September 2007
Carol Swinney’s painting “Mountain Meadows” won the Collectors Purchase Award at the 2007 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Show held July 29th through August 5th. The reception and sale were held at Elk Horn Art Gallery in Winter Park, Colorado. The exhibition runs through September 4th, 2007.
Carol
has been invited to participate in the Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half
of the West 2008, Third Annual Exhibition and Sale to be held at the Desert
Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona. The show will be held
March 27th through May 4th, 2008 with the opening night planned for
Saturday, March 29th and the Artist’s Patron’s Party held Friday, March
28th. There will be a Quick Draw on Sunday morning, March 30th held at the
museum.
She will also be painting, for the second year, in the Western Visions Miniatures and More 2007 Show & Sale. The event will be held September 10th through the 14th at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming with the Wild West Party held Wednesday, September 12th at 6:30pm and the Show & Sale held Thursday, September 13th at 5:30pm at the museum.
“Mountain Meadows" 10 x 20 oil
Finally, Carol has just been invited to the Colorado Dominican Vocation Foundation “Windows to the Divine” Exhibition & Sale held at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The elegant evening event will be held November 6th, 2007 in the Seawell Grand Ballroom from 6:30 to 8:30 with a Live Auction, Set Price Sale and presentation of the Fra Angelico Artist Award.
July 2007
Carol
Swinney’s painting “Along Pontatoc Ridge,” a 12 x 24 oil, just won “Jury’s
Top 50” award at the 2007 Salon International Museum of Contemporary Masters
of Fine Art, exhibition and sale. The show was hosted by Greenhouse Gallery
of Fine Art in San Antonio, Texas May 19th through June 15th, 2007.
She will also be participating in the 2007 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters annual plein air competition held in Winter Park, Colorado, from July 28th through August 4th, 2007. The exhibit and sale will be held at Elkhorn Gallery in Winter Park, Colorado, with the gala dinner and preliminary sale on August 2nd. The opening sale, awards ceremony and artists reception will be held the evening of August 3rd and the Quick Draw and silent auction are scheduled for Saturday morning, August 4th.
Carol has been invited, for the 2nd year, to participate in the Crystal Cove Alliance’s 5th Annual Tropical Gala and “Coastal Splendor” Invitational Art Show and Sale on Saturday evening, September 8th, 2007. The Gala will be held on the sand in the Historic District at Crystal Cove State Park, Corona Del Mar, California.
"Along Pontatoc Ridge" 12x24 oil
May 2007
Carol Swinney’s painting “Desert Blooms” was awarded "Best Quick Draw" at the 1st Annual Marana Arts Council Plein Air Festival held in Tucson, AZ, March 28 through April 1st, 2007. The Quick Draw auction, sale and gala reception were held at the new, exclusive Saguaro Ranch Resort located in the Tortolita Mountains NW of Tucson, AZ.
Carol has been accepted into the 14th annual Carmel Arts Festival held in Carmel, CA from May 17th through 20th, 2007. The awards ceremony will be held Saturday, May 19th at 5:00 pm. on Mission between Ocean Ave. and 6th Street. The Quick Draw and sale is on Sunday, May 20th.
International Artist Magazine will have a feature article about Carol in the 2007 June/ July Issue (#55). The article will have an extensive demo and full description of her palette knife painting techniques, supplies she uses, along with creative thoughts and advice for the reader.
Carol will also be painting at the 4th Annual Telluride Plein Air Competition held in beautiful Telluride, CO. The event will be held June 28th through July 4th, 2007 with the Quick Draw being held at 11:00 am on July 1st and the Cocktail Party on Monday, July 2nd. The Painting Sale will occur on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3rd and 4th, at the Historic Sheridan Opera House Courtyard. "Desert Blooms" 8x10
March 2007
Carol Swinney's painting; "Palm Canyon Morning" just received 2nd Place at
the Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational 2007 in Borrego Springs,
California. The reception and awards ceremony was held Friday, March 16th at
the Borrego Art Institute with Jean Stern, Executive Director of the Irvine
Museum, as the awarding judge.
Carol has been invited to several plein air events for 2007 including: Plein Air Texas 2007 to be held April 21st through May 20th, hosted by Southwest Gallery in Dallas, Texas; The 14th Annual Carmel Art Festival, to be held May 17th through the 20th in Carmel, California and The 4th Annual Telluride Plein Air 2007 to be held June 28th through July 4th in Telluride, Colorado.
