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AWARDS

Carol Swinney and/or her artwork have been given the following awards:

(This list is limited to awards  after January 2001 and may not be all-inclusive.)

 

July 29 - Aug 5th, 2007 Collectors Purchase Award, 2007 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Show held at Elk Horn Art Gallery in Winter Park, Colorado.
May 19 - June 15, 2007 “Jury’s Top 50” Award, Salon International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, exhibition and sale, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, Texas
March 28- April 1, 2007 "Best Quick Draw" 1st Annual Marana Arts Council Plein Air Festival , Tucson, AZ
Mar 16, 2007 2nd Place, Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational 2007, Borrego Springs, CA
Oct 21 – 29, 2006 “Collector’s Choice Award” 2nd Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona, AZ
July 29 – Aug 6, 2006 “Best in Show” Award, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters 5th Annual National Show, Elkhorn Gallery, Winter Park, CO
July 1 – 8, 2006 “People’s Choice” Award, 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters

May 18 – 20, 2006

“Honorable Mention” 13th Carmel Arts Festival, Carmel, CA

May 6, 2006

3rd Place Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Artist Members Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

March 16, 2006

2nd Place, Tucson Plein Air Painters Society 2006 Juried Members Show, Northern Trust Bank Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Nov, 2004

“Honorable Mention” and “Collector’s Choice” Awards, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters competition, Estes Park, CO 

Sept 24, 2005

“Best in Show” Award, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters “Fall Colors 2005” plein air competition, Snowfire Gallery, Estes Park, CO

Aug 13, 2005

“People’s Choice” Award, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painter’s plein air competition, Elk Horn Gallery in Winter Park, CO

July 8, 2005

“Award of Excellence” Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Exhibit, Galleries West in Jackson Hole, WY

June 19, 2005

“Best Landscape”  Award OPA’s 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Hilligos Gallery in Chicago, IL

Feb 19th, 2005

“People’s Choice” Award 2005 Rocky Mountain Plein  Air Painter’s Annual Signature and Invited Artist Show, La Mariposa Resort in Tucson, AZ

Sept 19, 2004

One Painting in “Top 200” and one in “Top Mini 100.”, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of the Arts

March 6, 2004

“Gallery Award & Honorable Mention, 2004 Western Spirit Art Show & Sale,  Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY

Aug 2003

“Jury’s Top Fifty” Salon International 2003, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art

July 2003

One Painting in “Top 200”, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of the Arts

Feb 1, 2003

One of 10 Letters of Commendation” from a panel of 6 judges at “Plein Air 2003” Annual Sonora Desert Museum Show, Tucson, AZ

Nov 15-16, 2002

“Peoples Choice” Award 9th Annual Art Show & Sale at the Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

Sept 30 – Oct 6, 2002

“Curators" Award, San Luis Obispo Plein Air Competition, at the San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA

June 2002

Finalist Landscape Division , Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition

June 2002

Best in Show & Honorable Mention, 2002 Western & Wildlife Art Show, Casper, WY

Feb – March 2002

Photo & Caption, International Artist Annual Landscape Competition, 1 of 10 Finalists, Issue #23, Pg 8

Aug 2001

Honorable Mention, Art Wyo 2002, Casper, WY - Judged by: Jeannie McKenzie

July 2001

3 Paintings in Top 200, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of The Arts, Jackson, WY

June 2001

Best in Show and Honorable Mention, 2001 Western & Wildlife Show, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY – Judged by: John Phelps

April 2001

$5,000 Purchase Award, 2001 Casper Petroleum Club Art Show, Casper, WY

Oct 2000

First Place “Art Wyoming 2000” Annual Show West Wind Gallery, Casper WY

July 2000

One painting chosen for the Top 100 Arts for the Parks 2000 competition and two paintings for the Top 200, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson, WY

July 2000

Best in Show and Third Place, 2000 Western and Wildlife Show, Casper Artists Guild (West Wind Gallery), Casper, WY – Judged by: Carl Purcell, Utah

2000

Runner Up – Grand Prize & Non Traditional Plein Air, Best Design/Nature (2 paintings) – Judged by: John K. Goodman, Bob Kuhn & Barbara Kelly (Southwest Art Publisher), Plein Air Tucson 2000, Tucson, AZ

