- 1958 Perkerson Elementary School, Area Public School Competition, 2nd Grade, Atlanta, GA, Honorable Mention
- 1965 – 1969 Therrell High School Student Traveling Exhibitions, Atlanta, GA
- 1986 Members Juried Exhibit, Atlanta Portrait Society, Phipps Plaza, Atlanta, GA (Judge, Win Cranell)
- 1987 Members Juried Exhibit, Atlanta Portrait Society, Aaronson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Members Exhibit, Atlanta Artist Club, Phipps Plaza, Atlanta, GA
Members Juried Exhibit, Atlanta Portrait Society, Phipps Plaza, Atlanta, GA
(Judge, Claire Frye)
Juried Exhibit, DeKalb Council For The Arts, Mardi Gras, Dunwoody, GA (Judge By Panel) - 1988 Members Juried Exhibit, Atlanta Portrait Society, Phipps Plaza, Atlanta, GA (Judge,Will Cranell)
Juried Members Juried Exhibit, Southeastern Pastel Society, "Pastel Renaissance,” First Juried Exhibit for "Pastel Only" ever held in Atlanta, Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Atlanta, GA - 1989 DeKalb Council For The Arts, Georgia Artists 1989. 500 Abernathy Road,
Dunwoody, GA (Judge By Panel)
A.R.T. Station Annual Members Exhibition, Merit Award Scottsdale Artist School, Scholarship
Members Juried Exhibit, Southeastern Pastel Society, DeKalb College, Clarkston, GA
(Judge, Phillip Lekki) Honorable Mention Award
Pastel Society of The West Coast, Sacramento, CA (Judge, Ramon Kelly)
Atlanta Artist Club Juried Exhibit, Honorable Mention
Members Juried Exhibit, Atlanta Portrait Society - 1990 Pastel Society of America, Invitational Exhibit, Quincy Arts Center, Quincy, IL
Scottsdale Artists School ,“The Best and Brightest" Juried Exhibit, Scottsdale, AZ, 3rd Place Award Pastel Society of America, Juried International Exhibit, New York, NY
Portrait Society of Atlanta Annual Juried Exhibit, Phipps Plaza, Atlanta, GA
Southeastern Pastel Society, National Juried Exhibit, Moultrie, GA, 3rd Place Award - 1991 Portrait Society of Atlanta Annual Juried Exhibit, Carlson & Labrano Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Artist Club, Juried Exhibit, Absteen Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Honorable Mention Award
- 1992 Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta Ballet, One Woman Show, "Pas De Deaux"
- 1994 A. R. T. Station 8th Annual Juried Competition, Stone Mountain, GA.
Southeastern Pastel Society International Juried Exhibit, Duluth, GA, Merit Award A. R. T Station Annual Invitational Exhibit, Stone Mountain, GA
Portrait Society of Atlanta Juried Competition, Douglasville, GA
George E. Ohr Extravaganza Juried Exhibit, Biloxi, MS, Honorable Mention Award
- 1995 Southeastern Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibit, Macon, GA, 3rd Place Award
Atlanta Artist Club Juried Exhibition, Galleria Mall Gallery, Marietta, GA
Wachovia Bank Gwinnett Place, One Woman Portrait Exhibition, "Capture The Moment", Duluth, GA
American Society of Portrait Artists, Intl. Competition, Montgomery, AL., 2nd Place & The Peoples Choice Award - 1996 Southeastern Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, American College, Merit Award Fayetteville Court House Out Door Juried Exhibit, Fayetteville, GA
Portrait Society of Atlanta Juried Exhibit, Avery Fine Art, Marietta, GA Decorator Show House Gift Shop Exhibit, Atlanta, GA
- 1997 Kennesaw Fine Arts, Juried Exhibit, Kennesaw, GA 1st Place Oil Award
Southeastern Pastel Society, Members Juried Exhibit, Hilton Head, SC, 2nd Place Award South Cobb Arts Alliance, Annual Juried National Exhibition, Mableton, GA 1st Place Award Decorator Show House Portrait Displayed
American Society of Portrait Art International Exhibit, 2nd Place and Peoples Choice Award - 1998 Southeastern Pastel Society, Juried International Exhibition, Best of Show Award
- 1999 American Society of Portrait Artists, International Exhibit, Honorable Mention Award
Southeastern Pastel Society Juried International Exhibit, Merit Award - 2000 Southeastern Pastel Society, Juried International Exhibit, Merit Award
