2024

-“I AM COW” Special Merit Award Art and Color 365 Magazine

- “Icon” accepted into online shows with NOAPS and AAPL. Also a finalist in International Artist Magazine

- Solo Show at SAM Gallery (Seattle Art Museum) “Luminosity” March

-Show at Smith and Vallee Gallery in Edison WA June

-Show at Matzke Gallery, Camano Island WA July

2023

-Chesaw Winter Selected for inclusion in the NOAPS Spring Online International Exhibition

-The Valley awarded 2nd place in the Oil Painters of America Online Spring Showcase

-“Dog Day” Honorable mention at Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Gallery

-“Blue Serenity” 2nd place winner in the International Artist Magazine completion “Rivers and Seascapes”

-“Quiet Fortitude” Merit award in NOAPS Best of America show

-“Above it all” 2nd place in Art and Color 365 Magazine Landscape competition.

- “Fresh Fall” Best of show Life in the West Gallery juried show.

-Solo show April, “The Valley” at Smith and Vallee Gallery Edison WA

-One of 4 artists exhibiting at Matzke Gallery and Sculpture Park “Summer Moments” show, July

-Art exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair with Smith and Vallee Gallery

-Solo Show at Cole Gallery “Aqueous” August

2022

-Honorable Mention for “An Edmonds Kind of Sunset” Edmonds Arts Festival

-Best of Show awarded to Chiwaukum Pine at the PSGNWA Annual Exhibition

-Solo show “Elemental” at Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison WA July 1st-31st

-Best of Show award for Chiwaukum Pine, Puget Sound Group of NW Artists, Annual Exhibition

-Solo show “On Reflection” at Cole Gallery, Edmonds WA November 17th – December 14th

2021

-Participant in “Vast” show at Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison WA

-Featured Show “Field of Vision” Cole Gallery, Edmonds December 1st -31st

2020

-Third place winner in International Artist Magazine Landscape competition for “Sombrio Beach”

-Featured Show “Head in the Clouds” Cole Gallery, Edmonds December 1st-31st

2019

- Feature Show “Beached” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Work exhibited at Galerie Autrevue — Heerenveen, Netherlands

- Work exhibited at Smith & Vallee Gallery — Edison, WA

- “Sombrio Mist” awarded the Peggy Peterson Memorial Award at the Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Gallery

- “Rathtrevor” awarded “Best of Show” Associated Arts of Ocean Shores

- “Beached” awarded “1st Place Fine Art” Associated Arts of Ocean Shores

- Three paintings selected for Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried exhibit — Edmonds, WA

2018

- Feature Show “Relatively small works” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Feature article of Montlake Bridge mural in Seattle Times

2017

- Solo show "Breathe" at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Work exhibited at Concetta D Gallery — Albuquerque, NM

- Invitational group show "Cole Gallery's 10th Annual Anniversary Show — Edmonds, WA

- Pacific Regent Invitational Show — Bellevue, WA

2016  

- Work exhibited by Dick Idol Signature Gallery — Whitefish, MT

- Featured work in American Art Collector magazine  — "Nightfall on Fir"

- Group show “Nocturnal” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Invitational group show “Cole Gallery’s 9th Annual Anniversary Show” — Edmonds, WA

- Three paintings accepted into the Edmonds Arts Festival, juried exhibit with honorable mention.

- Featured painting in The Everett Herald

2015  

- Feature article in Southwest Art Magazine — August

- Solo show “Afterglow” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Feature article in The Edmonds Beacon

2014  

-  Work exhibited by Painter’s Chair Fine Art Gallery — Coeur d'Alene, ID

-  Feature article in American Art Collector Magazine — July

-  Major sale of four paintings to Swedish Hospital Edmonds permanent collection

-  Invited participant in 2014 Salon Seattle, International conference of decorative painters. 

- Solo show “Ambience-The Character of Place” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

2013

- Three paintings selected for Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried exhibit. Awarded People’s Choice Award. 

- Solo feature show “Atmospheres” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Feature article in The Seattle Times for Echo Lake Mural, Shoreline WA

- Feature article in The Seattle Times for H2O Condominium mural project, Queen Anne, Seattle WA

- Public art commission, Echo Lake Mural, Shoreline WA
- Mural “Changing Times” painted for Edmonds Mural Society

2012

- Solo show “Painted Power” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

2011

- Feature article in Pratique des Arts, art magazine

- Mural “The Brothers” produced off Main St., downtown Edmonds for Edmonds Mural Society 

- Re-appointed to the Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission

2010

- Feature article in American Art Collector Magazine — November

- Solo show at Sinclair Estate Vineyards —Walla Walla, WA 

- Two paintings selected by the Snohomish County Arts Commission for their permanent collection.

- Solo show “Heavy Light” at Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Two paintings selected for the Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Exhibit. 

- Mural painted in downtown Edmonds for the Edmonds Mural Society. “Edmonds Mills 1893” 

- Feature article in The Everett Herald

2009

- Work exhibited by Cole Gallery — Edmonds, WA

- Two paintings selected for the Edmonds Art Festival, Juried Exhibit.

2008

- Solo show “Beneath the Surface” at Marni Muir Gallery — Seattle, WA 

- Elected Chairman of the Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission

- Included in Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Exhibition.

2007

- Honorable mention in the 2007 Edmonds Art Festival, juried exhibition

- Feature article in Angie’s List Magazine. 

- Feature article in The Seattle Times on home portraits

- Elected to a position on The Edmonds Historic Preservation Commission

2006

- Mural featured in Seattle Street of Dreams

2005

- Group show at Marnie Muir Gallery — Seattle, WA 

- Mural featured in HGTV’s Designers Challenge

- Mural featured in Seattle Street of Dreams

2004

- Work featured in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles magazine

2002

- Feature article in Seattle Homes and Lifestyles magazine

1992-1994

- Full time illustrator. Clients including Pfizor, Dunoon Ceramics, Morris Design, The Big Issue.

1994-1996 

- Employed by Tudor House Interiors, Greenwich, CT as a muralist.

1996-Present

- Owner of The Mural Works

1992

- Graduated Exeter Faculty of Art and Design, 1st Class BA Illustration — England

1991

- Illustrated the book “Echoes from a London Past”

1989

- Graduated Stafford College of Art and Design — England

1986-1989 

- Worked as a full time fine artist working in landscape and architectural themes.

1983-1988

- Works included in group shows of The Stafford Art Group

1983-1986

- First series of Limited Edition Prints published:  “Walton-on-the-Hill” and “Stafford”