both in the Animal/Wildlife category

NEWCOMER AWARD

20th Annual Juried Art Competition & Show

Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge, Texas 

3RD PLACE: Oils

Texas & Neighbors 26th Regional Art Exhibit

Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas

3RD PLACE: Oils

Midland Arts Association

Museum of the Southwest, Midland,Texas

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2010

San Angelo Art Club, San Angelo, Texas 

Finalist in 27th Annual Art Competition 

THE ARTIST’S MAGAZINE: December 2010 Issue

Finalist for “The White Cow”

Finalist for “ Working the Ranch”

both in the Animal/Wildlife category

Best of Show

1/2010 - C.R. Myers Realism Show, San Angelo, TX 

Oil painting of “Ralph Powell”

“21 over 31 - Artists You Need to Know” 

SOUTHWEST ART magazine: November 2009 Issue

Article features my painting “Mertzon Cowboys”

Honorable Mention 

2009 - Seven-State Biennial Exhibition - 

The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Art Gallery
at Chickasha, OK 

Purchased Award “The Brahma-Charollais”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2008

San Angelo Art Club, San Angelo, Texas  

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

6/11    Dana Gallery - Icons of the West, Invitational

        Missoula, Montana

5/11    Red River Valley International Art Exhibition

          Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, Texas

4/11     Texas & Neighbors 26th Regional Art Exhibit

            Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas

     3rd PLACE - Oils “Mertzon Cowboys”

3/11     Museum of the Southwest Spring Juried Art Exhibition

             Midland Arts Association, Midland, TX 

          3rd PLACE - Oils “Resting Brahma”

2/11     Stars of Texas Annual Juried Art Exhibition

            Brownwood, TX 

4/10    Oil Painters of America, 19th Annual National Exhibition

             Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 

9/09     Seven-State Biennial Exhibition

             The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma 

            Art Gallery at Chickasha, OK

11/08   Fiesta in Realism

     Kendall Art Gallery, San Angelo, TX

10/08   Art in the Heart

     Coleman, TX

9/08     American Plains Artists 24th Annual Juried Exhibit

     Museum of the Southwest, MIdland, TX

6/08     Fiesta in Realism, San Angelo Art Club

     San Angelo, TX

6/08     Art is Great in Twenty-0-8

    Brady, TX

3/08    Museum of the Southwest, Spring Juried Art Exhibition 

    Midland Arts Association, Midland, TX

8/08    Traditional meets Contemporary, Ruiz Studio

    San Angelo, TX

4/07    Kendall Art Gallery - Solo Exhibition

    San Angelo, TX