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BORN:

1948, Kansas City, Missouri


EDUCATION:

1970-72
Art Center College of Design - Los Angeles, CA
1969
Universita Italiana per Straniere - Perugia, Italy
1966-70
BFA, Fine Art - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1963-66
Kansas City Art Institute - Kansas City, MO


AWARDS & HONORS:

2005
Artist in Residence - Big Sur Environmental Institute @the Brazil Ranch - Big Sur, CA
2004
Music from Angel Fire Chamber Music Festival Featured Poster Artist
2003
Carmel Plein Aire Festival - Best Local Artist
2002
Carmel Plein Aire Festival - Honorable Mention
2000
Artists of America - Master Artist Award
1997
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra - Featured Poster Artist
1996
Music from Angel Fire Chamber Music Festival - Featured Poster Artist National Academy of Design, Acrylic Painter of the Year
1995
"Covering the West" - Best of the Southwest Award
1994
Santa Fe Opera - Featured Poster Artist
1993
University of New Mexico Fine Art Museum - Featured Poster Artist
1993
National Parks Academy Arts for the Parks Competition Finalist, Best Landscape Award
1990
Colorado House of Representatives Art Competition Finalist
1991
National Parks Academy Arts for the Parks Competition Finalist
1989
National Parks Academy Arts for the Parks Competition Finalist Artists of the West - Featured Artist
1988
Denver Parkscapes Art Exhibition - Best of Show
1987
Denver Parkscapes Art Exhibition - Best of Show


MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Tucson, AZ
The Denver Art Museum - Denver, CO
The FORBES Museum - New York, NY
Genesee Museum - NY
Pioneer's Museum - Colorado Springs, CO
The Tucson Art Museum - The John Goodman Collection - Tucson, AZ
The University of New Mexico Fine Arts Museum - Albuquerque, NM


DISTINCTIVE COLLECTIONS:

AOL/Time Warner - New York, NY
Banc One - Denver, CO
Blockbuster Video Headquarters - Houston, TX
FORBES Magazine - New York, NY 
Founders Asset Management, Inc. - Denver, CO
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher - New York, NY
Guarantee Bank and Trust - Denver, CO 
Erivan & Helga Haub Western Art Collection - Weisbaden, Germany
Holland and Hart, Attys.-at-law - Denver, CO 
Indonesian Secretary of State  
Raymond James Collection - Dallas, TX
Texaco World Headquarters - New York, NY
R.J. Bank and Company, Inc. - Tampa, FL
World Trade Center - Los Angeles, CA


SPECIAL COMMISSIONS:

Affiliated Bank Shares of Colorado - Denver, CO
AmFirst Bank - Denver, CO
Bank of Ireland - Dublin, Ireland
Bixby Ranch Corporation - Irvine, CA
Chevron Corporation - San Francisco, CA 
Denver Convention Center - Denver, CO
First National Bank of Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs, CO
Metro Bank - Denver, CO
Texaco International Headquarters - New York, NY


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS & MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:

2006
Coors Western Art Exhibit - Denver, CO
Huntsville Museum of Art - "From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America" National Invitational - AL
Portsmouth Museum - "From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America" National Invitational - VA
L.Y. Woodson Art Museum - "From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America" National Invitational - WI 
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation - "Miniatures/2006" Invitational Show - Albuquerque, NM 


2005
Coors Western Art Exhibit - Denver, CO 
Museum of the Southwest - "From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America" National Invitational - TX
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation - "Miniatures/2005" Invitational Show - Albuquerque, NM 
Annual Colorado Mountain Club Landscape Exhibit - Denver, CO

2004
Coors Western Art Exhibit - Denver, CO
Haggin Museum "From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America" National Invitational - Stockton, CA
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation - "Miniatures/2004" Invitational Show - Albuquerque, NM
Pasadena Museum of California Art - California Art Club 94th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition - Los Angeles, CA

2003
Annual Colorado Mountain Club Landscape Exhibit - Denver, CO
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation "Miniatures/2003" Invitational Show -Albuquerque, NM
Morris & Whiteside Galleries - Annual Collector's Auction - Hilton Head, SC

