Rick Delanty Biography
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Hilbert Museum of California Art, Orange, CA.
Casa Romantica Cultural Center permanent collection, San Clemente, CA ,“.
Irvine Museum permanent collection, “From Afar, Trestles,” 30x40, acrylic on linen.
Coutts Museum of Art permanent collection, El Dorado, Kansas.
Mrs. Yvonne Boseker, Santa Ana, Ca., one of the foremost private collections of early California art in the United States, 30+ pieces.
Mr. Jim Morris, former executive director of the United Nations World Food Program.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Loggins.
PUBLICATIONS:
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “Painting Glacier National Park,” by Rick J. Delanty, Mar./Apr. 2026.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “Painting Santa Barbara” by Rick J. Delanty, Jan./Feb. 2026.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “Off Highway One: Painting in the Land of Millard Sheets” by Rick J. Delanty, Nov./Dec. 2025.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “Drawing and Painting in Chicago!” by Rick J. Delanty, Sept/Oct 2025.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “Painting Point Lobos—A State of Being,” by Rick J. Delanty, July/Aug 2025.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “Inside Paint Maui 2025,” by Rick J. Delanty, May/Junel 2025.
Plein Air Magazine feature article, “Paint A Forest Without Painting A Single Leaf,” by Rick J. Delanty and edited by Kelly Kane, May 2025.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “A Colorful Oregon Discovery,” by Rick J. Delanty, March/April 2025.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “December Painting in Yosemite,” by Rick J. Delanty, January/February 2025.
Modern Impressionist Magazine, feature article “Inspired by Creation,” by Rick J. Delanty, November/December 2024.
Plein Air Today (digital), Streamline Publishing, “Talent is Just a Word…”, August 2023.
Plein Air Magazine feature article, “Inspired by History,” by Rick J. Delanty and edited by Kelly Kane, April 2023.
Southwest Art Magazine, “Transcending the Ordinary—Rick J. Delanty captures the natural history and beauty of California,” feature article by Bonnie Ganglehoff, April/May 2023.
Fine Art Connoisseur, Great Art Worldwide, “Inspired by History,” article by senior editor Peter Trippi, March 2023.
American Art Collector, “Destination California,” February 2023.
Western Art Collector, “State of the Art, California,” February 2023.
Inspirational Art Book “Beauty Unites Us” by Rick J. Delanty includes over 50 paintings and short essays. 124pgs, hardbound. ISBN # 978-0-578-87234-6.
The Best of Acrylic, “Winners of the Acrylic Works 9 Art Competition, editor Anne Hevener, September 2022.
Art Renewal Center, International Realism, the 16th International ARC Salon, published by ACC Art Books and ARC, 2022.
Plein Air Magazine, “A Perfect Match,” feature by Rick J. Delanty and edited by Kelly Kane, Oct-Nov 2021.
Southwest Art Magazine, “Top 100, 10th Annual Artistic Excellence Competition,” December 2021.
Book, Painting California, Seascapes and Beach Towns, by Jean Stern and Molly Siple, Rizzoli Publishers, 2017.
Southwest Art Magazine, “Three to Watch” feature article, by senior editor Kim Agricola, November 2016.
*Plein Air Magazine, feature article “Unifying Expressions in Oil and Acrylic Paintings,” by Editor-in-Chief M. Stephen Doherty, December/Jan 2015.
Painting In Acrylics: The Indispensable Guide, by Lorena Kloosterboer, Quarto Publishers, 2014.
Art Collector, "Impressive Renderings, American Impressionist Society," October 2013.
“Twenty-First Century Artists,” Art History channel, cable television network, New York, 2011.
Best of Worldwide Landscape Artists, Kennedy Publishing, 2010.
A California Woman’s Story, by Joan Irvine Smith, The Irvine Museum, 2006.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Awards Judge and Lecturer, inaugural Heartland Plein Air, Omaha, 2026.
Artist Faculty, 14th National Plein Air Convention, Streamline Publishing, Ozarks, MO, 2026.
