Awards & Honors

What an honor!
Experimental Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, May 2025 – Honorable Mention – Ellen Fountain, Awards Judge

Experimental Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, May 2024 – Award of Merit – Harrie Handler, Awards Judge (SOLD)

Truths of the Trail by Rick Kempa – 2024 – Cover Art https://deepwildjournal.com/books/announcing-truths-of-the-trail-by-rick-kempa/

Deep Wild, Writing from the Back Country – Volume 5 -2023 – Cover Art https://deepwildjournal.com/2023/03/28/our-2023-cover-by-kat-manton-jones/
“Temporal Gulch” selected for the 48th Annual Exhibition of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies – 2023.
Lasting Impressions Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, January 2023. Award of Merit – Betsy Dillard Stroud, Juror & Judge
The Saguaro Study Katlas was selected for an informational display – Bighorn Fire, Catalina State Park, Arizona
Third place in the 2022 New Mexico Wild “Wolf Stamp Contest.” Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) Conservation status: Endangered
Juror’s Award: Ron Pokrasso Arizona Aqueous XXXVI, Tubac Center for the Arts, January 2022
Mauve-lous Grand Canyon – Award of Merit – Judge: Stephen Quiller – Color My World Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, November 2021.
Grand Canyon watercolor painting on plywood. Arizona Raft Adventures Grand Canyon chose this painting as a runner up for their 2021 image contest. Thank you! AzRA! (SOLD)

Deep Wild Writing from the Backcountry – Volume 2 – 2020 – Interior Art

Award of Merit – Judge: Ken Hosmer. Fiesta Sonora Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, March 2020
Tortilla Mountains – Freeman Road Trailhead to Gila River
Tortilla Mountains – Freeman Road Trailhead to Gila River
Tortilla Mountains – Freeman Road Trailhead to Gila River
Tortilla Mountains – Freeman Road Trailhead to Gila River

Deep Wild Writing from the Backcountry – Volume 1 – 2019. An excerpt from the Arizona Trail Katlas.

Portico Repose Award of Excellence – Judge: Ben Johnson Experimental Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, April 2019

Sweetest Melody – Award of Excellence – Judge: Lynn Fleischman – All Members’ Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, October 2018
Not Your Classic ... (NUDE)
Not Your Classic (Nude) – Award of Excellence – Judge: Ben Johnson – Experimental Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, April 2018 – I’d like to thank American Frame for donating frames for awards for this show.
Diminishing Returns
Diminishing Returns (Sold) – Honorable Mention – Judge: Andy Evansen – All Members’ Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, February 2018 (SOLD)
Ballet Folklorico
Ballet Folklorico – Honorable Mention – Judge: Carole Hillsbery – Fiesta Sonora Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, March 2017
Estancia San Gregorio
Estancia San Gregorio – Award of Excellence – Judge: Carl Purcell – All Members’ Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, April 2014
Destination - Berlin Wall
Destination: Berlin Wall – Honorable Mention – Judge: Skip Lawrence – Experimental Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, February 2012

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