Complete Biography

EDUCATION AND MENTORS

Saddleback Jr. College, Mission Viejo, CA
Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Ventura Jr. College, Ventura, CA
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Laguna Beach School of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Thomas Leighton, San Francisco, CA
Lawrence Bean, Fresno, CA
Darwin Musselman: Head of the Art Dept at Fresno State University, CA
Joyce Pike: Profession Artist and Instructor of Fine Art, Author, Painting Video Serie

PUBLICATIONS

Southwest Art, October 2005
The Artist Magazine 1998 Art Competition finalist
Co-authored: Painting Landscapes in Oil, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc.
Co-authored: Landscapes, Learn to Paint Step by Step, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc.
Co-authored: The Art of Oil Painting, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc.
SouthWest Art: California Painters; May 2003
CAC Artist Profile: April 1999
A California Woman’s Story: Joan Irvine Smith 2006
Crystal Cove Cottages: Islands in Time on the California Coast
Artist Views 1998 Calendar
San Juan Capistrano Poster, Invitations, and Pamphlets
Who's Who in America

INSTRUCTOR

Scottsdale Art School, Scottsdale, AZ
Art program instructor, Mission Viejo, CA
Cuesta College Instructor, San Luis Obispo, CA
Art Instructor and Director of Central Coast Studios, Morro Bay, CA
Painting Workshops throughout the Country and Abroad

ASSOCIATIONS

California Art Club, signature member
Oil Painters of America, signature member
LPAPA, signature member
Listed in Who’s Who in America beginning with the 55th edition, 2001

GALLERIES AND COLLECTIONS

Salisbury Fine Art Gallery, Avila Valley, CA
Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
Villas and Verandas Gallery, San Juan Capistrano, CA
The Park Side Gallery, Carmel, CA
Joan Irvine Smith Fine Art, Inc.
Roy Rose Plein Air Collection
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Huntington Beach, CA

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2006 Laguna Art Museum
2006 American Artist Magazine and Forbes Galleries, Trinchera Ranch Project
2005 Laguna Art Museum
2005 Sedona Arts Center Poster Image Award
2004 Tucson Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
2004 Napa Valley Museum, Napa Valley, CA
2003 Salon International 2003, San Antonio, TX
2003 Plein Air Exhibit at the State Capitol, Sacramento, CA
2003 US Embassy, Madrid, Spain
2003 O.P.A National Exhibition , Taos, New Mexico
2003 O.P.A. Regional Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA
2003 Tucson Plein Air Exhibition, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, invited artist
2002-2003 American Plein air Painting Exhibition, American Embassy in Madrid, Spain
2002-2003 Plein Air Exhibition: Irvine Museum, California State Capitol
2002 Invited Guest Artist to the Plein Air Painters of America Exhibition, Catalina
2002 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Museum
2002 Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, CA
2002 O.P.A National Exhibition
2002 American Embassy Plein Air Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2001 First Place CAC and SJC Painting Competition
2001 Images of Crystal Cove Exhibition First Place Award - JISFA, Laguna Beach CA
and the State of California
2001 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational – Laguna Museum
2001 Gold Medal Exhibition Award of Excellence - Pasadena Historical Museum, CA
2001 O.P.A National Exhibition-Franklin Mint Award Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2000 Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Museum
2000 CAC Spring Salon Show, Beverly Hills, CA
2000 90th Gold Medal Exhibition Award of Excellence Pasadena CA
2000 First Place award: Bolsa Chica Invitational Plein Air Arts Festival, CA
2000 Semi-finalists for North America-Winsor Newton Millennium Painting Competition
1999 Carmel Annual Painting Festival - Peoples Choice
1999 R. Weisman Museum of Art-Pepperdine University On Location in Malibu Show
1999 Pippen Museum Exhibition - On Location in Malibu
1998 Award - CAC Annual Art Festival - San Juan Capistrano Mission, CA
1998 Annual Art Competition Finalist - The Artist’s Magazine
1998 Gold Medal Show, CAC - Second Place Award
1998 painting featured in the Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA Calendar
1998 Oil Painters of America Regional
1998 Fourth Annual Plein Air Competition-San Juan Capistrano Mission, CA
California Art Club and Joan Irvine Smith
1998 California Art Club-Gold Medal Show
1998 Brushstrokes Show-San Luis Obispo Art Museum
1998 Oil Painters of America National Show
1997 Third Annual Plein Air Competition-San Juan Capistrano Mission, CA
California Art Club and Joan Irvine Smith
1997 California Art Club-Gold Medal Show
1997 Brushstrokes Show-San Luis Obispo Art Museum
1996 California Art Club-Gold Medal Show
1996 Second Annual Plein Air Competition-San Juan Capistrano Mission, CA
California Art Club and Joan Irvine Smith Fine Art, Inc.
1996 Brushstrokes Show-San Luis Obispo Art Museum
1994 Oil Painters of America National Show, IL
1994 Oil Painters of America Regional Show, CA