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Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Publications
Teaching
Distinctions and Awards
Solo Exhibitions
2026 – Northwest Pastel Society Signature Members Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, Wash.
2026 – IAPS (Int’l Association of Pastel Societies) 49th Open Division
2026 – Atmospheres, Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, Wash.
2022 – Sunlight & Snow, Red Sky Gallery, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
2015 – Acceptance, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle
2011 – In Sunlight, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle
2008 – Water Falling, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle
2006 – Cloudscapes and Nocturnes, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle
2005 – Light Snow: Alaskan Landscapes, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle
2004 – A Sense of Place, Steele Gallery, Seattle. Selected landscapes from the Alaskan series
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 – A Connoisseur’s Eye, Cordata Gallery, Bellingham, Wash.
2026 – Northwest Pastel Society Signature Member’s Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, Wash
2026 – Northwest Pastel Society Member’s Show, Matzke Gallery, Camano Island, Wash.
2026 – Northwest Pastel Society Open International Exhibition, Cole Gallery, Edmonds, Wash.
Winner 1st Place, Aurora
2025 – Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, Wash.
2025 – Northwest Pastel Society Member’s Show, Cole Gallery, Edmonds, Wash.
2025 – Northwest Pastel Society Signature Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, Wash.
2024 – Northwest Pastel Society Annual Member’s Show, Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, Wash.
Winner Director’s Award, Ballard Hardware Building, Triadic
2024 – Small is Beautiful, Chatwin Arts, Seattle Wash.
2024 – 10th Annual ICON Show, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
2023 – Northwest Pastel Society Annual Member’s Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Wash.
Winner 2nd Place, Nocturne in Turquoise and Indigo
2023 – Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, BIMA Spotlight
2023 – International Association of Pastel Societies 42nd Open Division
2023 – Northwest Pastel Society 37th International Open Show
Winner, Juror’s Award, Ballard Bridge North Pier
2023 – Red Sky Artists, Red Sky Gallery, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
2021 – Collective Visions Gallery, Annual Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, Wash.
2018 – Winslow Art Center Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition. Bainbridge Island, Wash.
2018 – The Acceptance Show, Space Gallery, Seattle Wash.
2018 – Winslow Art Center Gallery, inaugural exhibition
2017 – Splash! Works inspired by the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Centennial, Seattle, Wash.
2017 – Collective Visions Gallery, 10th Annual Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, Wash.
2016 – 31 for 32 Summer Salon, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
2016 – Gage Academy of Art Instructor’s Exhibition at Era Living’s Aljoya facility
2016 – Collective Visions Gallery, 9th Annual Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, Wash.
2016 – Call of the Clouds, ArtEAST and Blakely Hall, Issaquah, Wash.
2015 – Environmental Art, Era Living, Ida Culver House, Seattle, Wash.
2014 – Seattle Icons, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
2014 – Gage Instructor Studio Sale, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Wash.
2014 – Any Day: Artists’ Exploration of Death, Steele Gallery, Gage Acaademy of Art, Seattle, Wash.
2014 – Summer School: Recognizing Teaching Artists, Lisa Harris Gallery
2013 – Double Dozen: Gallery Artists Select Guests, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
2012 – Plein Air invitational, Lisa Harris Gallery
2011 – The Back Country, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, Wash.
2011 – Boats & Bridges: Connecting Water and Land, Era Living, Ida Culver House, Seattle, Wash.
2011 – Redirect: Gage Teaching Artist Exhibition, Seattle
2010 – Landscape, Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, Ore.
5–6/2010 – Celebrate Art! Guest exhibitor at Seattle Co-Arts 60th Annual Art Show, Seattle
2010 – Landscape Painting: The Book, Steele Gallery at Gage Academy of Art, Seattle
2009 – Gage Academy 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Steele Gallery, Seattle
2009 – Above and Below, University House, Seattle
2006 – Artistically Engaged, Washington State Convention Center
2004 – Instructors’ Juried Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle
2002 – Five Contemporary Artists, Douglas Fraser Fine Art, Bellevue, Wash.