Curator/Exhibition designer, “Casa Romantica presents California Art Club’s Orange County Chapter Exhibition,” San Clemente, CA, 2026.
Lecturer, Paint Maui 25, “Introduction to Impressionism,” Lahaina, 2026.
Faculty, Plein Air Live, A Virtual Global Art Conference, 2025.
Faculty, 14th Plein Air Convention, Lake Tahoe, Nevada,2025.
Lecturer, “Inspired by History” (Historical Paintings that Inspired Rick J. Delanty’s 2023 solo exhibition), for the Philanthropic Educational Organization, Laguna Hills, 2025.
Faculty online demonstrator for “Acrylic Live,” (24 nationally-known artists presenting techniques and approaches to painting with acrylics), Streamline Publishing, 2025.
Lecturer, “Lest We Forget: Maui Paintings 1852-2023,” (slides selected by historian/author Jean Stern) at Maui Plein Air Invitational 2025, Kapalua.
Awards Judge, California Desert Plein Air Invitational, 2025.
Installation layout assistant, California Art Club’s 113th Gold Medal Exhibition, Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA, 2024.
Awards Judge, Modern Impressionist Magazine Salon for 2024.
Awards Judge, 18th Borrego Plein Air Invitational, 2024.
Panel Moderator, Laguna Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, 2023.
Mentor for Laguna College of Art & Design students, Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, 2023.
Guest Speaker, San Onfre Parks Foundation, "A Reverence for Nature," 2023.
Demonstrator, 4th Annual ASMA Conference (American Society of Marine Artists), Albany, New York, 2023.
Seventeen-time invited participant in national plein air competition, “Laguna Plein Air Invitational,” Laguna Beach, CA, 2023.
Awards Judge, American Impressionist Society National Online Exhibition, 2023.
Panel Speaker, “Laguna Beach Now and Then, with Joseph Kleitsch,” moderated by Jean Stern at Laguna Art Museum, 2023.
Awards Judge, 17th Borrego Plein Air Invitational, 2023.
Event coordinator, California Art Club and City of Dana Point, First Annual Dana Point Plein Air Painting Festival, 2022.
Awards Judge and Demonstrator, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society “Best of America” Exhibition, Jackson, Wyoming, 2022.
Selected as Associate Living Master at Art Renewal Center, 2022.
Awards Judge, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, for “LPAPA Squared,” 2021.
Author, Beauty Unites Us—Inspiration and Paintings by Rick J. Delanty, 124 pages, hardcover, ISBN no. 978-0-578-87234-6. Released 2021.
Juror of Selection, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, for “Best of America Small Works” Juried National Exhibition, 2021.
Awards Judge, Bingham, Idaho Painting Competition, at invitation of Ken Spencer, 2020.
Awards Judge, Gateway International Painting Competition, June 2020.
Awards Judge, Art Muse national & international painting competition, 2019.
Artist Faculty/ Field Painter, National Plein Air Convention, San Francisco, CA, 2019.
Demonstrator, American Impressionist Society, national “Small Works Showcase” exhibition, Costa Mesa, CA, 2017.
Plein Air Painting Mentor, Laguna College of Art and Design students, Laguna Plein Air Invitational 2014-2016.
Artists’ Panel with moderator Jean Stern (director of Irvine) – “California Impressionism: Plein Air Painting Past and Present,” Huntington Beach Art Center, CA, 2015.
Museum curatorial – “California Impressionism: Plein Air Painting Past and Present,” Huntington Beach Art Center, CA, 2015.
International juried art festival, “Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts,” Laguna Beach, CA. Six years, between 1985 and 2012.
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2026
35th National Oil Painters of America Exhibition, Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO (“Tidal Pools, El Capitan,” 12x24).
American Impressionist Society 10th Annual Small Works, J. Petter Galleries, Douglas, MI. (“San Diego Harbor” 12x16).
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, For Love of the Sea, Frank Cuprien (collaborative exhibition with Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
Richeson 75 Casein Painting Competition, 50 paintings.
California Art Club, Casa Romantica presents CAC Orange County Chapter Exhibition, Casa Romantica Cultural Center, San Clemente, CA.
