Portrait in Oil and Pastel:

      Fredericksburg Artist School, Fredericksburg Texas
      January 25 - January 29, 2010
      830-997-0515
      fbgartschool.com

      The Palette and Chisel Art Academy, Chicago, IL
      March 12 - 15, 2010
      312-642-4317
      paletteandchisel.org

Recent Awards:  

• Breckenridge Fine Arts Center 17^th National Juried Art Competition – (Best of Show)
• Oil Painters of America 2008 Eastern Regional Exhibition, Richland TN – (1^st Place –Signature Artists)
• Pastel Society of the West Coast 23^rd Annual International Open Exhibition 2009 – (Manley A. & Hazel K. Harmon Memorial Award)
• The Pastel Journal  10th Annual Pastel 100 – (5^th Place in Portrait and Figure Category)
• The Artists Magazine 26^th Annual  Art Competition – (Finalist in Experimental Category)
• Salon International 2009 competition – (Honorable Mention)
• Pastel Society of New Hampshire – (Piscataqua Savings Bank Award of Merit)
• National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) Best of America 2009 – (Platinum Palette Award)
• The Pastel Journal 11^th Annual Pastel 100 – (2^nd place)

 Recent Events:

• “Pirate Queen” won 2^nd place in The Pastel Journal 11^th Annual Pastel 100 competition and will be featured in the April 2010 issue.
• “Emerging” is a Finalist in the Experimental Category in The Artists Magazine 26^th Annual Art Competition and was chosen to appear as The Artist¹s Magazine¹s Competition Spotlight for the April 2010 issue.
• Bill held his 1^st Studio Show and Sale on November 14, 2009 and it was a great success.  Thanks to all who attended.