2001 – Selected Landscapes, Allison & Ross Gallery, Issaquah, Wash.
1999 – Northwest Landscapes, Studio Gallery, Gage Academy of Art
1998 – Composing Reality, Daniel Smith Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
1993, 1994 – Selected Landscapes, Instructors’ Exhibition, Art Institute of Seattle
1992 – Selected Plein Air Paintings, Small Works Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
1987 – Whose Woods are These? Sloan Walter Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1985 – Selected works from the World Trade Center series, Henry Hicks Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Publications
2026 – New Lessons in Landscape Painting: Key Concepts and Exercises in Color and Composition (Rockport Publishers, 2026)
2022 – The Landscape Painter’s Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Rockport Publishers, 2021)
2009 – Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Watson-Guptill/Random House)
2010 to present – Writer, editor of Essential Concepts of Landscape Painting, an educational blog
2012–2023 – Artists & Illustrators magazine (UK): Impressionist Painting, Using Photographs Like an Artist, The Art of the Thumbnail, Understanding Composition through Shape and Notan, Harmony in Landscape Painting (3-part series), The Power of the Color Study, Movement in Composition, Inducing Abstraction
2013 – The Power of Notan in Landscape Composition, a two-part article in International Artist
Teaching
2025 – Picket Fence Art Studio, Woodinville, Wash.
2021 – present – Master Mentor, Mastrius.com
2012 – present – Instructor, Dakota Art, Mount Vernon, Wash.
2011 – present – Instructor, Winslow Art Center, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
2010 – 2026 – Instructor, Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, Wash.
1997 – 2018 – Instructor, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, Wash.
2011 – Seattle Art Museum, lecture and tour in conjunction with “Beauty & Bounty: American Art in an Age of Exploration”
1999 – Seattle Art Museum, Landscape painting demonstration and lecture in
conjunction with Thomas Moran exhibit
1995 – 2003 – Instructor, Seattle Central Community College
1998 – Seattle Art Museum, Impressionism: A Studio Perspective: lecture and tour in conjunction with Impressionism exhibition
1992 – 1995 – Instructor, Art Institute of Seattle
1986–1989 – Instructor, State University of New York at F.I.T.
Distinctions and Awards
2025 – Award, Firt Place, “Aurora” – Northwest Pastel Society 40th Open International
2025 – Award, Honorable Mention, “Caretaker,” Edmonds Arts Festival
2025 – Juror, Northwest Pastel Society Signature Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, Wash.
2024 – Juror, Dakota Art Pastels Competition, 4th Quarter
2024 – Director’s Award, “Ballard Hardware Building,” Northwest Pastel Society Annual Members Exhibition
2024 – Juror, Central Massachusetts Pastel Society, Marks of Distinction National Show
2023 – Juror’s Award, “Ballard Bridge, North Pier” – Northwest Pastel Society Annual Members Exhibitionl Open Show
2023 – President’s Award (2nd Place), “Nocturne in Turquoise and Indigo” – Northwest Pastel Society 37th International Open
2019 – Juror, Whidbey Island Plein air Paint Out, through Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville, Wash.
2017 – Juror, Peninsula At League, annual exhibition, Gig Harbor, Wash.
2016 – Feature story, Mitchell Albala: Landscape Painting with an Economy of Details by Arnaud Dimberton, in Practique des Arts (France), Oct–Nov issue
2014 – Juror, artEAST and Plein Air Washington Artists, Northwest Landscapes Grand & Intimate, Issaquah, Wash.
2013 – Juror, Students of Tom Hoffman, Watercolor Retrospective
2010 – Juror, Plein Air Painters’ U.S. Open, sponsored by Pacific Northwest Art School
2010 – Juror, Art Kudos, International Art Competition and Exhibition
2010 – Juror, Seattle Co-Arts 60th Annual Juried Art Show
2010 – Juror, Pacific Lutheran University, Annual Juried Student Exhibition