Second Place, Excellence in Traditional Fine Art Competition, From Sea to Sierra--
judge Mary Platt, Executive Director of The Hilbert Museum of California Art.
15th Biennial National Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Center-Punta Gorda, Florida.
North American Watercolor Society, Inaugural Membership Online Exhibition.
2025
Honorable Mention, “Best Water” category, Plein Air Salon.
Honorable Mention, Oil Painters of America, Associate Division.
Top 40 Finalist, Modern Impressionist Salon--November-December issue.
Third Place, August 2025 Plein Air Salon international painting competition.
San Diego Museum of Art International Exhibition.
Top 20 Finalist, Modern Impressionist Salon, judge Colley Whisson.
Third Place, July 2025 Bold Brush international painting competition.
42nd Schaefer International Marine Exhibition, Mariner Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island.
California Art Club, Echoes of Yosemite, St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA.
California Art Club, Excellence in Traditional Art: Golden Horizons juried exhibition.
Top 25 Painter of the Year Finalist, Modern Impressionist magazine.
Best Acrylic, international Plein Air Salon, Streamline Publishing, year -long competition.
Top 20 Finalist, Modern Impressionist Salon, judge Aaron Schuerr.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 9th Waterworks Watercolor Exhibition. Laguna Beach, CA.
Honorable Mention Plein Air Acrylic Landscape & Gouache, Plein Air Salon international painting competition.
Paint Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, Maui, HI.
American Impressionist Society, Small Works Showcase.
California Desert Plein Air Invitational, Palm Desert, CA.
California Desert Plein Air Invitational, George Stern Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA.
2024
Best Plein Air Acrylic Landscape, Plein Air Salon international painting competition-- judge Diane Waterhouse, director of Waterhouse Gallery.
Top 20 Finalist, Modern Impressionist Magazine, judge Mike Hernandez (“Morning Light, Big Sur, 8x8 gouache), Nov/Dec issue.
Award of Merit, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Fall International Online Exhibition.
Finalist, Art Renewal Center’s 17th International Salon, 4 paintings, December.
T. H. Brennen Gallery’s 12X12 Exhibition (“Aliso Beach Nocturne” acrylic), December.
California Art Club, Excellence in Traditional Art: Frost and Blossom juried exhibition, December 2024-March 2025, Judge Eric Rhoads.
Honorable Mention, Water, October 2024 PleinAir International Salon (“Eurythmic,” 16x20 acrylic)—judge Ned Mueller.
Top 20, Modern Impressionist Magazine Salon competition, September/ October—judge Jove Wang.
Award of Merit, First ASMA Awards online.
41st Schafer International Marine Art—The Sailing Museum, Newport, RI, October/November.
Award of Excellence, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Exhibition)—Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 26th Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, October.
Michael Willing Memorial Award, National Watercolor Society 104th International Open Exhibition.
Dickinson Award of Excellence, American Impressionist Society, 25th Annual National Exhibition Rockport Museum, Rockport, Mass.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America Small Works.
30th Annual Maritime Exhibition, Coos Art Museum.
Best Acrylic Overall (“Beach Trail, San Clemente,” 48x48), Plein Air Magazine’s Annual International Salon competition, 2022-23—over 12,000 global submissions
Oil Painters of America, 33rd Annual National Exhibition, Mark Arts Gallery, Wichita, Kansas.
Watercolor Art Society Houston (WAS-H), 47th International Water-media Exhibition.
Honorable Mention, Plein Air Magazine’s International Salon Painting Competition, “Best Building” (“1332 Santa Barbara Street”), judge Darrell Beauchamp, Executive Director of Western Art Museum, February.
Best Plein Air Acrylic Landscape, Plein Air Salon international painting competition, judge Lisa Skelly, director of Huse Skelly Gallery--“Beach Trail, San Clemente.”
19th American Society of Marine Artists National Exhibition, Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
National Watercolor Society, International Exchange Exhibition with the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Edinburgh, Scotland, 40 paintings January 6 - February 10.
2023
Cited as one of the 50 Most Awarded Artists in the Plein Air Salon, 12 awards across 12 years (2011-2023), October.
