Awards, Grants & Professional Achievements (selected)
2020: Finalist for Hobby Category, Foreward Review Awards
2020: Independent Press Award Winner in How-to Category for "I Just Want to Paint!"
2019: First and Second Book Awards, Colorado Independent Publishers Association, Denver, Colorado
2015: Artist Showcase Award, Manhattan Healing Arts Exhibition, New York, New York
2013: Honorable Mention, Paint the Parks Competition, Coutts Museum, Kansas
2011: People's Choice Award, Salida Juried Show, Salida, Colorado
2011: Honorable Mention, BoldBrush Juried Show, Abstract
2010: Finalist-Best Abstract Award in the FineArtViews Bold Brush Painting Competition
2008: Pikes Peak Plein Aire Painters, "Celebrate Light" Juried Show, Pueblo, Colorado
2004: Founder, Curator & Juror Exhibition, 22 Miles: Celebrating Minnehaha Creek! Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003: Artist Residency, The Julia & David White Artists Colony, Cuidad, Costa Rica
2002: Juror, Edina Art Center Annual Member Juried Show, Edina, Minnesota
2000: First Honors, Minnesota State Fair Juried Show, St. Paul, Minnesota
Juror and Guest Lecturer, "Guest Artist" for Artists of Minnesota, Isle, Minnesota
1997: Art Exhibition Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, Minnesota
1992-94: President of the Minnesota Watercolor Society, a 300+ member art society
One & Two Person Shows (selected)
2021: Colorscapes, solo show, G44 Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2019-Present: Second Floor Studios, First Friday Art Walk, Old Colorado City, Colorado
2017: Unveiling the Invisible, Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2015: Beyond the Surface, two-person show, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2013: Capturing Color Harmony, Colorado Expressions Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2008: Capturing Nature's Beauty through Harmony & Contrast, University of Minnesota Arboretum
The Colorado/French Connection, Bella Art & Frame Gallery, Monument, Colorado
2005: The Wonders of Red, L.I.W. Cargo Fine Art Gallery, Manitou Springs, Colorado
2004: Featured Artist, 22 Miles: Celebrating Minnehaha Creek! Minneapolis, Minnesota
No Time for Idle Hands, Old Main Gallery, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
2003: No Time for Idle Hands, Great Plains Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
2002: No Time for Idle Hands, The Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, Minnesota
2000: No Time for Idle Hands, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin
1998: No Time for Idle Hands, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
1997: No Time for Idle Hands, Plainsman Museum, Aurora, Nebraska
Publications (selected)
2019: Published multi-award winning book: I Just Want to Paint: Mixing the Colors You Want!
2016: ArtsyShark.com guest blog: https://www.artsyshark.com/2017/04/11/design-a-fabulous-art-studio-on-a-shoestring/
2015: Munsell Color guest blog: http://munsell.com/color-blog/mud-understanding-mixing-complementary-colors-part2/
2008-Present: Bi-weekly blogging at CelebratingColor.com/blog
2007: "Something Old, Something New & Something Purple," Art Calendar, March
2003: Memoir by Carol A. McIntyre, Painting My Passion: An Artist's Journey with the Women of the West
2000: Eric Hanson, "Hands - On History," Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1999: Cover artist in Watercolor Magazine, "Expressively Hands!" December
Juried Exhibitions (selected)
2019: Holiday Group Show, G44 Gallery, Colorado Springs
2019: Women of the Trees Invitation Show, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs
2014: Contemporary Still Life Juried Exhibition, Cottonwood Center for the Arts,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
2007: Paint Historic Manitou Springs, Invitational Plein Air Art Show, Manitou Springs, Colorado
2004: Pikes Peak Plein Aire Painters, Estes Park Cultural Arts Center Gallery, Estes Park, Colorado
2002: Minnesota State Fair Juried Show, St. Paul, Minnesota
2001: Minnesota State Fair Juried Show, St. Paul, Minnesota
1999: Midwest Watercolor Society (now Transparent Watercolor Society),
Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowac, Wisconsin
Uptown National Juried Art Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998: Midwest Watercolor Society, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan
Red River Watercolor Society National Juried Show, Fargo, North Dakota
Professional Organizations
Associate Member: Colorado Independent Publishers Association
Signature Member: Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Associate Member: Oil Painters of America
President, Minnesota Watercolor Society, Term 1992-94, Edina, Minnesota
Member: Southern Colorado Womens Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Teaching & Lecturing (selected)
2019: Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, color mixing demonstration
2019-Present, live workshop "Let's Mix Green!"
2015-Present, online color class produced by Craftsy, "Acrylic Color Mixing Made Easy!"
2011-Present, "Paint with Color Confidence," live and online color class
1999-Present: Painting My Passion lecture/presentation at:
Colorado Pastel Society
Pikes Peak Watercolor Society
Women Artists of the West
Mid-West Hand Surgeon Conference
Eden Pairie Chamber of Commerce
Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota Watercolor Society
2003: Adjunct Professor of Art, The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
1991-Present: Developed and delivered a unique course on color theory and color mixing for painters of all media