2000

One of 15 Award Winners, Scottsdale Art Classic – Judged by: Troy Murray, Scottsdale, AZ

1999, 1997 & 1995

Top 200, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson, WY

1999

Best of Show and Three Awards of Merit “Celebrating Nature”, Our Best Landscapes Show – Judged by: Ron Loveland, Casper Artists Guild, Casper, WY

1999

Work of Merit Award, American Women Artists 2nd Annual Competition, Taos, NM

1999

Second Place, Western & Wildlife Art Show, Casper, WY

1998

Purchase Award & Honorable Mention, Western & Wildlife Show – Judged by: Gregory I. McHuron, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY

1998

Best of Show, “Small Works Show”, Casper, WY

1997

Second Place Overall, Art Wyoming ’97 – Judged by: Rose Eden, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY

1997

First Place & Honorable Mention, 1997 Wyoming Western & Wildlife Art Show – Judged by: Rod Frederick, Casper Artist Guild, Casper, WY

1996

First Place – Oils, Western Regional Western Art Show – Judged by: Roy Kerswill, Casper, WY

 

ORGANIZATIONS

 

  Signature & Founding Member of Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters
  Signature Member of American Women Artists

 

Signature Member of Oil Painters of America

 

Member of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association

 

Artist Member of California Art Club

 

Member of Wyoming Artist Association

 

Listed with the National Museum of Women in the Arts

 

Artist Member of Tucson Plein Air Painters

 

EXHIBITIONS & SHOWINGS

Carol Swinney and/or her artwork will be / have been featured in the following exhibitions & shows:

(This list may not be all-inclusive.)

ONE PERSON SHOWS:

 

June 15 - 17, 2007 Astoria Fine Art, Jackson, WY
Dec 15 – 16, 2006 Astoria Fine Art, Jackson, WY
Nov 15 – 18, 2006 Portnoy Galleries, Carmel, CA

Jan 4 – 8, 2006

Portnoy Galleries, Carmel, CA

Aug 4 - 10, 2004

Galleries West Jackson Hole, WY

June 15 - 20, 2004

Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

Dec 27, 2002 - Jan 3, 2003

Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

Nov 4 - 10, 2002

Pitzer’s of Carmel, CA

Aug 9 - 15, 2002

Paint Horse Gallery, Breckenridge, CO

July 5 - 10, 2002

Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

Feb 25 - March 3, 2002

Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

Dec 26, 2001 - Jan 2, 2002

Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

Dec 10 - 14, 2001

Hilltop National Bank, Casper, WY

Nov 5 - 9, 2001

Pitzer’s of Carmel, CA

Aug 27 - Sept 2, 2001

Pitzer’s of Carmel, CA

Aug 20 - 24, 2001

Paint Horse Gallery, Breckenridge, CO

July 9 - 15, 2001

Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

Feb 25 - March 4, 2001

Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

Dec 26, 2000 - Jan 2, 2001

Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

Dec 11-15, 2000

Hilltop National Bank, Casper, WY

Oct 23-30, 2000

Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

Sept 11-14, 2000

Paint Horse Gallery, Breckenridge, CO

July 30 - Aug 6, 2000

Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

Feb 14-20, 2000

Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

 

GROUP SHOWS:

 

June 28 - July 4th, 2007 4th Annual Telluride Plein Air Competition, Telluride, CO.
Dec 5, 2006 – March 5, 2007 Castles and Clans 6th Annual Scotland Plein Air Event & Exhibition & Sale, Loch Vale Fine Art, Estes Park, CO
Nov 9, 2006 – Jan 31, 2007  Tucson Plein Air Painters Annual Artist Members Show, Tucson, AZ

July 27 – 30, 2006

3-Person Show, Paint Horse Gallery, Breckenridge, CO

July 11 – 16, 2006

2-Person Show,  Galleries West, Jackson Hole, WY

Nov 4- Dec 16, 2005

“Canyon de Chelly en plein air”, Eric Firestone Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Sept 1 - 4, 2005