Collectors’ Choice Award for Body of Work, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 25th Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, October.
Best Plein Air Acrylic in 13th Annual Plein Air Salon international painting competition, Judge Wm. A Suys, September.
First Place, Modern Impressionist Magazine Salon Competition, August 2023.
19th American Society of Marine Artists National Exhibition, Albany Institute of History and Art.
Best Plein Air Acrylic, Plein Air Magazine’s International Salon competition.
Outstanding Acrylic, Boldbrush International Painting Competition.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Inspired by Kleitsch, collaboration between Laguna Plein Air Gallery and Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA..
Honorable Mention, “1332 Santa Barbara Street,” Oil Painters of America, 2023 Spring Online Showcase, May.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters, 2023 NOAPS Spring International Online exhibition, virtual NOAPS website, May-June.
Best Acrylic Overall (“Sunflowers for Ukraine,” 12x9), Plein Air Magazine’s International Salon competition, 2022-23.
American Impressionist Society, 24th Annual National Exhibition.
California Art Club, 112th Gold Medal Exhibition, Bowers Museum, Orange, CA.
American Impressionist Society, 7th Annual Small Works Showcase, The District gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee, April-May.
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA-- Best of Plein Air, contemporary masters and historical paintings.
Best Plein Air Landscape, Plein Air Salon international painting competition, judge Scott Shields, director of Crocker Museum.
Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Plein Air Invitational, Borrego Springs, CA, March.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Best of Plein Air, Laguna Plein Air Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
Finalist,16th Art Renewal Center, with “Illumination,” Plein Air category, and “String of Pearls,” Landscape category.
2022
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 24th Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, October.
Top 100, AcrylicWorks 9 international art competition, one of 17 Published Landscape award-winners.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America exhibition, Wilcox Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming.
Coos Art Museum 28th Annual Maritime Exhibition, Coos Bay, Oregon, July 9 – September 24.
American Impressionist Society, 23rd National Exhibition, Mary Williams Fine Art Gallery, Boulder, CO.
California Art Club, 111th Gold Medal Exhibition, Bowers Museum, Orange, CA, July-August.
Best Outdoor Still Life, Plein Air Salon international painting competition, judge Diane Waterhouse of Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara.
3rd Place overall winner, Plein Air Salon international painting competition, judge Karen Hagan “Sunflowers, Sunlight for Ukraine,” 12x9.
Finalist, BoldBrush International Painting Competition—Awards Judge Kathleen Dunphy.
Allied Artists of America, Associates Online Exhibition, Oils and Acrylics.
American Impressionist Society, Small Works Showcase.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Two-person show with watercolorist Shuang-Li, Laguna Plein Air Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
Oceanside Museum of Art, Artist Alliance Biennial, Oceanside, CA.
2021
Oil Painters of America, Western Regional Exhibition, Mary R. Koch Arts Center, Wichita, Kansas.
Artistic Palette Award, presented by the Joe Hanks Van Cleave Foundation,
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 23rd Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA.
California Art Club, Coastal California, Old Mill gallery, San Marino, CA, September 2021-January 2022.
Museum of Natural History, Artists’ Table, Invitational exhibition and fund-raiser, Santa Barbara, CA, October.
Huntington Beach Art Center, Scape and Scope: Visions of the Land, Sea, and Urban Space, Huntington Beach, CA.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, 31st Best of America Exhibition, Dana Fine Art Gallery, Missoula, MT.
American Impressionist Society, 22nd National Exhibition, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE.
Best of Show, Nocturne, Sunrise & Sunset category, Plein Air Salon Art International competition, judge Diane Waterhouse of Waterhouse Gallery.
California Art Club, 110th Gold Medal Exhibition, Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Less is More juried exhibition, Forest & Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
American Society of Marine Artists, 1st International Digital Exhibition of Contemporary Marine Art, 71 artworks representing 5 countries.
Oil Painters of America. 2021 Salon Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA.
Solo Exhibition--“Beauty Unites Us.” Casa Romantica Cultural Center, San Clemente, CA—28 oil and acrylic paintings.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America Small Works Juried National Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC.
