Award of Merit, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 2015 Member’s Juried Exhibition, Shiawassee Arts Center, MI, 2015 Second Pale Award, Grand Valley Winter Members Show at ICCF, 2015, Grand Rapids, MI 2015 Terry Ludwig Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 2013 Member’s Competition, Novi, MI, 2013 George W. Gordon Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 2012 National Competition, Kalamazoo, MI, 2012 Purchase Award, Muskegon Museum of Art Annual Regional Competition, Muskegon, MI, 2012 Award of Merit, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 7th Member’s Juried Exhibition, Three Rivers, MI, 2011 Honorable Mention Award, Grand Valley Artists, Juried Winter Show, Grand Rapids, MI, 2010 Honorable Mention Award, Land & Light Juried Exhibition, Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT, 2010 Honorable Mention Award, Grand Valley Artists, Juried Winter Show, Grand Rapids, MI, 2009 Honorable Mention Award, Land & Light Juried Exhibition, Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT, 2009 Second Place, Grand Valley Artists, Juried Fall Show, Grand Rapids, MI, 2008 Award of Merit, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 4th National Juried Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI, 2008 Second Place, 22nd Annual West Michigan Regional Competition, Lowell, MI, 2008 Maine Pastel Society Award, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Annual National Exhibition, Chatham, MA, 2007 Special Award, Northeastern National Pastel Competition, Old Forge, NY, 2006 Gold Medal Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society,3rd National Juried Exhibition, Midland, MI, 2006 Honorable Mention, Grand Valley Artists, Best of GVA Show, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005 Second Place, Grand Valley Artists, Juried Spring Show, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005 Merchandise Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 2nd National Juried Exhibition, Grosse Point Park, MI, 2004 Third Place, 2nd Annual Renaissance Arts Festival, Grand Rapids, MI, 2004 Friend’s of Art Award, Muskegon Museum of Art Annual Regional Competition, Muskegon, MI, 2004 Honorable Mention, Degas Pastel Society, Thirteenth Membership Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, 2003 Second Place, Grand Valley Artists, Juried Fall Show, Grand Rapids, MI, 2003 Pastels U.S.A., Pastel Society of the West Coast, Roseville, CA, 2003 Joyce Petter Gallery Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 3rd Member’s Juried Exhibition, Midland, MI, 2003 Conn. Pastel Society Award, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, 7th Annual Exhibition, Chatham, MA, 2002

Awards

Third Place, La Fond Galleries 8th Annual National Juried

        Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA , 2002

First Place, Grand Valley Artists, Fall Show, Grand Rapids,

            MI, 2001

Honorable Mention, Art Michigan, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing,

            MI, 2001

Sennelier Pastel Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, 2nd

            Member’s Juried Exhibition, Jackson, MI, 2001

Honorable Mention, La Fond Galleries 7th Annual National

            Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001

Runner-up, Fourth Biennial International Assn. of Pastel Societies

            Exhibition Cover Competition, Santa Fe, NM, 2001

The Art Times Award, Pastel Society of America 28th Annual

            Exhibition, New York, NY, 2000

National Arts Club Purchase Award, Pastel Society of America

            28th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, 2000

Finalist, Pastel Artist International Magazine Awards for World-

            Wide Pastel Excellence, 2000

Honorable Mention Award, Grand Valley Artists Members Show,

            Grand Rapids, MI, 2000

Finalist, The Pastel 100, The Pastel Journal International

            Juried Competition, Corrales, NM, 2000 

Artisan/Santa Fe Award, Pastels On High International

             Exhibition 2000, Placerville, CA,  2000

Best 2-Dimensional Award, 14th Annual West Michigan

             Regional Competition, Lowell, MI, 2000

Award of Excellence, Degas Pastel Society, Members Exhibition,

             New Orleans, LA, 1999

1st Runner-up to Best of Show, Pastel Painters Society of Cape

             Cod, 4th Annual Exhibition, Chatham, MA, 1999

Fris Award, Holland Friends of Art, 36th Annual Juried

             Exhibition, Holland, MI, 1999

New Orleans Art Assn. Award of Merit, Degas Pastel Society,

             7th Biennial Nat’l..Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, 1998

Juror Award, Grand Valley Artists, Juried Old Kent Bank Show,

             Grand Rapids, MI, 1996

First Place, New Mexico Art League National Small Painting

             Show, Albuquerque, NM, 1996

Best of Show Award, Grand Valley Artists Fall Juried Show,

             Grand Rapids, MI, 1995