2-Person Show, Galleries West, Jackson Hole, WY

July 22 – 24, 2005

3-Person Show, Paint Horse Gallery,  Breckenridge, CO

July 14 - 17, 2005

Portnoy Galleries 14th Anniversary Show., Carmel, CA

March 6, 2004

3-Person Show, “Artists to Watch” Settlers West Contemporary Fine Art, AZ

Nov 15 - 16, 2002

Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

Sept 9 - 16, 2002

“Fall Gathering”, Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

Aug 12 - 19, 2002

“Girl Talk”, All Women Show, Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

July 1 - 8, 2002

Horizon Fine Art with Bart Walker, Jackson, WY

May 13 - 19, 2002

“Plein Air Splendor”, Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

June 30 - Aug 5, 2001

“Symbols of the West”, Loch Vale Fine Art, Estes Park, CO

May 14 - 20, 2001

“Plein Air 2001”, Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

Dec 26 - 31, 2000

“Wyoming Artists Holiday Show”, Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY

May 18 - 21, 2000

“Plein Air 2000”, Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

Oct 25 - 31, 2000

2-Person Show, Pitzer’s of Carmel, Carmel, CA

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

 

May 18, 2007 International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Salon International 2007,  Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
May 17 - 20, 2007 14th Annual Carmel Arts Festival, Carmel, CA
April 29 – May 20, 2007 California Art Clubs 96th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Nov 9, 2006 – Jan 31, 2007

 37th Annual Mountain Oyster Club Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ

Sept 16, 2006

4th Annual Crystal Cove Tropical Gala & “Coastal Splendor” Plein Air Invitational Art Show & Sale, Crystal Cove State Park, CA

May 20 – June 16, 2006

Salon International 2006, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX

May 18 - 21, 2006

13th Annual Carmel Arts Festival, Carmel, CA

April 2 - 23, 2006

95th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA

March 28 - April 1, 2007 1st Annual Marana Arts Council Plein Air Festival held in Tucson, AZ,

March 3 - 6, 2006

Tucson Plein Air Painters Society 2006 Juried Members Show , Northern Trust Bank Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Oct 1- 31, 2005

Central Regional Exhibition of Oil Painters of America, Snowfire Gallery, Estes Park, CO

May 5 - June 19, 2005

OPA’s 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Hilligos Gallery in Chicago, IL

May 12-15, 2005

12th Annual Carmel Arts Festival,  Gallery Elite in Carmel, California.

Oct 17, 2004 - Jan 9, 2005

California Art Club’s 94th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA

Sept 27 - Oct 3, 2004

3rd Annual San Luis Obispo Plein Air Painting Festival, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA

May 13 - 16, 2004

Carmel Arts Festival Plein Air 11th Annual 2004, Carmel, CA

March 6 - 8, 2004

2004 Western Spirit Art Show and Sale, Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY

Jan 18 - 25, 2004

La Quinta Arts Foundation Desert Plein Air 2004, Palm Desert, CA

Sept 13, 2003

18th Annual Bosque National Art Competition, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX

June 23 - July 27, 2003

2003 West/Southwest Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Oil Painters of America, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

May 3 - June 3, 2003

Salon International 2003, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX

May 1 - 5, 2003

Oil Painters of America, 12th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Nichols Fine Art, Taos, NM

Jan 30 - Feb 9, 2003

1st Annual Arizona – Sonora Desert Museum Center for the Arts, “Plein Air 2003” in partnership with TPAPS, Tucson, AZ

Nov 22 - 24, 2002

The 33rd Annual Mountain Oyster Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ

Sept 30 - Oct 6, 2002

San Luis Obispo, Plein-Air Competición, San Luis Obispo, CA

June 14 - Aug 17, 2002

Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition, Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, WY

May 4 - June 4, 2002

Salon International 2002, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX

May 16 - 19, 2002

2002 Carmel Arts Festival, Carmel, CA

April 27 - May 24, 2002

Oil Painters of America, 11th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL

April 20 - May 18, 2002

11th National Art Exhibition & Sale, Northern Colorado Artist Association, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO

April 7 - 21, 2002

Laguna Plein Air Painters Assn. Artist Members Show 2002, Gallery 133, Laguna Beach, CA

March 2 - 31, 2002

21st Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Western Spirit Art Show & Sale, Cheyenne, WY