Finalist,15th Art Renewal Center, with “1332 Santa Barbara Street,” Plein Air category.
Best of Show, Plein Air Only category, international Plein Air Salon Art competition, judge Diane Waterhouse of Waterhouse Gallery.
2020
International Society of Acrylic Painters, 5th Online Exhibition.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, 2020 Fall International Online Exhibition.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, LPAPA Squared Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA.
Meritorious Selection, 2 submissions, 2020 Richeson75 Animals, Birds & Wildlife Competition, November.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Art & Nature Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA, November.
NOAPS 30th Best of America National Exhibition, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art Gallery, St. Augustine, Fl.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 22nd Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, October.
Oil Painters of America, 2020 Virtual Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Illume Gallery in St. George, UT.
Finalist, Gateway International Painting Competition. Awards Judge—Patrick Saunders.
Where in the World is Plein Air? Exhibition at Illume Gallery, St. George, Utah, June.
California Art Club, 109th Gold Medal Exhibition, Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA..
Finalist, Gateway International Painting Competition, April. Awards Judge—Scott Prior.
Mission Fine Art Gallery, New Visions Exhibition, April, St. George, Utah, April.
American Impressionist Society 21st National Show, R S Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX.
Best Impressionism Award, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America Small Paintings, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland. Awards judge—Daniel Gerhartz.
Finalist, Boldbrush International Painting Competition, online, February. Awards judge—Scott Prior.
California Art Club, The Golden State, Old Mill Gallery, San Marino, CA.
2019
Finalist, Gateway International Painting Competition.
Best Acrylic, bi-monthly Plein Air Salon.
Best of Show-Masters Category, Art Muse International Painting Competition.
California Art Club, California, The Golden State, Old Mill Gallery, San Marino, CA, January-May 2020.
Artistic Excellence Award, Honorable Mention, Southwest Art Magazine.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Fall Online Exhibition.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America, Montgomery Lee Gallery, Park City, UT.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 21sth Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, October.
American Impressionist Society National Show, Salmagudi Club, New York.
Studios-on-the-Park Gallery, Masters Inspire the Greats, Paso Robles, CA.
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino Paint-Out, Mendocino, CA.
Hilbert Museum, LPAPA Paints Old Town Orange, Orange, CA.
American Impressionist Society, Small Works Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petosky, MI.
Laguna Plein Air Painters, Waterworks water-media exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA, April.
Laguna Plein Air Painters, Best of Plein Air, Laguna Beach, CA, April.
108th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, former Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA..
Irvine Museum, Upon A Painted Ocean, Irvine, CA.
California Art Club at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Monterey, CA.
National Watercolor Society, Southern California Influences: Past & Present, Oceanside Museum of Art. (“Bridge to Eternity,” 24x48).
2018
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 20th Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA.
California Art Club, Monumental Miniatures, Old Mill Gallery, Pasadena, CA, September.
American Impressionist Society, 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, Peninsula School of Art-Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, WI.
California Art Club, Canyons to Coves, Old Mill Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
Laguna Plein Air Painters, Best of Plein Air, Forest & Ocean Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
HK Holbein Award of Excellence in Landscape Painting, International Society of Acrylic Painters, First Master & Signature Artist Exhibition, Cathy Kline Gallery, Parkville, MO.
National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, 64th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
California Art Club, 107th Gold Medal Exhibition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
California Art Club, Canyons and Coves, Pasadena, CA.
Solo Exhibition, Paintings of the Golden State, Segerstrom Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, CA.
Laguna Plein Air Painters, 2nd Waterworks Watercolor Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Small Paintings, Nashville, TN.
First Prize, California Plein Air Painters (CPAP) Fall Online Showcase.
American Impressionist Society Exhibition (AIS), 2nd Annual Impressions Small Works Showcase, Greenwich House Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
Salmagundi Club, Historic Black & White Exhibition, New York.
2017
Meritorious Finalist, Richeson 75 International Figure/Portrait Competition.
Finalist, Master Class, International Art Muse competition.
