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recognitions / memberships
Don is a nationally recognized painter exhibiting in many juried, group and invitational shows including:
Professional Memberships:
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Don Dernovich
NWS AWS OPA WAA
WESTERN ARTISTS OF AMERICA
AMERICAN PLAINS ARTISTS ANNUAL ARTS FOR THE PARKS (Top 100 twice - Second 100 six times) NATIONAL OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN AMERICAN WATERCOLOR SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL WATERCOLOR USA WESTERN SPIRITS ART SHOW AND SALE etc. REPRESENTING THE WEST INVITATIONAL: Sangre de Cristo Center for the Arts, Pueblo, CO NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART, WESTERN VISIONS MINIATURES AND MORE, Jackson Hole, Wyoming BUFFALO BILL ART SHOW AND SALE, Cody, Wyoming GREELEY STAMPEDE ART SHOW, Greeley, Colorado C.M. RUSSELL AUCTION, Great Falls, Montana C.M. RUSSELL MUSEUM INVITATIONAL BENEFIT, Great Falls, Montana BLACK FOOT VALLEY ART AUCTION, Lincoln, Montana UNIVERSTIY OF WYOMING ART MUSEUM INVITATIONAL BENEFIT, Laramie, Wyoming GOVENOR'S INVITATIONAL, Nebraskaland Days, North Platte, Nebraska PROFESSIONAL WESTERN/ WILD/LIFE ART SHOW, Estes Park, Colorado PHIPPEN MUSEUM WESTERN ART SHOW and SALE, Prescott, Arizona PHIPPEN INVITATIONAL BENEFIT, Prescott, Arizona SPIRIT OF THE GREAT PLAINS INVITATIONAL, Museum of Nebraska Art,Kearney,Nebraska ROCKY MOUNTAN PLEIN AIR PAINTERS, Estes Park, Winter Park and Crested Butte, CO
RECOGNITIONS:
2011 2ND PLACE WATERCOLOR at the Annual Watercolor Wyoming National Juried Show in Sheridan Wyoming for the piece "January Light" 2011 7th ANNUAL WESTERN ARTISTS OF AMERICA, the Pearce Museum, Corsicana, TX BEST OF SHOW "Starting to Rain" 1st Place in Water solubles "Starting to Rain" SOLD PURCHASE AWARD "Brush Creek Ranch" by the PEARCE MUSEUM OF CORSICANA, TX., to be added to their permanent collection. FIRST PLACE OIL, April 2010, High Plains Art Festival, Gateway Civic Center, Oberlin, Kansas THE GOVERNORS AWARD 2010 26th Annual Juried Exhibit. American Plains Artist, Museum of the Great Plains, Lincoln, NE FIRST PLACE IN OIL, April 24,2009, High Plains Art Festival, Gateway Civic Center, Oberlen, KS KAREN VANCE PURCHASE AWARD & JUDGES MERIT AWARD 2008 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Show in Winter Park, CO
FIRST PLACE IN OIL: Great Plains Art Fest, 2007. Oberlin, Kansas
BEST IN SHOW: Great Plains Art Fest, 2006, Oberlin, Kansas BEST WATERCOLOR: Platte River Valley Western Art Show, 2004, Saratoga, Wyoming 2ND PLACE IN WATERCOLOR, Phippen Museum of Western Art Show and Sale, 2003,Prescott, Arizona FINALIST: LANDSCAPE CATEGORY, The Artists Magazine Annual Competition, 2003 AWARD OF MERIT: Rocky Mountain Plein-Air Painters, 2003, Estes Park, Colorado 1st PLACE GOLD MEDAL AWARD in OIL, Phippen Museum Western Art Show and Sale, 2002, Prescott, Arizona BEST WATERCOLOR, Western Spirits Art Show and Sale in 1994, 1996, and 1998, Old West Museum, Cheyenne Wyoming 2nd PLACE IN WATERMEDIA, Phippen Museum Western Art Show and Sale, 1999, Prescott, Arizona BEST OF SHOW PURCHASE AWARD in the first juried Prairie lights Art Showcase, and ARTISTS FAVORITE AWARD in the Spirit of the Great Plains Invitational 2000, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska DOC SMITH AWARD 1997, and SILVER AWARD, 2000 and GOLD AWARD, 2005 at the Black Foot Valley Art Auction, Lincoln, Montana PEOPLES FAVORITE AWARD and ARTISTS FAVORITE AWARD, Platte River Valley Western Art Show 2000, Saratoga, Wyoming. AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE: Top 100 and Second 100, Arts for the Parks, Jackson Hole, Wyoming |