• Three paintings have been accepted in the Richeson 75: Still Life and Floral Competition: Water Media 2009. One of those, Peony - Explosion won Second Prize.
• My studio is included in a story about three artist studios in the August 2009 issue of “Watercolor Artist” magazine. You can see these magazine pages in the Awards & InPrint section.
 
• American Art Collector magazine will include my painting Silver & Crystal with Magnolia in its March story about Still Life Painting, www.americanartcollector.com.  
 
• I am pleased to report that my paintings have been published in Collection and Appreciation (PDF) Magazine in China, and Chinese Watercolor Quarterly (PDF). My new e-mail friend Zhou Tianya is responsible for making this happen and I want to thank him for his efforts. Tianya is a wonderful watercolorist and won First Place in this year’s International Show of the Watercolor Society of Houston.
 
• "Soldiers – Williamsburg" was a Finalist in the 2009 cover competition by “Watercolor Magazine” and is published in the Summer 2009 issue, P.45. (PDF)
 
• Laurin's studio is included in a story about three artist studios in the August issue of “Watercolor Artist” magazine. (PDF)
 
• "Bicycles - Amsterdam" has been accepted for inclusion in the Splash 11. A sepia ink drawing done on the Greek island of Napflion, titled Sunset Town Center, Napflion will be in North Light’s Book on drawing titled Strokes of Genius 2.

Laurin’s paintings have been the recipient of the following awards:

• Laurin's painting "Williamsburg Soldiers" a finalist for the cover contest in the Summer 2009 issue of American Artist Watercolor magazine - Click Here to View (PDF)
 
• Visual Abundance garnered the First Prize in this year’s 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.
 
• My painting Silver & 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.
 
• Three paintings have been accepted in the Richeson 75: Still Life and Floral Competition: Water Media 2009. One of those, Peony - Explosion won Second Prize. 
 
• My painting, Plymouth Silver won the Board of Directors Award at the Watercolor Missouri National 2009.
 
• Rooftops – New York won the Annual Membership Award in The Society of Watercolor Artists, Inc, 28th Annual Juried Exhibition 2009, Fort Worth, TX.
 
• Keukenhof Tulip garnered the Binders Art Supplies & Frames Award, 2009 Georgia Watercolor Society – National Exhibition.
 
• "Bicycles - Amsterdam" was a finalist in the competition for the Hunting Art Prize, Houston, TX
   
• Richeson75: Still Life & Floral '08 Competition, Second Place: "Stuart Still Life"
  - "The hallmarks of this work are the technical staff and arrangements of positive and negative shapes. The surface and color contrasts between the crystal, the silver and fruit bring out a strong visual diversity."
  
 
• Janet Milford Memorial Award, Watercolor West 40th Annual Exhibition - for painting "Bicycles - Amsterdam"
  - On display at the Brea Gallery - October 12 - December 19, 2008
 
• Beauty in Watermedia Award, (The Show’s 2nd Prize) - June 2008
  - 31st Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Exhibition
 
• Hardie Gramatky Memorial Award
  - 137th Annual International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society

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