Two of Carol’s paintings were accepted into the International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Salon International 2007. This prestigious event is hosted by the Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, Texas with the awards banquet to be held on Friday, May 18th at 7:00pm at the Frost Bank Building in downtown San Antonio. She also had both paintings accepted into the 96th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition for the California Art Club held April 29th through May 20th, 2007. The exhibition will be showcased at the Pasadena Museum of California Art with an evening Gala Reception on Saturday, April 28th, 2007.
Carol beside "Palm Canyon Morning"
November 2006
Carol Swinney's painting; "Nature’s Essence" just received "Collector's Choice Award" at the 2nd Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival held October 21st through the 29th, 2006 in Sedona, Arizona. The reception and awards ceremony was held Saturday October 28th at the Sedona Arts Center and included 27 invited plein air painters from around the US.
Carol was just selected as one of four new Signature Members of American
Woman Artists (AWA). This exclusive group of contemporary women artists
encourages promotional and educational opportunities for women in the visual
artists.
The Tucson Plein Air Painters will include two of Carol's paintings in their
annual Artist Member show to be held November 9th through January 31, 2007.
The reception will be held Thursday, November 9th at the Northern Trust Bank
in Tucson, Arizona. She will also be included in this year's Mountain Oyster
Club show to be held November 17th, 2006 through January 6th, 2006, in
Tucson.
"Nature’s Essence" 10 x 20
August 2006
Carol Swinney received “Best in Show” at the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) 5th Annual National show held July 29th through August 6th, 2006 in Winter Park, Colorado. Her painting “View From the Top”, an 11 xz 14 oil was chosen by judge Susan McGarry.
Carol also won “People’s Choice” award for her painting “Aspens and Daisies” at the 3rd Annual RMPAP Signature Member and Invited Guest Show held July 1st through the 8th in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Carol has been invited to participate in the 2nd Annual “Miniatures in the Mountains” Invitational Show at El Presidio Gallery in Ruidoso, New Mexico. The show will be held the 6th through the 8th of October, 2006 with the reception being held the evening of October 7th.
"View From the Top" 11 x 14
July 2006
Carol Swinney recently received 3rd Place for her painting “Reflections” at the 2006 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Annual Artist Members Juried Exhibition held May 6th through June 6th at the LAPA Studio in Laguna Beach, California. The juror and judge for the exhibition was Tyler Stallings, Chief Curator of the Laguna Art Museum.
Carol also received an “Honorable Mention” for her painting “Iceplant in P6” at the 13th Annual Carmel Arts Festival held in Carmel, California on May 18th and 19th, 2006. The Reception and Awards Ceremony was held Saturday May 20th at Devendorf Park in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
The Cultural Times, July 2006 issue featured Carol’s painting “Caliente Magic” on their cover along with an article on pages 10 and 11 titled “On the Road Again.”
Carol is now represented in Jackson, Wyoming by Astoria Fine Art at 35 East Delony Street.. She will also be represented in Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Wild Horse Gallery at 2200 Village Inn Court. You can link to the galleries and view her paintings by visiting the Galleries page of the website: www.carolswinney.com.
"Reflections" 12 x 12
April 2006
Carol Swinney will be
featured in an article in the May/June 2006 issue of Art of the West
magazine. The Cultural Times, a magazine focusing on art, culture
and
events in the Colorado mountains, is including Carol in their July 2006
issue with a feature article as well as the cover of the magazine.
She has also been accepted into the 13th Annual Carmel Arts
Festival. This will be Carol’s 8th year painting plein air along
the Montery and Carmel, California coastline. The festival will be held
Thursday through Sunday, May 18th to the 21st, 2006 on
Mission Street between Ocean and 6th and in Devendorf Park. The
awards ceremony and auction will be held in the park on
"Sedona Vista" 10x20 Oil Saturday May 20th from 10:00 am to 6:00pm. Carol recently won 2nd Place at the Tucson Plein Air Painters Society 2006 Juried Members show with her painting “Sedona Vista” a 10 x 20 oil of Cathedral Rock near Sedona, Arizona. The reception and awards ceremony was held March 16th at the Northern Trust Bank Gallery.
February 2006
Carol Swinney has been invited to participate in the “Western Visions 2006
Show and Sale” at the National Museum of Wildlife Art
.
