Museum Exhibitions

2011 OCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART
Gold Coast: Paintings of Southern California by the California Art Club
Oceanside, California

2010 LAGUNA MUSEUM OF ART
12th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational
Laguna Beach, California

2009 FREDERICK R. WEISMAN MUSEUM OF ART
On Location in Malibu: Paintings by the California Art Club
Pepperdine University - Malibu, California

2009 BENNINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
Bennington, VT
California’s Landscapes and Legacy
Paintings by the California Art Club: Centennial Year
August 1 – September 27, 2009

2009 NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM
Biennial Juried Plein Air Painting Exhibition
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Jurors: Jean Stern, Director of the Irvine Museum: Kenn Backhaus & Kevin McPherson, Past Presidents, Plein Air Painters of America

2008 TRITON MUSEUM OF ART
All-Media Statewide Painting Competition & Exhibition
Juror: Dominic Cretara, Professor of Art, Art Institute of Boston

2007 NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM
Northern Views: California Painting in the Plein Air Tradition
Jurors: Jean Stern, Director of the Irvine Museum: Kenn Backhaus, Kevin McPherson, Past Presidents, Plein Air Painters of America

2007 TRITON MUSEUM OF ART
Biennial Watercolor Competition and Exhibition
Juror: Jane R. Hofstetter

2005 NAPA VALLEY MUSEUM
Northern Views: California Painting in the Plein Air Tradition
Jurors: Jean Stern, Director of the Irvine Museum; Kenn Backhaus, Kevin McPherson, Past Presidents, Plein Air Painters of America

2000 TRITON MUSEUM OF ART
Biennial Watercolor Competition and Exhibition
Juror: Jane R. Hofstetter

1998 SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
San Diego Artists Guild
California All- Media Juried Exhibition
Juror: Wolf Kahn

National Exhibitions

2008  California Watercolor Association
Signature Members Exhibition
San Francisco Academy of Art Gallery
Juror:  Nancy Seamons-Crookston (OPAM)

2004 Marin Society of Artists
1st National Exhibition
Marin Art and Garden Center
Juror: Richard Shaw

2004 California Watercolor Association
36th National Exhibition
San Francisco Academy of Art Gallery
Juror: Charles Reid

2003 California Watercolor Association
35th National Exhibition
San Francisco Academy of Art Gallery
Juror: Cheng-Khee Chee

2002 California Watercolor Association
34rd National Exhibition
San Francisco Academy of Art Gallery
Juror: Arne Westerman

2001 California Watercolor Association
33rd National Exhibition
San Francisco Academy of Art Gallery
Juror: Stephen Quiller

Gallery Exhibitions

2010 Lee Youngman Galleries
Napa Valley, California

2010 Molinar Galleries
Tiburon, California

2009 Lee Youngman Galleries
Napa Valley,California
Five Artist Exhibition

2007 Lee Youngman Galleries
Napa Valley,California
Featured Artist: July

2007 Loanna Glark Gallery
Petaluma, California
Three artist exhibition: Nudes

2007 I. Wolk Gallery
St. Helena, California
Northern Views - Northern California Plein Air Landscapes

2003 Artisans Gallery
Mill Valley, California
California Landscapes
Juror: Philip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of Art

Juried and Invitational Events

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
7th Annual Best of Plein Air
Laguna Beach, California

2011 Eighteenth Annual Carmel Art Festival Plein Air
Carmel, California
Sixty juried artists selected nationally

2011 Ninth Annual Sonoma Plein Air
Sonoma, California
Forty-three juried artists selected nationally

2011 Los Gatos Plein Air
Los Gatos, California
Thirty-six juried artists selected nationally2010 Frank Bette Center for the Arts Plein Air Paint Out
Alamda, California
Fifty juried artists

2010 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Sixth Annual Best of Plein Air
Laguna Beach, California
Juror: Dennis Powers - President, Laguna College of Art

2010 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air
Carmel, California
Sixty juried artists selected nationally

2010 Santa Cruz Art Association
80th Annual All-California Exhibition
Santa Cruz, CA

2010 Santa Cruz Art Association
Go Figure Exhibition
Featuring figurative drawings and paintings
Santa Cruz, CA

2009 Santa Cruz Art Association
79th Annual All-California Exhibition
Santa Cruz, CA
May 30 – June 28

2009 Napa Valley Art Festival
Yountville, California
Jurors: Jean Stern (Director of the Irvine Museum), Kevin McPherson (Plein Air Painters of America), Kathryn Stats (Award Winning Western Artist)