- 2001 Portrait Society of Atlanta, Juried Exhibit, 1st Place Portrait Award
- 2002 Portrait Society of Atlanta, Juried Exhibit, Peoples Choice Award
Mable House Cultural Center, South Cobb Arts Alliance, 15th National Juried Art Exhibition, Award of Excellence - Pastel Society of America 30th Anniversary International Juried Exhibition,
Marietta Cobb Museum of Fine Art Juried Exhibition, “This Land is Your Land , This Land Is My Land - 2003 Decatur Fine Arts Festival, Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, Agnes Scott College
Quinlan Art Center, Members Exhibit, Gainesville, GA
Highlands, NC Art League, Peoples Choice Award
Highlands, Art League, Annual Juried Competition, First Place Award
Portrait Society of Atlanta, Premier Salon Exhibition, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Invitational - 2004 Southeastern Pastel Society, International Exhibition, Marietta Museum Honorable Mention Award
- 2005 Quinlan Fine Arts Gallery, One Woman Show, “Those Cottin Pickin Boll Weevils”
- 2006 Booth Western Museum, “Peace Pipes and Smoke Signals” Native American paintings
Southeastern Pastel Society International Juried Exhibit, 3rd Place
Hiawassee, GA Juried Mountain Art Fair, August 2006 - 2007 Ocee Art Exhibit, One Woman Exhibit
Quinlan Juried Exhibit - 2008 Southeastern Pastel Society International Juried Exhibit, Exceptional Merit Award
- 2009 Cumming United Methodist Church 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition
Quinlan Fine Art Center 62nd Annual Members Exhibition 1st Place Award, “Gratitude”
Museum of Church History 8th International Juried Exhibition, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Utah, Museum of Church History Purchase Award, ”Be it Unto Me”
Blue Ridge Mtn. Fine Arts Juried Exhibition - 2010 National League Of American Pen Women Juried Exhibition, Marrietta Cobb Museum of Art
Quinlan Fine Art Invitational Exhibition, Gainesville, GA
Cumming United Methodist Church 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award Southeastern Pastel Society Juried 14th Juried International , 65 pieces out of 347, Exceptional Merit Award Sautee Nacoochee Valley Art Assoc. , Invitational Artist Single Exhibition. - 2011 Cumming United Methodist Church 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award and Peoples Choice Award Southeastern Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Quinlan Fine Art Center, Honorable Mention Award
South Cobb Arts Alliance National Juried Exhibition, Mable House Gallery, Founders Award/Best of Show Richeson 75, Juried Portrait Competition
Pastel Society of America 39th Annual Juried Exhibition
Artist Guild of Northwest GA Juried Exhibiton, Wayne King Memorial Award, 1st place - 2012 American Pen Women National Juried Exhibition 3rd Place
Cumming United Methodist Church 5th Annual Juried Exhibition
Museum of Church History 8th International Juried Exhibition, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Utah National “Staying in Tune” - League of American Pen Women, Artist of the Year Award, Atlanta Chapter
- 2013 Southeastern Pastel Society, Juried Members Exhibit, Carrolton GA Best of Show, “Draped in Light Drawing Magazine Spring Issue, Shades of Gray International Competition, Honorable Mention, “Dawn”
National Oil & Acrylic Society, Juried Online Fall Exhibit, Oil painting, “At Ease” (German Shepherd) Kudzu Art Zone, Instructors Invitational Exhibition, October 2013
Quinlan Fine Art Members Exhibition November 2013 - NOAPS Fall Juried Online Exhibit- November 2013, Oil Painting, “At Ease” (German Shepherd)
- 2014 Cumming UMC Spring Juried Exhibition, March 2014
Southeastern Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Oglethorpe University 2014 SCBWI, Southern Breeze, Illustration, Liz Conrad Scholarship, 2014
North Light Books, “ Art Journey”: People, Drawing titled “Dawn”, 102 artists selected - 2015 IAPS Juried International Online Exhibition ?
