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2024 Shows

15th Annual Signature Watermedia International Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA. March 16 - April 14, 2024

Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting. Traveling Exhibition.

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX. October 5, 2023 - February 14, 2024

National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, KY, March 14 -December 31, 2024

2023 Shows

14th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA. April 1 - May 18, 2023

Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting. Traveling Exhibition.

Auburn Cord Dusenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn, IN. June 1 - January 15, 2023

The Citadelle Art Museum, Canadian, TX. February 14 - May 21, 2023.

The Dennos Museum Center, Traverse Bay, MI. June 11 - September 3, 2023

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX. October 5 - December 31, 2023

2022 Shows

National Watercolor Society 102nd International Open Exhibition, Sept 1 - Nov 6, 2022, San Pedro, CA

California Watercolor Association 52th National Exhibition, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA. Jan 8- Mar10, 2022

Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting. Traveling Exhibition.

Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT. January 25 – May 8, 2022

Auburn Cord Dusenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn, IN. June 1 - January 15, 2023

2021 Shows

Northwest Watercolor Society 81st Annual International Open Exhibition - Online, October 22, 2021 - Jan 4, 2022.

12th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA. Feb 13 - April 11, 2021.

Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting. Traveling Exhibition.

Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, Missouri Oct 18, 2020 - May 2, 2021

Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX. June 1 - September 12, 2021

Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT. Oct 23, 2021 - January 2, 2022

2020 Awards

"Yellow Chevrolet" won the Winsor and Newton award at the California Watercolor Association 50th National Exhibition

2020 Shows

Northwest Watercolor Society 80th Annual International Open Exhibition, Oct 27- Jan 1, 2021

Watercolor USA 2020, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO. June 6 - August 16, 2020.

California Watercolor Association 50th National Exhibition, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA. Jan 11- Feb 22, 2020

11th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA, Feb 9 - April 19, 2020.

Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting. Traveling Exhibition.

Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA. Nov 7, 2019 - Feb 2, 2020

The Morris Museum of Arts, Augusta, GA. Feb 29 - May 10, 2020

The Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA. June 1 - September 27, 2020

2019 Awards

"Crossing 153" won the Norbert Volk Award at the California Watercolor Association 49th National Exhibition

2019 Shows

The 152nd Annual International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society. New York, NY. April 1 - 21, 2019

Rockies West National 29th Annual Exhibition, Grand Junction, CO, March 1 - 30, 2019.

Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting. Traveling Exhibition.

The Evelyn Burrow Museum, Hanceville, AL. Jan 12 - Feb 10, 2019

Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI. March 1 - May 19, 2019

Sangre De Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO. June 7 - September 30, 2019

Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA. Nov 7, 2019 - Feb 2, 2020

California Watercolor Association 49th National Exhibition, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA. Jan 11- Feb 16, 2019

10th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook,CA, Feb 10 - April 21, 2019

2018 Shows

Luster: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting. Traveling Exhibition.

Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL. Mar 10 - June 21, 2018

Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS. July 20 - Sept 9, 2018

Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rock Monut, NC. Oct 1 -Dec 23, 2018

Watercolor USA 2018, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO. June 2 - August 26, 2018.

9th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA. Feb 4 - April 15, 2018

2017 Shows

The Cityscape Show VII - George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA July 8 - Aug 19

American Watercolor Society 150th Annual International Travel Exhibition

May 12 - July 15, Ambleside Gallery, Greensboro, NC.

Aug 11 - Oct 22, Abraham Art Gallery, Plainview, TX

Nov 5- Dec 22 Moorsville Art, Moorsville, NC.

Jan 5 - Feb 2, 2018, Wassenberg Art Center, Van Wert, OH

American Watercolor Society 150th Annual International Exhibition. Salmagundi Club, New York City. April 3 - 22, 2017

Industrialism in the 21st Century- Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston TX. Feb 25 - April 1, 2017

8th Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition. Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA. Feb 5 - Mar 19, 2017

2017 Awards

"Backhoe loader" won the Sue Turnbull Award at the 8th Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition.

2016 Awards

Crossing #133 was awarded the M. Graham & Co. Award at the California Watercolor Association 46th National Exhibition.

2016 Shows

The Cityscape Show VI - George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA July 9 - Aug 20

Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial Travel Show 2016.

California Watercolor Association 46th National Exhibition, Academy of Art University Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Jan 5 - Feb 28.

Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbook, CA, Feb 7 - Mar 20, 2016

2015 Awards

"Drill Rig" was awarded the CWA Signature Members award 2 at the California Watercolor Association 45th National Exhibition.

"Crossing #133" Was awarded the Bill & Sandi LeMasters award at the Signature American Watercolor Exhibition.

