Awards

2008
• Mary "Tink" Silah Cash Award - 67th Annual National Exhibition: Watercolor Society of Alabama - Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, AL 2008
  
  2007
  
• First Place Merit 2D Award - SOUTHWORKS 2007 - Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA 2007
  
  2006
• Cash Award of Honor - 19th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, GA, 2006
• First Place in 2D - SOUTHWORKS 2006 - Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Ga. 2006
  
  2005
• Cash Award of Merit - 18th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, Ga. 2005
• Third Prize Cash Award - 17th Annual Decatur Fine Arts Juried Exhibition - Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. 2005
  
  2004
• Winsor and Newton Award, and Cheap Joe's Art Supply Award - 58th Annual Aqueous Open International Juried Exhibition - Pittsburgh Watercolor Society - 3rd Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2004
  
  2002
• First Place - Thirteenth Annual Summer Showcase - Regional Juried Art Competition and Exhibition - Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, Georgia 2002.
  
  1999
• Honorable Mention - 1999 Annual Members Juried Exhibition: Georgia Watercolor Society - Lowdnes-Valdosta Cultural Center, Valdosta, GA, 1999.
• Cash Award of Merit - 12th National Juried Art Exhibition - Mable House Cultural Center, Mableton, Georgia, 1999.
  
  1998
• Second Place Cash Award - 1998 Members Juried Exhibition: Georgia Watercolor Society - Glynn Arts Association, St. Simons, GA, 1998
  
  1995
• First Place, Watercolor - 6th Annual Georgia National Fair, Perry, Georgia, 1995.
  
  1993
• Signature Member Peach Award - 14th National Exhibition, Georgia Watercolor Society - Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, 1993.
  
  1991
• Contributor's Cash Award - Carrollton Regional Juried Art Exhibition VII - Carrollton, Georgia, 1991.
• Georgia Watercolor Society Gold Award, First Prize - 12th National Exhibition, Georgia Watercolor Society - Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia, 1991.
  
  1988
• Pinnacle Insurance Company Purchase Award - Carrollton Regional Juried Art Exhibition V - Carrollton, Georgia, 1988.
  
  1987
• Alice Richards Purchase Award - Carrollton Regional Juried Art Exhibition IV - Carrollton, Georgia, 1987.
• First Prize Cash Award -"17th Georgia Artists Exhibition," Decatur, Georgia, 1987.
  
  1986
• Georgia Watercolor Society Gold Award, First Prize - 7th National Exhibition, Georgia Watercolor Society - Macon, Georgia, 1986.
  
  1985
• Juror's Merit Cash Award - Georgia Watercolor Society Member Exhibition Creative Arts Guild - Dalton, Georgia, 1985.
• Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Cash Award - Pittsburgh Watercolor Society 40th Annual Exhibition: Aqueous Open '85 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1985.
  
  1984
• Cash Merit Award - Dalton Creative Arts Center, Dalton, Georgia - September 22-23, 1984.
• Third Prize - "Southeastern Watercolorists II," Deland Museum - Deland, Florida, 1984.
  
  1983
• Judge's Choice - "Georgia Artist, 1983," Callanwolde Fine Arts - Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 1983.
  
  1982
• First Prize - "1982 Georgia Watercolor Society Member Exhibition" - Gainesville, Georgia, 1982.
  
• Judge's Choice - "Georgia Artists, 1982," Callanwolde Fine Arts Center - Atlanta, Georgia, 1982.
  
  1981
• Purchase Award - Miller Brewing Company, "Art and Georgia," - Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia, 1981.
  
  1980
• Purchase Award - Georgia Art Bus Collection - Atlanta, Georgia, 1980.
  
  1979
• Honorable Mention - "The Enchanted Object:Toys and Games," - Birmingham, Michigan, 1979.
• Jury Prize of Distinction - Psi Iota Xi Sorority Case Award - "55th Annual Hoosier Salon," Indianapolis, Indiana, 1979.
  
  1978
• Arlen Shopping Centers Company Purchase Award - The Seventeenth Hunter - Annual Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Chattanooga, TN, 1978.
• Pittsburgh National Bank Award - "Aqueous Open '78," - Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art - Loretto, Pennsylvania, 1978
  
  1977
• First Alabama Bank Purchase Award - 37th Annual Watercolor Society of Alabama Exhibition - Birmingham, Alabama, 1977.
  
