Don is a nationally recognized painter exhibiting in many juried, group and invitational shows including:

Professional Memberships:
NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY (Signature Member),
KANSAS WATERCOLOR SOCIETY (Signature Member)
AMERICAN WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ( Signature Member)
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA (Signature Member)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLEIN AIR PAINTERS (Artist Member)
IMPACT (Invitational Member of Select Nebraska Artists)

" Peoples Choice Award" 2007 "Representing The West Art Show", Sangre de Cristo Center for the Arts,
Pueblo, Colorado

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
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING ART MUSEUM INVITATIONAL BENEFIT, Laramie, Wyoming
GOVERNOR’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 MOUNTAIN PLEIN AIR PAINTERS, Estes Park and Winter Park, Co., etc.

Recent awards include:

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