The event is being held at the museum on September 14th and 15th
with most artists in attendance.
She was also invited to the 2006 American Miniatures Exhibition at Settlers West Galleries, February 11th, 2006 in Tucson, Arizona.
Two of Carol’s paintings were accepted into the Tucson Plein Air Painters Society 2006 Juried Members Show held at the Northern Trust Bank Gallery from March 3rd through March 6th, 2006. The reception will be held on March 16th at the bank.
Carol is one of 25 invited artists to the Wild Wild West Show featuring plein air paintings of Arizona. The exhibit and gala event was held on February 25th, 2006 at the Cattle Track Gallery in Scottsdale with a quick draw held at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts.
October 2005
Carol
Swinney’s painting “Below Chasm Falls” won Best in Show at the Rocky
Mountain Plein Air Painters “Fall Colors 2005” plein air competition. The
awarding judge was Albert Handell, Master Artist, Oil Painters of America.
The reception was held September 24th, 2005 at Snowfire Gallery
in Estes Park, Colorado.
Two of Carol’s paintings have been accepted into the 2005 Central Regional Exhibition of Oil Painters of America held at Snowfire Gallery in Estes Park, Colorado. The show hangs from October 1st through October 31st, 2005 with a reception held on October 1st at the gallery.
The California Art Club has accepted Carol’s painting “Essence of Fall” into their 95th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition. The show will be held at the Pasadena Museum of California Art from April 2nd through April 23rd, 2006. A gala reception will be
held on Saturday, April 1st at the museum.
Carol is one of 12 women plein air artists included in “Canyon de Chelly en plein air” November 4th through December 16th, 2005. The show hangs at Eric Firestone Gallery in Tucson, Arizona. There will be a reception held Friday, November 4th from 5:00 until 9:00pm at the gallery. The exhibit will showcase plein air work done during a four day trip into the canyon this past June along with larger studio pieces by each artist.
“Below Chasm Falls” 16 x 8 oil
August 2005
Carol
Swinney’s oil painting “View From Flat Creek” won an Award of Excellence at
the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Exhibit. The award was
selected by Art of the West Magazine on July 8th, 2005 at the event held at
Galleries West in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Carol has been invited to the El Presidio Gallery 1st Annual “Miniatures in the Mountains” Invitational Show and Sale to be held September 2nd to the 4th, 2005. The reception will be on Saturday, September 3rd from 6:00 to 9:00pm at the new El Presidio Gallery in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Carol has also been invited to participate in the 1st Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival to be held October 24th to the 30th, 2005. The Patrons Gala will be held on Saturday from 5:00 to 7:00pm at the Sedona Arts Center Gallery with a public sale on Sunday the 30th.
Carol just received the “People’s Choice” award, a tie with one other artist, at the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painter’s plein air competition The award was announced at the reception Saturday, August 13th at the Elk Horn Gallery in Winter Park, Colorado
“View From Flat Creek” 12x12 Oil
July 2005
Carol
Swinney’s oil painting “Reflections of Orange & Gold” just received the Best
Landscape Award at the 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional
Oils. The event was showcased at Hilligoss Galleries in Chicago, Illinois
from May 5th through June 19th, 2005.
Carol has also been invited to participate in Maynard Dixon Country 2005, as a guest artist. The event runs from August 24th through the 28th of 2005, at the historic Maynard Dixon home and studio in Mt. Carmel, Utah. She will be painting “in plein air” with other guest artists and will exhibit two of these paintings along with 39 invited artists at the “Wet painting sale” on Saturday, August 27th from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
On September 1st through the 4th, 2005, Carol and John Potter will have a 2 person show at Galleries West located at 70 South Glenwood in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The reception will be held on Saturday the 3rd from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
"Reflections of Orange & Gold" 10 x 20 Oil
June 2005
Carol Swinney is one of eleven women artists to be invited to paint in Canyon de Chelly June 21st to the 24th, 2005. The trip is being sponsored by Eric Firestone Gallery of Tucson, Arizona. There will be a late fall reception and month long exhibit at the gallery.
Carol has also been invited to participate in the Second Annual Telluride Plein Air 2005 held June 27th to July 4th at the historic Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado. Thirty artists will paint during the week with the gala dinner and artist’s choice preview held on July 2nd. The exhibition and sale will be July 3rd and 4th on the Opera House lawn.
