Awards & Accolades

  • 2026 Finalist Richeson 75 Small Works Exhibition, Kimberly, WI (Black Lace)

  • 2025 Finalist Richeson 75 Portrait and Figure Competition (The Blue Armoire)

  • 2025 First Place in Painting - Thousand Oaks Art Association Open Juried Show, California (Young Serenity)

  • 2025 Second Place in Painting - “Figure This” Exhibition at Chemers Gallery, Tustin California (The Blue Armoire)

  • 2024 Winner of the American Art Review Award of Excellence at the 113th CAC Gold Medal Exhibition, California (Afternoon Slumber)

  • 2024 Finalist in the 17th Annual International ARC Salon (Afternoon Slumber)

  • 2023 Winner of the American Art Collector Award of Excellence in the AAPL 95th Grand National Exhibition, NYC (The Red Book)

  • 2023 Portrait finalist in the Almenara Art Prize, exhibited in Cordoba, Spain. (A Night Out) 

  • 2023 Best of Show Winner in Artists Network Magazine's Second Annual Pet Portrait Competition (A House Cat)

  • 2023 Third Place in Artist Network Magazine’s “Artists to Watch” Competition for Portrait and Figure (Young Serenity)

  • 2023 Four-Time Finalist in the 16th Annual International ARC Salon (Clocks and Peonies, A House Cat, Bohemian Blue, and Beside the Candelabra)

  • 2023 Semi-Finalist in the 16th Annual International ARC Salon (Lucid Dreaming)

  • 2022 Finalist in Southwest Art Magazine’s Artistic Excellence Competition (Beside the Candelabra)

  • 2022 Finalist in the July 2022 Bold Brush Painting Competition (The Red Book)

  • 2022 Finalist in the June 2022 Bold Brush Painting Competition (Clocks and Peonies)

  • 2021 Two-Time finalist in November |11th Pleinair Salon (Bohemian Blue and A Brother’s Portrait)

  • 2021 Finalist in the 15th Annual International ARC Salon (Leather and Thread)

  • 2021 Semi-Finalist in the 15th Annual ARC International Salon (Lucid Dreaming)

  • 2021 Top 10 Finalist in International Artist Magazine’s Portrait and Figure Challenge (Leather and Thread)

Exhibitions

  • 115th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition - Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA - 2026

  • Mastering the Mood - American Legacy Fine Art, Pasadena, CA - 2026

  • Fleurish - Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA - 2026

  • Richeson 75 Small Works Show - Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI - 2026

  • 114th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition - VEFA Gallery, Torrance, CA - 2025

  • Figure This Exhibition - Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA - 2025

  • Thousand Oaks Art Association Open Juried Show - Thousand Oaks CA - 2025

  • National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society Spring International Online Exhibition - 2025

  • Magnificent Miniatures, California Art Club - Old Mill, San Marino - 2025

  • 113th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition - Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA - 2024

  • Fascinations of Fall, California Art Club - Virtual Exhibition - 2024

  • Almenara Art Prize Exhibition - Real Círculo de la Amistad de Córdoba, Spain - 2023

  • American Legacy Fine Arts 20th Anniversary Exhibition - Pasadena, CA - 2023

  • American Artists Professional League’s 95th Grand Exhibition - Salmagundi Club, NYC - 2023

  • 42nd Annual Painting, Sculpture and Graphics Exhibition - Salmagundi Club, NYC - 2023

  • Americans in Paris Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC - Vanessa Rothe Fine Art - 2023

  • Vanessa Rothe Spring Collection - 2022 

  • Le Voyage Exhibition at Vanessa Rothe Fine Art - 2022

  • Randy Hibee Gallery 6”x6” Show - Costa Mesa, CA - 2019