2009

*Crosstown Traffic Won the Salis International Award – Northwest Watercolor Society 69th Annual Open Exhibition

*Detour won The Margery Soroka Memorial Award from the American Watercolor Society

*Invited Juror for the 142nd exhibition of the American Watercolor Society

*Elected to the board of the Missouri Watercolor Society

2008

*Featured speaker-International Watercolor Masters Invitational, Lushan , China

*Best of Show & Gold Medal – Texas Watercolor Society National

*Walser Greathouse Medal – 141st Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society

*Merit Award – Watercolor Art Society – Houston

*Honorable Mention – Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolors

*Silver Award – Southern Watercolor Society

*Judge for PaintAmerica's National Parks competition

*Jack Richeson Award – Northwest Watercolor Society Open Exhibition

*Morrison Memorial Award–Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor

*Best of Show - Missouri Watercolor Invitational

*Best of Show – Keystone National Works on Paper Exhibition

*Gallery Award – Mississippi Grand National Watercolor Exhibition

*Bronze Medal – Montana Watercolor Society National Exhibition

*Invited demonstrator-Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO

*Finalist – Artist's Magazine Cover Competition

*Finalist – The Artist's Magazine Annual Competition

2007

*Best of Show -Northwest Watercolor Society National Exhibition

*Winsor & Newton Award – National Watercolor Society

*Signature membership – National Watercolor Society

*The Frank Webb Award – Audubon Artist's 65th National Exhibition

*First in Watercolor – Richeson 75 Landscape Competition

*Canson Art Supply Award – Watercolor West

*Creative Catalyst Award – Kentucky Watercolor Society

* Utrecht Award – Keystone National Watercolor Exhibition

* Awarded membership in the International Guild of Realism

*Beaver Bend Cash Award – Kansas Watercolor Society

*Top 100 Paint the Parks competition

*LWS Merit award-Louisiana Watercolor Society International

*Silver Medal Southern Watercolor Society's National Exhibition

*MOWS Members Award Missouri Watercolor National Exhibition

*M Graham Award- Missouri Watercolor Society Invitational

* Second Place in Watercolor – Disney Festival of the Masters

*Agnes Bossu Pirnat Memorial Award-Transparent Watercolor Society

*Semifinalist American Artist Magazine 70th Anniv competition

2006

*Dong Kingman Award, American Watercolor Society

*Award of Distinction, Missouri Watercolor National

*Cherry Hall Rousell Award, Louisiana Watercolor National

*Designer of the White House Easter Egg

2005

*Judge Louisiana Watercolor National

2003



*Winner of Missouri’s Commemorative State Quarter design competition

*Stage Designer for the Broadway musical, "Porterphiles"

*Designed the White House Easter Egg

*Judge- Alaska Watercolor Society National Exhibition

*Judge- Missouri Watercolor Society National Exhibition

*Featured in Forbes Magazine, The Washington Post,

The Wall Street Journal, The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times,

CBS News and on NPR

2002



*Featured on the cover of The Artist's Magazine

*Designed the White House Easter Egg

2001

*Created "Spot", a 30' diameter tiger mosaic & led more than a thousand volunteers

in it's 420,000 tile construction at the University of Missouri , Columbia

*Governor and First Lady of Missouri portrait commission

*Named Distinguished Alumnus, University of Missouri

*Featured in TWA's Ambassador Magazine

2000

*Author/ Illustrator,"Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor", best-selling instructional art book

* First Place , Artist's Magazine's annual national competition, 1995 & 2000

1999

*Signature member of American Watercolor Society

*Grand Prize Winner- Paint Your Way to Paris Competition

*"Master Painters of the World", Intl Artist's Magazine

1997

*Judge of Artist Magazine's Annual Competition

1996

*Best of Show - Rocky Mountain National Watercolor

*Best of Show - Kansas Watercolor Society

* First Place - National Watercolor Oklahoma

1985

*International Science Fair finalist & award winner

1983

*Eagle Scout