Portnoy Galleries of Carmel, California will be representing her work as of June 2005. Carol will be the featured artist at Portnoy Galleries 14th Anniversary Show held at the Gallery from July 14th to the 17th, 2005. She will be demonstrating in the gallery each day from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at 6th avenue between Dolores and San Carlos. Carol will be painting primarily central coast seascapes and the Carmel and Monterey areas for the gallery. For more information, you can visit their website at www.portnoygalleries.com. The gallery’s phone number is (831)624-1155.
“Beauty of the Desert” 18x18 Oil
March 2005
Carol Swinney’s painting “Ducks & Reeds” was recently awarded “People’s Choice” at the 2005 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painter’s Annual Signature and Invited Artist Show. The reception and awards announcement was held Saturday, February 19th at the La Mariposa Resort in Tuscon, Arizona.
She also just received acceptance into the 12th Annual Carmel Arts Festival being held May 12th to the 15th, 2005 at Gallery Elite in Carmel, California. The Reception and Awards Gala will be held on Friday, May 13th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Each artist will submit one plein air and one previously completed painting for the awards judging and sale.
Carol’s painting “Reflections of Orange and Gold” was accepted into OPA’s 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils. This year’s show is being held at Hilligos Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, May 5th to June 19th. The reception will be on Saturday, May 7th, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm.
Finally, her painting “Shadows of Finger Rock” was accepted into the 4th Annual Salon International 2005 at the Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, Texas. The show and exhibit will be held May 5th to the 27th, 2005. The All Day Open House and Reception will be held on Saturday, May 7th from 10:00am to 8:00pm.
“Shadows of Finger Rock” 20x10 Oil
December 2004
In March 2004 Carol Swinney won a
“Gallery Show Award” at the Western Spirit Art Show and Sale at the Cheyenne
Frontier Days Old West Museum in Cheyenne WY. She will be one of five
artists at a month-long showing in the museum, December 3rd, 2004 to January
3rd, 2005. The reception was held on Friday, December 3rd, 2004 at the
museum. Carol has 15 paintings on exhibit showing works from the Wyoming and
Colorado mountains, the Arizona desert and the California coastline.
Carol was recently selected as an Artist Member of the Tucson Plein Air
Painters Society. She will be exhibiting three paintings in an upcoming
annual Artist Member show to be held January 8th, 2005 at the Karin Newby
Gallery in Tubac, AZ. There will be an opening reception and awards
presentation from 1:00 to 4:00pm at the gallery with the show hanging from
Saturday, January 8th to Friday, January 28th, 2005.
Carol’s paintings "Ghost Ranch
Landscape" and "Fall in Endo Valley" were accepted into the Mountain Oyster
Club's Thirty Fifth Annual Contemporary Western Art Show. The show hangs
from November 21st, 2004 to January 7th, 2005 at the Mountain Oyster Club in
Tucson, AZ.
The Eric Firestone Gallery in Tucson, AZ is now representing Carol's work as
of December 2004. You can visit their web site at
www.ericfirestonegallery.com. She will be primarily painting Arizona
desert landscapes for the gallery as well as occasional mountain landscapes.
"Fall in Endo Valley" 10 x 20 Oil
November 2004
Carol Swinney’s painting “Trail to Cub Lake” received an Honorable Mention and “Aspen Meadows” received a Collector’s Choice Award at the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Estes Park 2004 competition.
Carol has been invited to participate in the 2005 American Miniature Exhibition at Settlers West Galleries, February 12th, 2005 in Tucson, Arizona. She has also been invited to the 2nd Annual Telluride Plein Air 2005 held over the July 4th weekend at the Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado.
Finally, Carol was one of 15 contemporary women artists invited to exhibit in a showing of “Women Artists of the West 1904-2004.” Also included in the show are 8 deceased women artists whose works were from the past 100 years. The exhibit hangs at the Eric Firestone Gallery in Tucson, Arizona from October 22nd to December 19th, 2004.
August 2004
Carol Swinney’s painting “Fall River
Crossing” just received acceptance into the California Art Club’s 94th
Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition. The exhibition opens to the public
October 17th, 2004 and runs until January 9th, 2005. It will be held at the
Pasadena Museum of California Art, with a Gala Reception being held at the
museum October 16th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Carol’s painting “Cactus Shadows” has been accepted into the 2004 Arts for the Parks “Top Mini 100.” She also has another painting in the “Top 200”. The event will be held September 19th to the 23rd, 2004 with the banquet being held September 18th at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park.