Finalist, Master Class, International Art Muse competition.
International Society of Acrylic Painters, 2nd All-Member Online Exhibition.
Spirit of Laguna Award, 19th Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational.
Lifetime Achievement Award, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.
Irvine Museum, “Dusk ‘til Dawn,” Irvine Museum, Newport Beach, CA.
Best Acrylic, International Plein Air Salon, judge Thomas W. Schaller.
Laguna Plein Air Painters, Best of Plein Air.
California Plein Air Painters, Spring Online Showcase, judge Ned Mueller.
California Art Club, Idyllic Impressions, Pasadena.
Laguna Plein Air Painters, First Annual Waterworks watercolor exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA.
Laguna Plein Air Painters exhibition, Less is More, Laguna Beach, CA.
American Impressionist Society Exhibition (AIS), Small Works Showcase, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA.
Makana Aloha Foundation Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational.
2016
Finalist, Best Acrylic, Plein Air Salon.
Second Prize, Art Renewal Center’s International Plein Air Challenge.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 18th Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Signature members exhibition, Signature Impressions, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA.
17th Annual American Impressionist Society Exhibition (AIS), Howard/ Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, Washington.
California Art Club, Urban California—San Francisco to San Diego, Altadena, CA.
Finalist, Master Class, International Art Muse competition.
Outstanding Acrylic Painting, Boldbrush international painting competition.
Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, CA.
Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, HI.
International Society of Acrylic Painters, First Online Exhibition.
Best of Show, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society International Spring Online Exhibition.
2015
Outstanding Acrylic Painting, Boldbrush international painting competition.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 17th Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA.
Second Prize award, Paint San Clemente National Competition, California.
California Impressionism museum exhibition, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA.
Oil Painters of America 24th National Juried Exhibition, St. Augustine, FL.
Paint the National Parks, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, Kansas.(“Otter Cliffs” now in museum’s permanent collection).
31st National Society of Artists, art exhibition, Clute, Texas.
18th Annual International Society of Acrylic Painters art exhibition, Paso Robles, CA.
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Big Canyon Exhibition, Newport Beach, CA.
California Art Club, The Romance of Europe, Altadena, CA.
International Society of Acrylic Painters, 9th Annual Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL.
2014
Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters Association,16th Annual Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA.
Best of Show, The American Landscape Exhibition, Staunton, VA.
Outstanding Acrylic, Boldbrush International Painting Competition.
2013
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, 15th Annual Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA, October.
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Second International online exhibition.
Solo show, Casa Romantica Cultural Center, 35 paintings, San Clemente, CA.
Best of Show, International Society of Acrylic Painters exhibition online.
Ampersand Award,16th annual International Society of Acrylic Painters, Bolivar MO.
American Impressionist Society, 14th Annual Exhibition, Charleston, South Carolina.
2012
Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, 2008 – 12, Laguna Beach, CA.
Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts, Exhibitor in Acrylics, Laguna Beach, CA.
Oil Painters of America, Fourth International Online Competition.
Boseker award for excellence in painting 2011, Surfrider Award 2012, at the Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA.
California Art Club exhibitions:
Icons of Orange County, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana CA.
California Heritage at Jose Vera Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Contemporary Masters III, Pasadena Museum of History, CA, 2011.
American Impressionist Society Exhibitions: Carmel and Indianapolis, 2011 and 2012.
Laguna Plein Air Painters exhibitions: Less is More, Laguna Beach, CA, 2011-12 ; LPAPA at Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, CA, 2012.
First Place, Richeson 75 International Competitions: Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2012.
Richeson 75 International Competitions; Landscapes, 2012 and Figure/Portrait Exhibition, 2011.
A.E.S. Peterson Award, 57th Annual Exhibition, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, 2011.
REPRESENTATION:
Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
Waterhouse Gallery, Montecito, CA.
Illume Gallery West, Philipsburg, MT.
California Watercolor Gallery, CA.
Delanty Studio and Gallery, San Clemente, CA.
Casa Romantica Cultural Center, San Clemente, CA.
Irvine Museum Permanent Collection, Newport Beach, CA.