Nov 15, 2001 - Jan 5, 2002

The 32nd Annual Mountain Oyster Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale, Tucson, AZ

June 1 - 14, 2001

American Women Artist 4th Annual Exhibition, Contemporary Southwest Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

April 6 - May 7, 2001

Oil Painters of America, 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA

March 4 - April 1, 2001

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, “Artist Members 2001 Show”, Laguna Beach, CA

March 3-25, 2001

20th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Western Spirit Art Show & Sale, Cheyenne, WY

Sept 2000

One of 250 Finalists, “Artist’s Magazine” 2000 Competition listed in Dec. 2000 issue of Artist’s Magazine (out of 13,900 entries)

July 2000

One of 6 Wyoming landscape artists chosen for the Governor’s Collection Artwork Project to select paintings for exhibit and permanent collection in the Governor’s Office and Capitol Buildings in Cheyenne, WY.  Exhibit dates Sept 2000 – Aug 2001.

May 6-30, 2000

American Plains Artists 2000, Juried Exhibitions-Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library & History Center, Midland, TX

May 18-21, 2000

Carmel Arts Festival 2000, National Plein Air Competition, Carmel, CA

April 12-19, 2000

Northern Colorado Artist Association, 9th National Art Exhibition & Sale, The Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO

March 15-25, 2000

Charitable Arts, “Plein Air Tucson 2000”, National Outdoor Painting Competition, Tucson, AZ

March 5 - April 1, 2000

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, “Artist Members 2000 Show”, Laguna Beach, CA (one of 4 paintings chosen for the color invitation)

March 3 - 4, 2000

“Scottsdale Art Classic”, International Juried Exhibition & Sale, Scottsdale, AZ

March 4 - 26, 2000

19th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Western Spirit Art Show & Sale, Cheyenne, WY

April 29 - May 28, 1999

Oil Painters of America, 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Vanier Fine Art Ltd., Scottsdale, AZ

 

INVITATIONAL:

 

March 27 - May 4th, 2008 Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West 2008, Third Annual Exhibition and Sale, Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona.
Nov 6, 2007 Colorado Dominican Vocation Foundation “Windows to the Divine” Exhibition & Sale held at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Sept 10 - 14, 2007 Western Visions Miniatures and More 2007 Show & Sale, National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming.
September 8th, 2007 Crystal Cove Alliance’s 5th Annual Tropical Gala and “Coastal Splendor” Invitational Art Show and Sale, Crystal Cove State Park, Corona Del Mar, California.
July 28, - Aug 4, 2007 2007 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters annual plein air competition, Elkhorn Gallery in Winter Park, Colorado.

June 28 - July 4, 2007

4th Annual Telluride Plein Air 2007,  Telluride, CO

May 17 - 20, 2007

14th Annual Carmel Art Festival, Carmel, CA

April 21 – May 19, 2007 Plein Air Texas 2007, Outdoor Painters Society, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
March 11 – 18, 2007   Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational, Borrego Springs, CA
February 16 – 17, 2007

Munger Chadwick Charity Art Show, Tucson Country Club, Tucson, AZ

Oct  22 – 29, 2006

2nd Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona, AZ

Sept 14 – 15, 2006

“Western Visions 2006 Show and Sale”, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Feb 25, 2006

Wild Wild West Show, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

Feb 11, 2006

American Miniatures Exhibition, Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, AZ

Oct 24 - 30, 2005

1st Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona Arts Center Gallery, Sedona, CA

Sept 2 - 4, 2005

El Presidio Gallery 1st Annual “Miniatures in the Mountains” Invitational Show and Sale, El Presidio Gallery, Ruidoso, NM

                  

 

Aug 24 – 28, 2005

Maynard Dixon Country 2005, Maynard Dixon Studio, Mt. Carmel, UT

June 27 - July 4, 2005

Telluride Plein Air 2005, Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, CO

May 5 - 27, 2005

4th Annual Salon International 2005 at the Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX

March 3, 2005

“Plein Air 2005”, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ

Feb 19, 2005

Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Annual Signature Member & Invited Artist Show, La Mariposa Resort in Tucson, Arizona

Feb 12, 2005

American Miniature Exhibition, Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, AZ