EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS
• Named "Top Artist" with "The Artists Weekly" magazine and awarded cash prize, April 2015
• Selected to participate in the LymeLight Fondation "Dart for Art" fundraiser, 2015
• Participated in San Francisco Open Studios, Fort Mason Art Center, 2014
• “Blue Sky” series featured at 12 X 12 (by 12) exhibit, Cabrillo College Gallery, California, 2014
• Three paintings used as illustrations in "The Catamaran Literary Reader", Summer 2014 issue
• ”On the Verge" and "Sky" series featured in Christa Martin's arts column in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2014
• Selected to participate in in Fashion and Body Art Paint-a-thon at Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 2014
• ”Red Sky" and "Yellow Sky" series featured at ABRA Gallery group exhibition, Los Angeles, 2014
• Featured in "Spring Awakening" exhibit, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 2014
• Cash award by popular vote for the 12 x 12 (x12) exhibit at Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California, 2013
• ”Red Sky" series featured at 12 X 12 (by 12) exhibit, Cabrillo College Gallery, California, 2013
• Second Prize in the Human Factors category, Celebrating Agriculture with the Arts Exhibit, Madera Arts Council (juried), California 2013
• Solo exhibit at Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (juried), California, 20• Featured in exhibit honoring Degas at Carnegie Arts Center (juried), California, 2012
• First Prize in California Pomegranate Festival Art Exhibit, Madera Arts Council (juried), California, 2012
• Among top 5 winning artists in Light, Space, Time Online Gallery Figurative Competition (juried), 2012
• ABRA Gallery solo exhibit, Thousand Oaks (Los Angeles), California, 2012
• Artiste Winery Exhibit and featured on wine labels, Los Olivos, California (juried), 2012
• Featured in the book, "The Best of Artists Presents: Worldwide Mixed Media, Vol. II", 2012
• Featured in the book, A Walk Into Abstracts by Sue St. John, 2011
• McAfee Corporate Headquarters, 2011, Santa Clara, California (juried)
• Solo Exhibit, Oswald Restaurant, 2010, Santa Cruz, CA (juried)
• Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Government Building, 2010, Santa Cruz, CA (juried)
• Santa Cruz Art League, "Local Essence," 2010, Santa Cruz, CA
• International Acrylic Society Annual Show, 2009, Santa Cruz, CA (juried)
• Santa Cruz Art League, “All Together,” 2009, Santa Cruz, CA (juried)
• Pacific Art League, “Color and More Color,” 2009, Palo Alto, CA
• International Acrylic Society Annual Show, 2008, Santa Cruz, CA (juried)
• Pacific Art League, “From the Press,” 2008, Palo Alto, CA (juried)
• College of Santa Fe Monothon, SITE Santa Fe, 2002, Santa Fe, NM (juried)
• Riverspirit Yoga Studio and Gallery, 2002, Abiqui, NM