- Fine Art Festival, CFUMC Professional Division, Audience Choice
American Pen Women, GAChapter Reflections Juried Exhibit, 4th Biennal, 3rd Place Pastel & Honorable Mention Pastel Art Renewal Center Salon Juried Exhibition 2015, Finalist , “Dawn” - 2016 Southeastern Pastel Society Online Exhibition, 1st Place Cumming UMC Spring Juried Exhibition, April 2016 Southeastern Pastel Society International Juried Exhibit, May 2016
- 2017 Art Renewal International Juried Competition Finalist “Millennial Child”
Hall County Government Building Solo Exhibition
Tannery Row, Buford, GA , Spring Juried Exhibition, Best of Show 1st Place, “Traveler” - 2018 Southeastern Pastel Society International Exhibition 30th Anniversary Juried Exhibit, Best of Show
IAPS 33rd Juried Online International Exhibition , “Melody”
Church History International Juried Exhibition, Sale Lake City Utah Begins 2019, “My First Covenant”
Pastel 100, Pastel Magazine, March 2019 Issue Floral Holbein Award 3rd Place, “Light of Dawn”
Cumming UMC Spring Juried Exhibition, April 2018 Honorable Mention “Daddys Girl” Pastel
NOAPS Fall Juried On Line Exhibit, November 2018, Oil Painting, “Peony II”
Oil Painters of America Fall 2018 Online Exhibit, Honorable Mention “Peony”
2019 Southeastern Pastel Society National Juried Exhibition “So Sweet” Award of Excellence
American Pen Women Exhibition, 2nd Place and Peoples Choice, “Hope”
Cumming UMC Spring Juried Exhibition, April 2019
Personal Exhibition Quinlan Visual Arts, Title, “Portaits4U” 40 paintings
IAPS International Juried Exhibition “Yearning”
IGOR Online Salon Juried Exhibition“Traveler”
Art Renewal Center International Juried Exhibition Finalist “Melody” & “Annas’ Rose”
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints History Museum International Juried Exhibition “My First Covenant”
American Women Artists Spring Online Juried Exhibition “Melody”
OPA Spring Online Juried Exhibiton- “Peony”
Tannery Row Fall Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, “Yearning”
*International Artist Magazine Competition, Portrait & Figure 3rd Place, “Silver Queen”
National League of American Pen Women Juried Exhibition, Peoples Choice Award & 2nd Place, “Hope”,
2020 American Women Artists International Exhibition, Booth Museum, April “Silver Queen” Oil
Southeastern Pastel Soc. Intl.Exhibition, Oglethorpe University, “Yearning”,“Hope”Exceptional Merit Award
*Stroke of Genius Best of Drawing International Competition, Drawing Magazine, “Marty” colored pencil Continued-
*Pastel 100 Pastel Journal Magazine “So Sweet” Honorable Mention
American Artists Professional League 2020 Grand National Exhibition, Frank C. Wright Medal of Honor, Top Pastel Award, “Melody”
Jack Richeson Juried Figure and Portrait Online Exhibition, “Hope”
NOAPS Online International Fall Juried Exhibition, “Silver queen” Oil
2021 American Women Artists, Juried Spring Online Exhibition, Oil 48x24 “LongStem Blush”
OPA Salon International Juried Exhibition, Quinlan “Silver Queen”
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Flower Editorial article, “Peony”
NOAPS Best of America Juried Exhibition, Dana Gallery, Mousula Montana “ Dreaming”
IGOR Salon Online Exhibition, “Silver Queen”
American Artists Professional League 2021 Grand National Exhibition, “Hope”
Southwest Artists Magazine, Artistic Excellence Competition, Finalist-“Long Stem Red”
2022 IAPS 41st Open Division Online Juried International Exhibition “Her Glance”
IAPS International Assoc. of Pastel World Societies Conference, Albuquerque NM, Merit Award- “ Golden Child”
PSA Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of the Southwest & West Award “The Glance”
Stats-1100 entries, 129 juried in
American Artist Professional League Grand National Juried Exhibition, “Draped in Light”
Southeastern Pastel Society, All About Pastel National Juried Exhibition, “Consider the Lilies”, “Lamp Light”,
“Summer Breeze” 3rd Place
Plein Air SALON National 2022, Aug. Finalists and winner, “Melody”,“Millennial Child”,“So Sweet”, WINNER Best
Portrait & Figure- “Melody”, all are paintings in pastel.
IAPS 41st International Assoc. of Pastel Societies, Fall 2022 Juried Web show Open Division, “Her Glance”
American Artists Professional League Grand National Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club of New York, “Draped in Light”
2023 American Artists Professional League Spring Juried 2023 Members Online Exhibition, “Sisters”
Southeastern Pastel Society Members Juried International Exhibition, “All About Pastel” Quinlan, Gainesville, GA ,
“Sisters” —WINNER “Blue Bird” 3rd Place and Members Choice
Plein Air Salon Annual Top 100 Finalists, “Melody”
Bold Brush Online Competition, April selected FAV 15%, “Sisters”
IGOR International Juried Online Competition, “Sisters”
OPA Eastern Juried Exhibition, “Long Stem Red”
Publications & Media
- Veranda Magazine, Southern Accents Magazine
- TV “Gwinnett Today Show” Intermedia Cable and Benchmark Cable, September 2000
- Gwinnett Post News, September 2000
- Museums and Galleries
- Tucker Times News
- Dekalb News
- The Best of Portrait Painting, North Light Books 1999
- International Artist Magazine 1999
- “The Signature” American Society of Portrait Artists 1997 & !999
- “The Folio” Portrait Society of Atlanta
- National Cable TV, “Fine Living Network”, “Back to Basics Show” 2002, Artist feature.
