Our Members' News

Laurel Daniel

• American Women Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, 2009, 2011-2017
  
• American Women Artists Museum Exhibit –Tucson Desert Art Museum 2017, Booth Western Art Museum 2014, Desert Museum 2012
• Plein Air Southwest Salon, Outdoor Painters Society, 2009, 2011- 2017 (Honorable Mention 2009, 2013)
  
• Spring Colors Inspiring Art, Texas Lifestyle Magazine, Spring Issue 2017
• En Plein Air Texas Plein Air Competition, San Angelo, TX, 2015 (Third Place Quick Draw)
  
• Fine Arts and Flowers Competition, St. Simons Island, GA 2015 (Third Place Overall)
  
• Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2012, 2014 (Third Place Overall 2014)
  
• Door County Plein Air Festival featured artist, Door County, WI, 2012, 2013
• Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio, TX, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (Honorable Mention 2011)
• Outdoor Painters Society, Associate Member Online Showcase 2011 (First Place Overall)
• "6 inch Squared" National Juried Exhibit, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, 2011
• Rhythm of Nature, American Art Collector Magazine, April 2011
• Nomadas del Arte, Southwest Gallery in Dallas, TX, 2009, 2010
• Second Place winner, International Artist Magazine contest, April/May 2009

Terri M Wells

• Milford Zornes Invitational Watercolor Retreat, Thunderbird Foundation, October 2017
• Maynard Dixon Invitational Camp Out 2015

• Western Art Collector, November 2014
• Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2013
• Plein Air Southwest Salon 2013
• America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art
• Nomadas del Arte, April 2010
• 2009 Award, Nomadas del Arte, "Excellence in Watercolor"

Paula Kuperman

• Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational, Crested Butte, CO 2014

Jane Frederick

• Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Finalist, Art on 5th, Austin 2015
• Merit Award Austin Pastel Society Northwest Hills Gallery show 2016

Trisha Bridges

• Best of Show & Honorable Mention, Wimberley Valley Juried Show, Wimberley, TX 2016

Bruce Bingham

• Long Beach Island Plein Air Plus Competition - LBIF, Loveladies, NJ 2016
• Artists of Texas Annual Juried Show - Breckenridge Fine Art Center, Breckenridge, TX 2016
• Oil Painters of America Salon National Juried Exhibit, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN 2016
• "Show of heART," Artists of Texas Annual Show, Uptown Downtown Gallery, Dallas 2015
• Oil Painters of American Annual Show, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL 2015
• 1st Place, Paint the Town, Marble Falls, TX 2015

• 2015 Old Post Office Museum and Art Center 4th Annual National Competition
• Richardson Civic Art Society 49th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Richardson, TX

• American Impressionist Society Annual Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO 2014

Val Sandell

• 2016 17th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists
• 2016 Plein Air Southwest Salon
• 2016 ASMA North Juried Exhibition hosted by the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
• 2015 Plein Air Southwest Salon
• 8th Annual Paint the Parks
• 16th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists

Robin Cheers, AIS

• American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 2017
• Oil Painters of America Salon National Juried Exhibit, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN 2016
• "Show of heART," Artists of Texas Annual Show, Uptown Downtown Gallery, Dallas 2015
• American Impressionist Society Annual Show, Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2015
• American Impressionist Society Annual Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO 2014
• Third Place Overall - Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2013
• First Place Quick Draw - Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2013
• For the Love of Form, Southwest Art Magazine, November 2012
• Best of Show/Plein Air Mag. Award of Excellence - Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2012
• First Place Quick Draw - Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2012
• American Impressionist Society Annual Show, Eckert & Ross Fine Art, Indianapolis, IN, 2012
• Oil Painters of America - Western Regional Exhibition, Lee Youngman Galleries, Calistoga, CA, 2011
• "6 inch Squared" National Juried Exhibit, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, 2011, 2012
• Art Values, Southwest Art Magazine, April 2011
• Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, April 2010, 2011

Enid Wood

• Award of Merit, American Women Artists Spring 2015 Online Juried Show
• Eyes on the Skies, Southwest Art Magazine, July 2013
• Pastel Society of America National Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, NY, NY, Sept 3-28
• International Association of Pastel Societies Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque, June 2-5
• 18th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Mexico, November 2009

Deborah Thomas

• Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, April 2011

Julie Davis

• "Artist to Watch" Southwest Art Magazine, September 2017
• Honorable Mention, OPA Online Summer Showcase, 2017
• American Impressionist Society Annual Show, Montgomery-Lee Fine Art, Park City, UT 2017
• American Women Artists Tucson Desert Art Museum show Under a Vast Sky  2017 
• American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 2017
• The Western Art Collection of Ken Ratner at the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, Texas 2016
• Oil Painters of America Salon National Juried Exhibit, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN 2016
• American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT 2016
• American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ 2015
• Oil Painters of American Annual Show, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL 2015
• American Impressionist Society Annual Show, Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2015
• Award of Merit, American Women Artists Spring 2015 Online Juried Show
• Best of Show/Plein Air Mag. Award of Excellence - Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2014

• Best of Show/Plein Air Mag. Award of Excellence - Kerrville Outdoor Painters Event, Kerrville, TX, 2013

Beryl Kerwick

• Second Place, Map Your Way to Burnet Plein Air Event, Burnet, TX 2014
• Best in Show, Waterloo Watercolor Group Spring Juried Show, Austin, TX, 2012

Eileen Pestorius

• Merit Award, Waterloo Watercolor Group Spring Show, Austin 2015
  Second Place, Waterloo Watercolor Group Fall Juried Show, Austin, TX 2014
• First Place, Waterloo Watercolor Group Fall Juried Show, Austin, TX 2013
• Honorable Mention, Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TX 2013
• Merit Award, Waterloo Watercolor Group Spring Juried Show, Austin, TX, 2012

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Members qualify for a news mention if:

• they are juried into a state, regional or national show;
• they take part in a plein air competition;
• they win an award for their artwork from a recognized entity; and/or
• their work appears in an art publication.

If you are a member and would like to submit a news item for inclusion on this page, please email Robin Cheers.