CONTACT
P.O. Box 102
Sandpoint,  ID  83864
Phone: 208.263.1117
http://www.billupsfineart.com
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GALLERIES
Artist Studio Tour Gallery, Schweitzer Mountain, Sandpoint, ID
2009 Artist Studio Tou, Baranski's Gallery, Trestle Creek, ID
POAC Art Walk, Coldwater Creek Bridge, Sandpoint, ID

RESUME

Born: 1948, Manhattan Beach, CA

Education
1982-84 Private Study with Dan McCaw
1972 BA, Los Angeles Art Center College of Design, CA
1969 AA, El Camino Junior College, Torrance, CA

Public & Private Commissions
2007 6-by-16 foot mural, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
2004 Equestrian Portrait for Dr. Michael Durnan
2003-1996 Mural-A-Day, Toppenish, WA
1999-98 Bordello Murals, Toppenish, WA
1999-96 C.M. Russell Auction Quick Draw
1997-95 Murals, Toppenish, WA
1990 10-by-8 foot mural for Plastic Model Engineering, Post Falls, ID
1989-88 Marriott Hotels, Providence, RI and Colorado Springs, CO
1976 U.S. Army
1973-75 U.S. Air Force

Museum Exhibitions
2002 Kalispel Museum of Art (Solo)
2001 Clymer Museum, Ellensburg WA (Solo)
1998 Clymer Museum, Ellensburg WA (AAWA)
1988 Gallery at the Vintage Wheel Museum, Sandpoint ID (Solo)
1997 Desert Caballeros Museum, Wickenburg AZ (AAWA)
1977 Montana Historical Society, Helena MT (Solo)

Selected One-Person Shows
2007
Jewels of Color, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
2003 Main Stope Gallery, Sandpoint, ID
POAC Art Walk, Sandpoint, ID
1999 Yoshidas Fine Art Gallery, Troutdale, OR
1998 Twin Totems Gallery, Colbert, WA
Brush with Ireland, Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
1997 Inner Feelings II, Pend Oreille Gallery, Sandpoint, ID
1988 Venice, Italy, Gallery at the Vintage Wheel Museum, Sandpoint, ID
1977 Inner Feelings, Poindexter Gallery,

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
2005-1986 Plein-Air Painters of America, Lake Tahoe and Avalon, Catalina Island, CA
2003 Sedona Art Center, AZ
Canyon Side Gallery, Wickenburg, AZ
2000 Schaar Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Bennington Art Center, VT
Triage Gallery, Durango, CO
1999 Little Spoken River, Twin Totems, Colbert, WA
Grant Kohrs Ranch National Park, Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT, Art Charteau., Butte, MT, Montana Fine Art Gallery, Deer Lodge
1998-95 American Women Artists, Joan Cawley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ,
B&R Galleries, Canyon Country, CA;
O’Brien's Art Emporium, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 O'Brien's Art Emporium, Scottsdale, AZ
B&R Galleries, Canyon Country, CA
Two-person show on Sojourn in Ireland, Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, ID
1982-1979 Women Artists of the American West, Joan Cawley Gallery, Driscol Gallery, Denver, CO; Wild Wings Gallery, CA; Sanders Gallery, Tucson, AZ; Saddleback Gallery, Tustin, CA; Cody Art Center, WY

Awards 
Billups has won grand purchase awards and blue ribbons in national and international shows. including third place in the 2004 International Art Magazine competition.

PAPA Workshops
2000-1997 Plein-Air Painters of America, Snow Mountain Ranch, CO; Steamboat Springs, CO, & Bennington, VT

Self Authored Publications
2005 10 Experiments with Impressionism En Plein Air, International Artist
2001 “200 for 2000,” Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA

Selected Bibliography
2004 American Artist, February
2003 Spokane & Coeur d'Alene Living, Mar/Apr
2002 Informart, Spring
Wildlife Art, Sept/Oct
2000 John Carter, "Inner Feelings," Smoke Signals, January
Bonner and Boundary Counties, Cover, Millennium
1999 Linscott/Dull, Title Page, Art of the American West
1997 Sharlyn, "A New Dawn Rising," Sun Storm Fine Art
1996 Southwest Art, Nov
1987 Encompass Guide to Western Painting
1986 Nina Shepard, Midwest Art, May/June
1985 Diane Casella Hines, American Artist, May
1983 Jean Marie Black, "Buckskinner with a Brush," American Rendezvous, January/February
1982 Judy Crandall, "Women Artists of the American West," Southwest Art, August
Peggy and Harold Samuels, Contemporary Western Artists [Southwest Art]

Selected Collections
Her work hangs in collections throughout the United States, Canada, Israel, Africa and Japan, including Bank of America, Fluor Corp. Irvina, CA; Max Factor: Knotts Berry Farm; Genstart Mortgage; Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA; US Air Force; Alamita Corporation, Tucson, AZ; Saint John's Hospital, Santa Monica, CA; Borin-Halbich, Post Falls, ID; James/Joyce Fenton, Dover, ID; William/Elfrieda Mullin, Hope, ID; Marriott Hotels, Colorado Springs, CO, and Providence, RI; Royal Palms Hotel, Phoenix, AZ; H. Norton, Spokane, WA; J. Hoover, Pasadena, CA; Dr. J. Harkin, Spokane, WA; D. Hunter, Pasadena.

Current and Past Affiliations
Plein-Air Painters of America founding and Signature Member, 1986-2008. Emeritus Member, 2009. PAPA ad chairperson, 1986-1996
American Academy of Women Artists
Women Artists of the American West ad chairperson, 1979-1983
Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, 1972-1976 vice president, and show chairperson responsible for catalog published 1972