2009 Telluride Plein Air Art Festival Invitational
Telluride, Colorado
Thirty invited artists selected nationally

2009 Seventh Annual Sonoma Plein Air
Forty-six juried artists selected nationally

2009 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air
Carmel, California
Sixty juried artists selected nationally

2009 California Art Club
Celebrating the Golden State: Recent Artwork by Contemporary Members of the California Art Club / California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill
San Marino, California

2009 Plaza Arts Showcase
Healdsburg, CA
September 25 - October 18
Reception: September 25
5:00 – 7:00 PM

2009 Napa Valley Mustard Festival
Visual Art Competition and Exhibit
The Culinary Institute of American / St. Supery Winery
St. Helena, California

2008 Sedona Plein Air Art Festival
Sedona, Arizona
Thirty invited artists selected nationally

2008 Fifty-Sixth Annual Sausalito Art Festival
Sausalito, California
America’s #1 Outdoor Art Festival

2008 California Art Club
Natural Beauty
Women’s Club of Pasadena
Pasadena, California

2008 Napa Valley Art Festival
Copia American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts
Napa, California
Jurors: Jean Stern (Director of the Irvine Museum), Kevin McPherson (Plein Air Painters of America), Peter Trippi (Editor, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine)

2008 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air
Carmel, California
Sixty juried artists selected nationally for two days of painting in the Carmel Area and a concluding exhibition

2008 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Fourth Annual Best of Plein Air
Laguna Beach, California
Jurors: Gil Dellinger (Highly respected plein air artist and teacher), Jean Stern (Director of the Irvine Museum)

2008 Napa Valley Mustard Festival
Visual Art Competition and Exhibit
The Culinary Institute of American / St. Supery Winery St. Helena, California

2007 Sixth Annual Sonoma Plein Air
Forty-six juried artists selected nationally for week long painting in Sonoma Valley and concluding exhibition

2007 Estes Park Plein Air Invitational
Estes Park, Colorado

2007 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Invitational
Carmel, California
Sixty juried artists selected nationally for two days of painting in the Carmel Area and concluding exhibition

2007 Napa Valley Mustard Festival
Visual Art Competition and Exhibit
The Culinary Institute of American / St. Supery Winery
St. Helena, California

2007 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Third Annual Best of Plein Air
Laguna Beach, California
Jurors:Scott Christensen (Highly respected artist and teacher)
Jean Stern (Director of the Irvine Museum)

2006 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Invitational
Carmel, California

2006 Fifty-forth Annual Sausalito Art Festival
Sausalito, California

2006 Fifth Annual Sonoma Plein Air
Forty-six juried artists selected nationally for week long painting in Sonoma Valley and concluding exhibition

2006 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Second Annual Best of Plein Air
Laguna Beach, California
Juror: Ray Redfern, Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach

2006 Napa Valley Mustard Festival
Visual Art Competition and Exhibit
The Culinary Institute of American / St. Supery Winery
St. Helena, California

2005 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Artist Membership Juried Exhibition
Laguna Beach, California
Juror: Jean Stern, Director of the Irvine Museum

2005 Marin Art Festival

2004 3rd Annual Sonoma Plein Air

2003 2nd Annual Sonoma Plein Air
Forty juried artists selected nationally for week long painting in Sonoma Valley and concluding exhibition

2003 Napa Valley Mustard Festival
Visual Art Competition & Exhibit

2001 Marin Art Festival

1999 Sebastopol Center for the Arts
All-California Exhibition: Water

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Irvine Barclay Theatre
Irvine California
Twentieth Theatre Anniversary Celebration

2006 Deuce Restaurant
Sonoma, California 

Group Exhibitions

2009 Plaza Arts Center
Calistoga, California
Artists Showcase Exhibition

2009 Baywood Artists
Save Mount Diablo Benefit
Mount  Diablo As We See It
Bay Model
2100 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA

2007 Marin/Scapes Invitational
Escalle Winery / Larkspur, CA
A Benefit for the Buckelew Foundation

2005 Marin/Scapes Invitational
Escalle Winery / Larkspur, CA
A Benefit for the Buckelew Foundation

2004 Marin/Scapes Invitational
Escalle Winery / Larkspur, CA
A Benefit for the Buckelew Foundation

2002 The Family Club
San Francisco

Arts Activities

San Francisco Art Commission
Commissioner: 1974 - 1978

Marin Society of Artists
Art Advisory Council: 2003 - 2005

Publications

CALIFORNIA LIGHT: A Century of Landscapes
By: Jean Stern and Molly Siple
In association with the California Art Club
Published by: Rizzoli Publications, New York