AWARDS
2026
1st Silver Award South Carolina Watermedia Society 49th Annual National Exhibit 2026, "Weekend Ride"
2nd Place, South Carolina Watermedia Society, “Waiting for Sun Tea”
"Transparent Trio" was chosen as a finalist, published in the 2026 June/July edition of Splash 27: The Best of Watercolor art competition magazine
Honorable Mention, Women in Watercolor Juried Competition, "Transparent Trio"
2025
1st Place Watercolor Division, SC State Fair Fine Art Show, "Floral Tapestry"
Merit Award, SC State Fair Fine Art Show, "Marble Medley"
Silver Merit Award, South Carolina Watermedia Society 48th National Exhibit, “Pretzel Bites”
“Waiting for Sun Tea” was chosen as a finalist, published in the 2025 June/July edition of Splash 26: The Best of Watercolor art competition magazine
Art Sparks Merchandise Award, Women in Watercolor Juried Competition, “Crimson Classic”
Honorable Mention, Women in Watercolor Juried Competition, “River Rock Rill”
2024
Silver Merit Award, The Juanita Yancey Memorial Award, South Carolina Watermedia Society 47th National Exhibit
1st Place, Washington State Fair Fine Art Show, "Pretzel Bites"
People's Choice, Washington State Fair Fine Art Show, "Parma Italia"
Art Supply Warehouse Merchandise Award, 56th Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition, "Fresh Baked"
Searching for a Seahorse was included in the 2024 spring edition of Watercolor Artist magazine, included in The Best of 2023 in watercolor. Page 57
2023
Purchase Award, Northwest Watercolor Society International Open Exhibition, “Searching for a Seahorse”, hangs in the Permanent Collection at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA.
Honorable Mention, Transparent Watercolor Society of America Member Exhibit, “Pretzel Bites”
3rd Place, Washington State Fair Fine Art Show, “Classic Cat’s Eyes”
Honorable Mention, Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition, “True Blue”
QoR Watercolor Award, Northwest Watercolor Society, Waterworks Member Exhibit, “Fresh Baked”
Awarded Outstanding Watercolor in BoldBrush 2023, “Life in Shadows”
Honorable Mention, Washington State Fair, “Cobalt Bumboozer”
2021
Honorable Mention, Washington State Fair Fine Art Show, “Seeing Green”
Finalist, Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition, “Reaching Beyond Her Comfort Zone”
2020
Honorable Mention, Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition, "Life in Shadows"
Harriet Q Johnson Cash Award, Northwest Watercolor Society, Waterworks Member Exhibit, "Life in Shadows"
Arnold's Furniture Purchase Prize Award, Annual CVG Show, "Losing My Marbles"
2019
Honorable Mention, Washington State Fair Fine Art Show, "Losing My Marbles"
2017
1st Place, Washington State Fair Fine Art Show, “Blackberry Bramble”
2014
Merit Award, Louisiana Art and Artist Guild Fall Show, “Bayou Retreat”
2nd Place, Louisiana Art and Artist Guild, Spring Show, “Mardi Gras Glitter “
1st Place, Art for Madisonville Exhibit, ribbon for “Creating”
1st Place, Zfest Art Show, “Good Bedfellows”
2013
Honorable Mention, Louisiana Watercolor Society Spring Member Show, “Two Elephants”
JURIED EXHIBITION ACCEPTANCES
American Watercolor Society Associate Member Online Exhibit 2026
American Watercolor Society at The Salmagundi Club in New York City 2025
National Watercolor Society 105th International Open Exhibition 2025
Transparent Watercolor Society of America 49th Annual Exhibit 2025
Northwest Watercolor Signature Exhibition at the Seattle Convention Center 2025
South Carolina Watermedia Society National Exhibit 2026, 2025, 2024
South Carolina Watermedia Society Online Member Exhibit 2026
Pickens County Museum of Art & History 2026
Northwest Watercolor Society International Open Exhibit 2026, 2024, 2024, 2021, 2020
Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks Member Exhibition 2022, 2021
Northwest Watercolor Signature Exhibition 2025, 2021
Louisiana Watercolor Society International Exhibit 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Watercolor West International Juried Exhibit 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition 2022
Peninsula Art League Open Juried Show 2020
Randy Higbee Gallery 6” Squared Judged Exhibit 2016, 2017
Brush with Burden, Louisiana State University AgCenter 2014
National 45th Annual River Road Show 2014, 2013
-Juried into the Creative Hands : Pacific 2010 Exhibit on Guam. “Inarajan Bay” was chosen as the featured magazine cover for The University of Guam spring catalogue.
