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Awards & Shows

California Landscapes, featuring works by Janis Lacey Ellison
October 2007 at the Historic Holbrooke Hotel
Pastel Society of Oregon Show, Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, Oregon, Oct/Nov 2007
Platinum Award, "Lupine Wins"

Sierra Pastel Society "Pastels on High International Exhibit," Chablis Gallery, Placerville, CA, Oct/Nov 2007
Juried painting, "Lavender Fields"

Grass Valley Center for the Arts, 2^nd Annual SierraScapes Show July/August 2006

Gallery II Guest Artist May, June, July 2006

Pastel Society of New Mexico’s 14^th Annual National Show 2005

	Pastel Journal award for painting, “Lupine Wins”
	Paintings “Quaking Aspens” and “Poppy Run” also juried into show

Reno’s Biggest Little Plein Air Paint out and Workshop 2005
Awarded First Place in Quick Draw competition and People’s Choice Award

Smith Galley, “New Beginnings” Show and Grand Opening 2005

Pastel Society of the West Coast 18^th Pastels USA International Open Exhibition 2005
Juried painting “Quaking Aspens”

Laguna Plein Air Painters Association National Show “Best of Plein Air” 2005
Juried painting “Quaking Aspens”

Nevada County Plein Air Painters Group Show SierraScapes 2004

Sierra Pastel Society, The 5^th Pastels on High International Exhibition 2004
Juried Paintings;” O’Keefe’s Cottonwoods” and “Rainbow Bridge”

Smith Gallery First Annual Client Appreciation Art Show 2003

The 20^th Annual Northern Mines Open Art Exhibition 2003, National Show

	Won First Place Landscape for “Rainbow Bridge”
	Won 2^nd Place Landscape for “Poppy Fields”

International Association of Pastel Society Sixth Exhibition hosted by Chablis Gallery
Juried paintings, “Queen Anne’s” and “Poppy Vines” accepted into show

2002 National Pastel Painting Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Mexico
Achievement award for painting “Mustard Greens”

Pastel Society of the West Coast 2002 Membership Show
Juried painting; “Lavender’s Day”

Pastel Artist International Magazine Competition
Competition Winner for Still Life Painting, “Queen Anne’s”
Published 2002 July/August Issue

Sierra Pastel Society, Pastels on High International Exhibition 2003 Show

Associated Pastel Artists on the Web (APOW) International Show and Competition
2002, 2001, 2000

Sierra Pastel Society, Pastels on High International Exhibition 2002 Show
Juried painting, “American River”

The Pastel Society of Oregon International 2000 Show
Juried Painting, “Mendocino Bluffs”

Pastel Society of North Florida International 2000 Show
Juried painting, “Persimmon Blaze”