- “Living Life with Style” TV Show, BeBe Webb Host 2007
- Gwinnett Daily Post March 2010
- Johns Creek Gazette March 2010
- 400 Magazine Cover April 2010
- Drawing Magazine Spring 2013
- Art Jouney, Portrait and Figures Northlight Books 2015
- Art Renewal Catalogue 2016-2017
- Gainesville Times, 2016, 2017
- Gainesville Television, Hall County Invitational Exhibit 2017
- Gwinnett Daily Post March 2018
- Pastel Journal Magazine, Pastel 100 March 2018, 2020
- Gainesville Times, Jan. 2019
- International Artist Magazine 2019
- Fine Art Connoisseur 2021
- Pastel Today, Newsletter Article October 2022
- Gainesville Times, Abit Massey Portrait
Teaching Experience and Public Speaking
- 1983 -88 Stepping Stone Art Studio: Group and Private Instruction DeKalb County Schools: Special Art Programs
- 1989 High Museum of Art: Suburban Art Committee - Lecture on Pastel
- 1990 Portrait Society of Atlanta: Portraits in Pastel Demonstration
- 1991 Lambreth College, Jackson, Tennessee: Oil and Pastel Five-Day Workshop
Dunwoody Fine Arts: Pastel Three-Day Workshop
Chateau Elan: Pastel Demonstration
Connie's Studio of Art: Portraits in Pastel and Oil Workshop - 1992-96 Connie Studio and Shop, Art classes, Stone Mtn., GA
- 1993 Callonwolde Fine Arts Guild: Lecture on Pastel
- 1994 DeKalb County Schools, Elementary Art Teachers In-Service, Pastel
DeKalb College, Pastel One Day Workshop - S.A.L.I. Mural Workshop
- Connie's House of Art: Adult and Children's Ongoing Classes/Workshops
- 1997 Wesleyn College, Macon, GA, Lecture on Pastel 1999 Dunwoody Fine Arts Lecture and Demonstration 2001 Southeastern Pastel Society Lecture
- 2006 Jacqueline Casey Hudgins Art Center, instructor in portraiture
- 2007 Ocee/Johns Creek Arts Center, Instructor in Portraiture for Adults
Private Lessons for Teens
2008 Ocee/Johns Creek Arts Center, Instructor in Portraiture for Adults - 2009 Ocee /John’s Creek Art Center, Instructor in Portraiture for Adults
- 2010 Johns Creek Art Center, Instructor Painting the Figure & Portrait Course
Nacoochee Valley Arts, Plein Air and the Figure 5 day workshop, Instructor, also 3 Day Plein Air Figure Workshop
- 2011-12 Johns Creek Art Center, Portrait and Figure Ongoing
Kudzu Art Zone, Practical Color Mixing in Oil, Ongoing Portrait and Figure classes and workshops.
Binders Art, Art Folio Event, Portrait Demo
Kudzu Art Zone, Members Program, Portrait Demo
Binders Art, Demonstrations Sponsored by Jack Richeson Art Materials
Georgia Arts League Portrait Demo, Quinlan Visual Arts
Jack Richeson -Demonstrations in oil and pastel
- 2013- 14 Binders Artfolio- Oil Portrait Demonstration, Jack Richeson Oils and Tara Fredrix Canvas Sam Flax Art Supplies- Oil Portrait Demonstration M. Graham Oil, Tara Fredrix Canvas
Kudzu Art Zone- Ongoing Portrait Classes
- 2015- Jack Richeson, Art Expo Atlanta Demonstrations Jack Richeson, Portrait Society of America Demonstrations Roswell Fine Arts Oil Portrait Demo
- 2016 Portrait Instructor, Quinlan Visual Arts
- 2016-2023 Portrait Demonstration Jingle Mingle at Gallery on the Square, Gainesville, GA
- 2022 Southeastern Pastel Society Online Program “What Color is it”
- 2023 Southeastern Pastel Society, Quinlan Visual Arts Demonstration “The Vibrancy of Pastel”
- Training and Study
- Tony Couch Watercolor
- Albert Handell, PSA, Pastel
- Flora Giffuni, PSA, Pastel
- George Carlson, 3-Dimensional Form, Oil Painting & Pastel
- Nelson Shanks, Portraits In Oil
- Irving Lawhon, Portraiture, Oil & Pastel, 3 years
- John Howard Sanden, Portrait Seminar
- Richard Whitney, Portraiture
- Alan Flattman, Pastel
- Morgan Weistling, Portrait & Figurative, Oil
- Roy Anderson, Portraiture Oil
- E.B.Lewis Children’s Book Illustration 2014
- Bryan Davis, Floral in Oil 2015
- Dianne Sutherland, Botanical Illustration Course 2015
- Dru Blair Airbrush 2017
- Dylan Scott Pierce Watercolor 2016-2017
- Karen Sistek Silk Painting 2018
