Upcoming and Recent Exhibitions
2024 Colorado Governor’s Art Show and Sale
Loveland, Colorado
May 11 – June 9
Opening Night Gala, May 10
The Colorado Governor’s Art Show & Sale is one of the largest fine art shows to exclusively feature Colorado artists, and is endorsed by the Governor of Colorado. It introduces the public to 62 of Colorado’s top fine artists. The show is truly “Art with Heart,” as it benefits Loveland and Thompson Valley Rotary Clubs’ charitable projects and causes.
Endless Fascination: Joy in Oil, Pencil and Pastel (Solo Exhibition)
The Art Center of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
May 10 – June 28
Opening Reception, June 7
The solo exhibition features a joyful range of subjects and mediums, including children from a Shakespeare festival, dancers, landscapes and historic structures, in oil, pastel, and graphite.
Image: Night on Swan Lake (Pastel), 24 x 18
National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society 2023 Fall Online International
The National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) invited painters from all across North America as well as International Artists, and honors the very best in oil and acrylic painting.
Image: Taos Hollyhocks, 20 x 20
Award Winner: Best Use of Light and Color
Reflective Impressions
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art
Winona, Minnesota
Through May 5
Founded in 1978, the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to recognize, encourage and promote marine art and maritime history. Reflective Impressions is the 19th national member exhibition featuring more than 100 of the best contemporary marine artists in the United States. The exhibition showcases the artists’ finest work, drawing inspiration from each individual artists’ relationship with water. Artworks include paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculpture, scrimshaw, and mixed media.
Image: Marshall Point Lighthouse, 12 x 24
Sketchy: Dedicated to the Art of the Sketch
Art Students League of Denver
200 Grant St.
Denver, Colorado
Opening Reception January 12
Jan. 12 – Feb. 26
ASLD faculty and members share works that celebrate figure drawing in all forms.
Image: 2-Minute Gestural Quick Sketches
Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale
Mountain Oyster Club
Tucson, Arizona
November 19, 2023
Over 200 emerging and nationally renowned artists will exhibit their best, new work in the beautiful, historic setting of the Pond Mansion, home to the Mountain Oyster Club. Join us for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while viewing artwork by the finest traditional and contemporary Western Artists.
Image: Dodge Ram, 16 x 24
Oil Painters of America 2023 Western Regional Exhibition
Brushworks Gallery
Salt Lake City
Oct. 1-31
The show assembles the finest display of representational oil paintings in the western United States. The focus in the jurying process was to select paintings that show the highest quality in draftsmanship, color, and composition, emphasizing a diversity in representational style and subject matter.
Image: Sawatch Winter, 24 x 16
Best of America 2023
Principle Gallery
Alexandria, Virginia
August 11 – September 10
Celebrating its 33rd “Best of America” National Juried Exhibition, the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) invited painters from all across North America as well as International Artists, and honors the very best in oil and acrylic painting.
Image: Adobe Dusk, 18 x 24
Endless Inspiration
The Pastel Society of Colorado Members Show
The Art Center of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
August 4 – August 25
Image: Cinderella at the Hearth, 25 x 19
First Friday at Earthwood Collections
Earthwood Collections
141 E. Elkhorn Ave, Estes Park, Colorado
July 7, 5-8 PM
Join me for a “meet the artist” First Friday Art Groove party at the gallery. Enjoy complementary refreshments, live original jazz, and view new artworks. Go out on-the-town with your friends and have some fun with Art, Music and Wine!
Image: Dawn at Nymph Lake, 30 x 20
2023 Colorado Governor’s Art Show and Sale
Loveland Museum
Loveland, Colorado
May 6 – June 11
Opening Night Gala, May 5
In-Person Demonstration, June 3
The Colorado Governor’s Art Show & Sale is one of the largest fine art shows to exclusively feature Colorado artists, and is endorsed by the Governor of Colorado. It introduces the public to 62 of Colorado’s top fine artists. The show is truly “Art with Heart,” as it benefits Loveland and Thompson Valley Rotary Clubs’ charitable projects and causes.
Image: Woodland Archer, 30 x 20
The 19th Annual Mile High International Pastel Exhibition
Curtis Center for the Arts
Greenwood Village, Colorado
May 12 – July 1
The Pastel Society of Colorado sponsors its highly competitive Mile High International Pastel Exhibition every year, and this year exceptional pastel paintings were selected by a nationally-recognized juror.
