This past year, after a portfolio review, I was admitted to the International Guild of Realism. This was the first year that I could submit paintings for their show. I am pleased to report that my painting, Mattes, has been selected for that show. The show will be on view February 8 – 26, 2010, at the J. Willot Gallery, 73190 El Paso, Palm Desert, California, T: 760 – 68 3180. There is an article about the show in the February issue of American Art Collector. A photo of my painting is included in that article. For further information about the show visit www.realismguild.com.

American Art Collector magazine will include my painting Silver & Crystal with Magnolia in its March story about Still Life Painting, www.americanartcollector.com.

I have had two paintings; Visual Abundance and Plymouth Silver selected for the second round of judging for the Shanghai Zhujiajiao Watercolour Biennial Exhibition. I will be sending these paintings to Shanghai for the final judging. I’ll post the results here as soon as I hear.

My paintingSilver & Crystal with Magnolia was accepted in the recent international show of the Allied Artists of America where it was awarded The Kent Day Coe Memorial Award for Watercolor. This is first time I have been in this show. I am pleased to have been included in a show that includes a wide range of media, www.alliedartistsofamerica.org.

Visual Abundance garnered the First Prize in the 2009 Members Show of the Society of Watercolor Artist of Fort Worth. I was pleased to give a presentation on how to Market Your Art to this group on December 8. I had given the same presentation to the Louisiana Watercolor Society several months ago.

Five of my paintings have been selected for inclusion in the Upstream People Gallery’s 11th Annual Realism Juried Online International Art Exhibition. The show will be online the month of February, www.upstreampeoplegallery.com.

WORKSHOP: I will be giving a "Painting Life-Like Floral" workshop at the Dillman's Creative Arts Foundation, June 20-25, 2010. Hope you can join me for fun and painting. Contact: www.dillmans.com or call 713-588 3143.