For the 4th consecutive year, Carol has been invited to participate in the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. The Festival’s 10th Annual Quick Draw Sale & Auction will be held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on September 18th, 2004 beginning at 10:00 am. The auction of quick draw pieces will be held at 11:30 am at the Jackson Town Square.
Finally, Carol is one of 30 invited artists to participate in “Plein Air 2005” at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The event begins March 3rd, 2005 at the museum. A Quick Draw will be held on Saturday March 5th and will be followed with an Awards Reception, “An Evening with Collectors & Artists” from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Artist’s can paint plein air anywhere in the Sonora Desert beginning January 3rd to March 3rd and enter their best six plein air works.
Cactus Shadows” 11 x 14 Oil
May 2004
Carol Swinney was one of five artists included in an article titled “Regional Expressions of the American Landscape” representing the Western United States in the May / June, 2004 issue of Wildlife Art News.
She has also been accepted into the 3rd annual San Luis Obispo Plein Air Painting Festival held in San Luis Obispo September 27th to October 3rd, 2004. The reception will be held on Saturday, October 2nd at 6:00pm in the San Luis Obispo Art Center.
Carol recently won an Honorable Mention and a “Gallery Show Award” at the 23rd annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum Western Spirit Art Show and Sale held March 6th, 2004. She will be one of five artists at a month-long showing in the museum December 3rd, 2004 to January 3rd. 2005, with the reception being held on Friday, December 3rd.
Finally, Carol was asked to judge the Professional Category at the 55th annual National Art Exhibition held in Dubois, Wyoming, July 16th to the 28th, 2004. She will also do a demo along with the other two artists on Friday, July 16th at 7:00am.
March 2004
International Artists Magazine has selected Carol to be on of 100
artists to be included in their soon-to-be-released book titled “100
Ways to Paint the Landscape.”
The Nicolaysen Art Museum, located in Casper, Wyoming, has chosen
Carol to do a six day “Artist-in-Residence,” including a small showing
of new works.
Finally, Carol has been invited to participate in the 1st annual
Telluride Plein Air 2004 competition to be held June 29th to July 4th,
2004 in Telluride, Colorado. The exhibition and sale will be held July
3rd and 4th at the historic Sheridan Opera House with a Gala Dinner to
be held on
January 2004
Carol Swinney's painting "Middle Fork" will be on the cover of SkyWest Magazine for the 2004 March/April issue. Carol is also being featured in a full page profile in the 2004 May/June issue which includes the Delta Connection.
She will also be included in a feature article in the 2004 May/June issue of Wildlife Art News focusing on 5 national artists painting five different regions of the United States. Carol's work will focus on the Rocky Mountain Region.
Carol had all four of her entries accepted into the 2004 Western Spirit Art Show and Sale held at the Old West Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming, March 6th to 28th, 2004. The reception is being held on Saturday, March 6th at the Museum.
Finally, Carol just received acceptance into the "Carmel Art Festival Plein Air 11th Annual 2004" being held in Carmel, California, May 13th to 16th, 2004. Over $20,000 in prizes and awards are being offered.
December 2003
Carol Swinney's painting "Turn of the Season" recently sold, at live auction, for $12,500.00. Proceeds of the donated painting went to cancer programs at the Wyoming Medical Center Foundation in Casper, Wyoming. Also, the #1/250 framed Limited Edition print sold for $2,000.00 at live auction.
Carol has also been invited to the 2004 Settler's West Miniature Show in Tucson, Arizona with the reception held from 5 to 9 on February 14th, 2004 at Settler's West Gallery. On February 28th, 2004 she will be participating in a Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painter's Signature Member and Invited Artist Show at La Mariposa Resort in Tucson.
October 2003
Carol Swinney is one of 40 artists invited to participate in LaQuinta Arts Foundations Desert Plein Air 2004 held in partnership with the Bob Hope Chrysler Pro Golf Classic held January 18-25, 2004. The event will be held in the Coachella Valley, Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs areas of Southern California with the reception held Friday, January 24th, 2004.
Carol also will be featured in the November/December 2003 issue of Art Talk under "Artist Worth Watching".
Carol was one of the top selling "Quick Draw" artists at the 2003 Fall Arts Festival in Jackson, Wyoming with a total of 7 paintings sold during the 8 day event.