CONTACT
31855 Old Sopris Rd
Trinidad,  CO  81082
Phone: 719.845.1385
http://www.lalumia.com/
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GALLERIES
Cogwell Gallery, Vail, CO
Greenberg Fine Art, Santa Fe
Tirage Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Bottoms Gallery, Montecito, CA
Squash Blossom, Colorado Springs, CO

RESUME

Born 1948, Chicago, IL

Raised Libertyville, IL

Education
1970-66 BA, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1973-72 American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL

Selected One-Man Shows
2003 A Sense of Place: Plein Air Paintings from the Central Coast, Artist Residency, Inn at Morro Bay, CA
1999 Columbine Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Americana Museum, El Paso, TX
1996 A. R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
1988 Taos Connections Gallery, Denver CO
1987 Jamison Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1987 Braithwaite Fine Art Gallery, Southern Utah University
1984 Jamison Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1980 Challis Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1979 Charles and Emma Frye Museum, Seattle, WA

Selected Group Shows
2009-2010
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2008
European Tradition, American Vision, Paintings by the Plein-Air Painters of America, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2007
From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America 21st Annual Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2005 Plein Air New Mexico, Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe
2004 Alla Prima International, Nichols Fine Art Gallery, Taos
2005-1996 Plein-Air Painters of America, Lake Tahoe & Avalon, Catalina Island, CA
2003 The Allure of Light, The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO
Glories of the Sonoran Desert, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
Plein Air from Coast to Coast, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
2000 Top 100, Arts for the Parks, Jackson, WY
1999 Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Plein-Air Painters of America, Bennington, VT
Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
1999-97 Arts for the Parks Annual Juried Show (Top 200), Jackson, WY
1999-91 Miniatures Show, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1999-90 Mountain Oyster Club Invitational, Tucson, AZ
1998-97 Plein Air Painters of America Exhibition, Craftsman's Guild Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Great American Artists Invitational, Cincinnati, OH
1997-96 Oil Painters of America, San Antonio TX
1996, 93 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibit, Golden, CO

PAPA Workshops
2008-98 Plein-Air Painters of America Workshops, Easton, MD; Laguna Beach, CA; Old Lyme, CT; Wickenburg, AZ; Granby, CO; Bennington, VT, Steamboat Springs, CO
 

Awards
2002, 1999 Best of Show, Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, San Antonio Museum of Art
2001 Wildlife Award, Arts for the Parks, Jackson, WY
1999 Tom McMahon Award for a Traditional Oil Painting, B.E.A.C.H. Show, Ruidoso, NM
1999 Second Prize, Farmington Fine Art Show, Farmington, NM
1997-95 Best of Show, New Mexico Watercolor Society Annual Exhibitions, Albuquerque, NM

Authored Publications & Media
2007 Contributing artist for PBS series Plein Air: Painting the American Landscape
2000 Plein Air Painting in Oil and Watercolor, North Light Books, Cincinnati, OH
1994 "Wild Renewal," Southwest Art, October

Selected Bibliography
2009 Norman Kolpas, "Color & Light," Southwest Art, March
2006 "Making Space for Art," The Artist Magazine, Feb
2005 Molly Siple, "Finding Realism through Abstraction," American Artist Workshop, Winter
2002 John Jarvis, “In Plein Sight,” Art Talk, November
1999 Maureen Bloomfield and Loraine Crouch, "Rising Stars '99," Watercolor Magic Magazine, Winter
Vicki Stavig, "Plein Air Passion," Art of the West, March/April
Dorothy Spears, "Risking It All," Watercolor Magazine, Summer
1989 Joy Waldron Murphy, Southwest Art, June

Selected Collections
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. Americana Museum, El Paso, TX. A.R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO. Numerous corporate and private collections.

National Affiliations
Signature Member, Plein-Air Painters of America, and current PAPA Vice President
Signature Member, National Watercolor Society
Signature Member, American Watercolor Society
Out-of-State Artist Member, California Art Club
Signature Member, Oil Painters of America.