  1976
• The Strathmore Award - 36th Annual Watercolor Society of Alabama Exhibition -Birmingham, Alabama, 1976.
• Purchase Award and Best Watercolor in Show - "7 for '76," - Eastern Illinois University - Charleston, Illinois, 1976.
• Purchase Award - Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company: "New Horizons in Art, 1976," - Chicago, Illinois, 1976.
• Best Watercolor Painting and Purchase Award - 10th Annual Muscatine Area Art Exhibition, Muscatine, Iowa, 1976.
• Judge's Special Mention - 12th Waterloo Exhibition: Paper Work - Waterloo, Iowa, 1976.
  
  1975
• Watercolor U.S.A. Purchase Award - 14th Watercolor U.S.A. - Springfield Art Museum - Springfield, Missouri, 1975.
• Alcoa Award, Paintings - 13th Mid-Mississippi Valley Annual - Davenport, Iowa, 1975.
• 1st Award: Watercolor - 29th Annual Art Exhibition - Illinois State Fair - Springfield, Illinois, 1975.
• 2nd Prize: Watercolor - Heart of Illinois Exhibition - Peoria, Illinois, 1975.
• Jury Prize of Distinction - 51st Annual Hoosier Salon - Indianapolis, Indiana, 1975.
  
  1974
• Cash Award, Watercolor - Art Gallery, Illinois State Fair - Professional Art Show - Springfield, Illinois, 1974.
• 2nd Prize: Watercolor - Exposition Gardens - Heart of Illinois Exhibition - Peoria, Illinois, 1974.
• Juror's Cash Award - 17th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition - Beloit, Wisconsin, 1974.
• Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Award - "Aqueus Open '74 National Watercolor Exhibition," - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1974.
  
  1973
• Miles Batt Florida Cash Award - 53rd Annual Exhibition: California National Watercolor Society, 1973.
• Honorable Mention - Biggest Show of Little Paintings - Louisville, Kentucky, 1973.
• 2nd Prize: Watercolor - Exposition Gardens, Heart of Illinois Exhibition - Peoria, Illinois, 1973.
  
  1972
• Eiteljorg-Adams Merit Award - 40th Annual Exhibition: Indiana Artists Club, Inc. - Indianapolis, Indiana, 1972.
• Third Prize - 11th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition - Rock Island, Illinois, 1972.
• Peerman Galleries Purchase Award - 52nd Annual Exhibition: California National Watercolor Society - Laguna Beach, California, 1972.
• Honorable Mention - 27th Annual Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Exhibition - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1972.
• Watercolor Society Award - 27th Annual Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Exhibition - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1972.
• Merit Award for Painting - 6th Annual Area Artists Exhibition - Muscatine, Iowa, 1972.
  
  1971
• Gardner-Denver Co. Award: First in Watercolor - 22nd Annual Quincy Art Club Show, 1971
• First Federal Savings and Loan Association Award - 9th Mid-Mississippi Valley Annual - Davenport, Iowa, 1971.
• Purchase Award: Illinois State Museum - 24th Illinois Invitational - Springfield, Illinois, 1971.
• Honorable Mention - 10th Annual Watercolor, U. S. A. - Springfield, Missouri, 1971
• 1st Prize - Western Illinois University All Faculty Art Exhibition, 1971.
  
  1970
• Mellon National Bank Award - 25th Annual Pittsburgh Watercolor Exhibition, 1970.
• Little House on Linden Purchase Award - 31st Annual Watercolor Society of Alabama Show - Birmingham, Alabama, 1970.
• Cash Award: Mixed Media - 22nd Annual Art Exhibition - Abingdon, Virginia, 1970
• William Holland Drury Prize in Aquamedia - "59th Annual National Exhibition," - Newport, Rhode Island, 1970
• Second Prize: Watercolors and Prints - 21st Annual "Heart of Illinois Exhibition," - Peoria, Illinois, 1970
  
  1969
• Cash Award and Purchase Prize - "One," - Denison, Iowa, 1969
• Hirschmann-Wessell Purchase Award - Artist Guild of Chicago's 11th Annual "Watercolors and Drawings," - Chicago, Illinois, 1969
• Cash Award: New Trends - 45th Annual "Hoosier Salon," - Indianapolis, Indiana, 1969
  
  1968
• Second Prize for Sculpture - 19th Annual Quincy Art Club Show - Quincy, Illinois, 1968
• Lois W. Irwin Award: Best in Show - 19th Annual Quincy Art Club Show - Quincy, Illinois, 1968
• Watson W. Wise, Purchase Prize - 5th Annual "Juried Arts National Exhibition," - Tyler, Texas, 1968