award for Country Home
Thanks to the gallery manager , Lucy, 15th Street is having their summer art show. No opening because of the pandemic but gratefully to a fine art collector, this painting of mine has already sold. I painted it in Midway on the beautiful Provo River.  High Country River 16" x 20 " Sold
The Bountiful Davis Art Center Plein Air Competition is nice to paint in. This year we could paint anywhere in the state so I painted in Sanpete County. My painting "The Red Gate" took Third Place. Thanks for having this event BDAC.  The Red Gate 11" x 14" oil  Third Place Wall Marker  Third Place Award 2020
The annual Sears Museum Gallery Invitational is always a great art exhibit and competition. The museum staff do a wonderful job displaying the artwork and hosting various events for this art show and competition. I am honored to have my painting Sanpete Mountain Patterns receive an Honorable Mention in this exhibit.  Sanpete Mountain Patterns 21" x 34" oil Honorable Mention  Canyon Riders 24" x 36" oil
The Downeast art show is a great exhibit of winter paintings. I was happy to be on a panel discusion and honored to receive 3rd Place in this competition for my painting Mountain Glow. It is a painting of Mt Timpenogas.  Mountain Glow 11x14 oil 3rd Place at Downeast Competition 2020  Winter's Beauty 16 x20
I was honored to receive an Honorable Mention for my painting "Country Church" in the Spring City Arts Competition. There were lots of very fine artists in the competition so I'm very pleased. I had twelve artist friends staying with me the week of the event so it has been crazy busy fun. Evenings on my front porch with Steve Stauffer playing guitar and singing while we all enjoy the music. Thanks to all the volunteer help who work so hard to make this a great event for the artists and visitors.  "Country Church" 16 x 20 oil Honorable Mention Award  The Fairview Fine Art Museum is a wonderful museum in Sanpete County, Utah. I am honored to be the winner of their Art Walk competition receiving First Place in Watercolor and Second Place in Oil. The museum has several of my paintings and sculptures on permanent display. In the first photo I am standing by one of my sculptures and one of my paintings is on the wall. In the second photo I am standing by one of my paintings from a series of homeless paintings I did in about 1995. That painting is called "Alden's Goat". Alden lived in a car junk yard and let me paint him, his goat and surroundings.  1st Place Watercolor "Sheep At The Abandoned House" 9 x 14  2nd Place Oil "Homestead" 12 x 16
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