- Jason Drake Egg Tempera 2022
- A Life Time of Independent Study
Professional Achievements & Collections
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- 1987 Founder and President Emeritus Southeastern Pastel Society
- 1988 Organized First "Pastel Only" Exhibit Ever In Atlanta
- 1989 Organized First International "Pastel Only" Exhibit, Universal Unity Church
- 1991 Scottsdale Artist School Scholarship. Study with George Carlson
- 2000 Painted Three Portraits for the Royal Family of Bahrain, Her Highness Shaika Benna and 2 children
- 2005 Texas Tech
- 2007 Atlanta History Center
- 2008 Booth Museum
- 2012 Artist of the Year Award, National League of American Pen Women, Atlanta Chapter
- 2013 Primerica Wall of Fame, 30 portraits, Georgia Dome
- 2014 SCBWI, Southern Breeze, Liz Conrad Scholarship
- 2015 Primerica Wall Fame 27 Oil Portraits, Unveiling at the Georgia Dome
- 2016 Primerica CEO Portraits, Rick Williams and John Anderson
- 2017 Primerica Wall of Fame 30 Oil Portraits, Unveiling Indianapolis Indiana
- 2022 - President Southeastern Pastel Society
- 2024- Brenau University
- 2024- The Little White House, Warm Springs GA
- 2024- Georgia Poultry Federation
- 2024- University of GA-School of Public and International Affairs, Massey Reading Room
- 2024- Peachstate Bank
Professional Affiliations
- Registered Instructor for Michael Wilcox, “School of Color”.
- International Guild of Realism- Juried Member
- American Women Artists- Signature Member
- Portrait Society of Atlanta - Juried Member of Merit thru 2012
- Southeastern Pastel Society - Founder, President Emeritus 1987-1993, Current Pres. 2021 - ,Master Pastelists
- Portrait Society of America –Member
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Member
- American Society of Portrait Artists - Signature Member
- American Artists Professional League- Signature Member
- International Guild of Realism-Juried Member
- Oil Painters of America-Juried Member
- National League of American Pen Women
- American Society of Botanical Artists
- 1974--- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Teaching all levels - adults and children, Tucker Young Women’s Sec. & Pres. , Stone Mtn. Young Women’s Pres., Tucker Stake Young Women’s Presidency Counselor, Twin Oaks Relief Society Pres., Tucker Stake Missionary, Sugar Hill Relief Society Pres., 2003-2007 Sugar Hill Stake Relief Society Pres. –training of Presidents, humanitarian aid, speaking assignments, 2009-2011 Sugar Hill Stake Service Missionary, 2012-2013 Relief Society Education Counsellor, 2014-2018 Teaching Primary Children, Relief Society Instructor 2018-2019, Relief Society teacher, Relief Society Activities Committee, Gospel Doctrine Teacher, Family History Consultant
Publications & Media
- North Light Book “The Best of Portrait Painting”
- TV “Gwinnett Today Show” Intermedia Cable and Benchmark Cable, Septmeber 2000
- Gwinnett Post News, September 2000
- Museums and Galleries
- Tucker Times News
- Dekalb News
- “The Signature” American Society of Portrait Artists 1997 & !999
- “The Folio” Portrait Society of Atlanta
- National Cable TV, “Fine Livingl Network”, “Back to Basics Show” 2002, Artist feature.
- “Living Life with Style” TV Show, BeBe Webb Host 2007
- Gwinnett Daily Post March 2010
- Johns Creek Gazette March 2010
- 400 Magazine Cover April 2010
- Drawing Magazine 2012
- Pastel Journal 2018
- International Magazine 2019
- Ensign Magazine March 2020
- Gainesville Times 2023, 2024
Exhibition Judge
- DeKalb County Student Art Scholarship Contest
- Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
- Special Education Students: International Students 5th Annual Art Showcase
- Charisma Gallery, Plein Air Exhibition Sept. 2006
- North Gwinnett Exhibition 3 times
- Atlanta Arts League, Spring Exhibition 2019
- Southeastern Pastel Society, Fall Online Members Exhibition 2019
- Roswell Arts League 2019, 2022