Image: Folkloric, 25 x 17
76th Annual Gilpin County Arts Association Juried Show
Gilpin Arts Gallery
Central City, Colorado
June 10 – August 19
Hosted by the Gilpin County Arts Association since 1947, this longest continuously running juried show in Colorado takes place in beautiful Central City, Colorado.
Image: Sarah, 10 x 8
Big Draw Colorado
Arvada Center, Main Gallery
Arvada, Colorado
June 8 – August 27
Opening Reception: June 8
In this large-scale group exhibition, the Arvada Center Galleries hosts works from contemporary Colorado artists that challenge preconceived definitions of drawing and from artists who celebrate the traditional roots of drawing.
Image: The Moment, 25 x 19
Wildlife Art – Special Event
Life in the West Art Gallery
Broomfield, Colorado
April 21 – 23
This Nationally Juried art exhibition and sale will feature images of Wildlife, their habitats, and the energy and curiosity they demonstrate. These animals and their amazing traits can be depicted in many ways through art…from traditional, contemporary, and abstract styles.
Image: Snowy Morning, 18 x 24
Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale
Mountain Oyster Club
Tucson, Arizona
November 20, 2022
Over 200 emerging and nationally renowned artists will exhibit their best, new work in the beautiful, historic setting of the Pond Mansion, home to the Mountain Oyster Club. Join us for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while viewing artwork by the finest traditional and contemporary Western Artists.
Image: Pow Wow Dancer, 10 x 8 – Graphite
94th Grand National Exhibition
Salmagundi Club
New York City, New York
November 7 – 18, 2022
The American Artists Professional League (AAPL) is pleased to announce the 94th consecutive Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club of New York. The in-person Exhibition and virtual show honors the finest in representational and traditional realism art.
Image: Egret’s Water Dance, 20 x 20
Oil Painters of America 2022 Western Regional Exhibition
Southwest Gallery
Dallas, Texas
September 10 – October 1, 2022
The show assembles the finest display of representational oil paintings in the western United States. The focus in the jurying process was to select paintings that show the highest quality in draftsmanship, color, and composition, emphasizing a diversity in representational style and subject matter.
Image: Cactus in Bloom, 20 x 30
Best of America National Juried Exhibition
Wilcox Gallery
Jackson, Wyoming
September 8 – October 8, 2022
Celebrating its 32nd “Best of America” National Juried Exhibition, the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) invited painters from all across North America as well as International Artists, and honors the very best in oil and acrylic painting.
Image: Calling Out from the Shallows, Eh, 16 x 20
Perspectives
The Pastel Society of Colorado Members Show
Longmont, Colorado
August 12 – October 7, 2022
This show will display the wide-ranging perspectives artists have in their pastel art journey.
Image: Ballerina from Above (from Sleeping Beauty) 25 x 18
2022 Colorado Governor’s Art Show & Sale
Loveland Museum
503 N. Lincoln Ave.
Loveland, Colorado
Show: April 23 – May 22, 2022
The Colorado Governor’s Art Show & Sale, one of the largest fine art shows to exclusively feature Colorado artists, introduces the public to 60 of Colorado’s top fine artists. The Show is endorsed by the Governor of Colorado. The 31st Annual Governor’s Art Show will open Saturday, April 23 through May 22, 2022.
Image: Amaizing Day, 30 x 20
18th Annual Mile High International Pastel Exhibition
Gilpin County Arts Association
117 Eureka Street
Central City, Colorado
Show: April 9-May 21, 2022
Pastel is pure pigment, and is the most stable and permanent of all painting media. Pastel (often confused with chalk) was introduced by Leonardo da Vinci as a highlighting technique for drawing, and emerged as a major force in 18th-century portraiture. Many great artists, including Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, Georgia O’Keeffe and James McNeil Whistler, feature pastels among their most important works.
This exhibition is a pastels-only show, sponsored by the Pastel Society of Colorado.
Image: Swan Princesses From Above, 19 x 25
18th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
St. Michaels, Maryland
October 22, 2021 – February 27, 2022
Since its founding more than 40 years ago, the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) has presented its prestigious National Exhibition every three years in museums across the country, highlighting the works of artists representing the best in American marine art by juried competition.