2015 Shows

Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, Dec 5 - Dec 27, 2015

Watercolor USA 2015, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield Missouri, June 6 - August 23

Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbook, CA, Feb 8 - Mar 22, 2015

California Watercolor Association 45th National Exhibition, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA. Jan 15 - Feb 21, 2015

2014 Awards

Malley's selected for award

Malley's received a Gallery Award at the "Urban Beauty" show at Randy Higbee Gallery,

2014 Shows

"Small Gems" group show. Elliott Fouts Gallery, Dec 6 - Jan 1

"Urban Beauty" Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, Oct 4 - Oct 17

"Fifteen" Anniversary Group Show, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento CA, Jan 4, 2014 - Feb 6, 2014

Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbook, CA, Feb 2 - Mar 16, 2014

Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial Travel Show 2014.

Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, Dec 10, 2013 - Jan 10, 2014

2013 Shows

Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, Dec 10, 2013 - Jan 10, 2014

Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA, Feb 3 - Mar 17, 2013

Media

American Art Collector Magazine, March 2012

2012 Shows

American Watercolor Society 145th Annual International Exhibition, April 3 - April 22, Salmagundi Club, New York, N.Y.

Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA, Feb 5 - Mar 18 2012

"Plains, Trains & Automobiles", Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento CA, March 2012

2011 Awards

Crossing #111 selected for award

Crossing #111 was an award winner at the Signature American Watercolor Exhibition in Fallbrook California.

2011 Shows

Iconic Sacto: SMUD Gallery. Sept 8 - Oct 20, Sacramento CA.

National Watercolor Society 91st Annual Exhibition, Oct 22- Dec 3, 2011, San Pedro CA

"For the love of science and Technology" Ozone Fine Art, Newport, OR, April 2011

Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA, Feb 6 - March 13, 2011

Sunrise/Sunset Show, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento CA, January 2011

2010 Awards

Tractor #9 Selected for award

Tractor #9 received the Reflection Award at the Northwest Watercolor Society 70th Annual Exhibition.

2010 Shows

California Watercolor Association 41st National Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, July 14 - Sept 19, 2010

Northwest Watercolor Society 70th Annual Open Exhibition, Seattle, WA, April 17 - July 17, 2010

American Watercolor Society 143rd Annual International Exhibition, New York City, April 6 - May 2, 2010

2009 News

"Espanol II" Featured in Southwest Art Magazine, March 2009.

"Signage" Show Pictures - Elliott Fouts Gallery.

2009 Shows

Watercolor West Annual Juried Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA, September 12 - October 24, 2009

March 2009," Signage", Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, CA

California Watercolor Association 40th National Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, March 18 – May 24, 2009

2008 News

Elected signature membership: American Watercolor Society

2008 Awards

Crossing #71 Selected for award

Crossing #71 was awarded the Stanhope Framers prize at the New England Watercolor Society 11th Biennial North American Open

Truck #4 selected for award

Truck #4 won the "Golden Award" at the Northwest Watercolor Society 68th Open Exhibition in Seattle, Wa

American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition. 2008 -2009

Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana May 17 - June 15, 2008

Watercolor Art Society, Houston, Texas, July 5 - August 24, 2008

Middleton Arts Center, Middleton, Ohio, September 20 - October 20, 2008

Tullahoma Fine Arts Center, Tullahoma, Tennessee, November 8 - Decenber 7, 2008

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi, December 16 - Febuary 10, 2009

2008 Shows

New England Watercolor Society 11th Biennial North American Open. Cohasset, MA, South Shore Art Center, Sept19 - Nov 2, 2008

Northwest Watercolor Society 88th Annual Exhibition, Seattle, WA, April 1- April 29, 2008

American Watercolor Society 141st International Exhibition, New York, NY, April 1 - April 27, 2008

Elliott Fouts Gallery, January group show "Sunrise", Sacramento, California

Elliott Fouts Gallery, Feburary group show "Sunset", Sacramento, California

2007 Media

The Artist's Magazine, Feature Article,"Man & Machine", Jan/Feb 2007, Written by Lisa Wurster.

2007 Awards

Crossing #70 selected for awards

Crosssing #70 was awarded the Rachel Hasson Cash Award, and was also selected for a purchase award at the San Diego Watercolor Society 27th Annual International Exhibition.

2007 Shows

National Watercolor Society 87th Annual Exhibition, Brea, CA, Oct 13 - Dec 9, 2007

San Diego Watercolor Society 27th Annual International Exhibition, San Diego, CA, Oct 1 - 31, 2007

Northwest Watercolor Society 67th Annual Exhibition, Mercer Island, WA, March 19 - June 8, 2007