2002
Altermann Galleries 22nd Annual Collector's Sale - Dallas TX
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation "Miniatures/2002" Invitational Show Albuquerque, NM
Morris & Whiteside Galleries - Miniature Show - Hilton Head, SC

2001
Morris & Whiteside Galleries - American Art Classic Show - Houston, TX
Altermann Galleries - 21st Annual Collector's Sale - Dallas TX
Haggin Museum "Contemporary Artists Paint Yosemite" California Art Club Invitational - Stockton, CA

2000
FORBES Museum - "Awash in Color - The Forbes Trinchera Ranch" - New York, NY
Pasadena Museum of California Art - California Art Club 90th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition - Los Angeles, CA
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - American Art Classic Show - Houston, TX
John Pence Gallery "Realism Today" San Francisco, CA
Morris & Whiteside Galleries - 20th Annual Collector's Auction - Hilton Head, SC
Settler's West Invitational - Tucson, AZ

1999
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Loveland Fine Art Museum, Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - Texas Renaissance Art Sale - Dallas, TX
Settler's West Invitational - Tucson, AZ

1998
Carson Gallery - Denver, CO
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Loveland Fine Art Museum, Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - 18th Annual Collector's Sale - Santa Fe, NM
Altermann & Morris Galleries - American Art Classic Show - Houston, TX
Settler's West Invitational - Tucson, AZ

1997 
Carson Gallery - Denver, CO 
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Loveland Fine Art Museum, Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - 17th Annual Collector's Sale - Santa Fe, NM
Altermann & Morris Galleries - American Art Classic Show - Houston, TX
Coors Western Art Invitational - Denver, CO
Settler's West Invitational - Tucson, AZ

1996 
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Loveland Fine Art Museum, Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - American Art Classic Show - Houston, TX
Coors Western Art Invitational - Denver, CO
Settler's West Invitational - Tucson, AZ

1995
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Loveland Fine Art Museum, Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - American Art Classic Show - Houston, TX
Altermann & Morris Galleries - 15th Annual Collector's Sale - Santa Fe, NM
Coors Western Art Invitational - Denver, CO
Colorado Springs Art Museum Covering the West: The Best of Southwest Art Magazine

1994
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Loveland Fine Art Museum, Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - American Art Classic Show - Houston, TX
Altermann & Morris Galleries - 14th Annual Collector's Sale - Santa Fe, NM
Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibit - Colorado Springs, CO

1993
Trailside Americana Gallery - Carmel, CA
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Loveland Fine Art Museum, Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland, CO
Altermann & Morris Galleries - Texas Renaissance Art Sale - Dallas, TX
Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibit - Colorado Springs, CO

1992
Trailside Americana Gallery - Scottsdale, AZ
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America - National Invitational Exhibition - Denver, CO
Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibit - Colorado Springs, CO

1991
Trailside Americana Gallery - Scottsdale, AZ
Colorado History Museum - Artists of America National Invitational -Denver, CO
Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibit - Colorado Springs, CO
1990 Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibition - Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado House of Representatives Art Competition - Denver, CO

1989
Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibition - Colorado Springs, CO
National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic Exhibit - New York, NY
Southwest Art Exhibition - Kansas City, MO
Living Arts: A Colorado Sampler at the Kennedy Center - Wash. DC

1988 
Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibit - Colorado Springs, CO
Allied Artists of America Exhibition - New York, NY
100 Years of Colorado Artists Exhibition - Denver, CO
Denver Parkscapes Art Exhibition - Denver, CO

1987
Pioneer's Museum - Artist of the West Exhibit - Colorado Springs, CO
Allied Artists of America Exhibition - New York, NY
100 Years of Colorado Artists Exhibition - Denver, CO
Denver Parkscapes Art Exhibition - Denver, CO


PERIODICALS PUBLICATION: 

SkyWest Magazine - Cover/Feature Article, September/October 2006
Southwest Art - Feature Article, August 2005
Focus Santa Fe - Feature Article/Cover, June/July 2005
American Artist "Workshop" - Premiere Issue Spring 2005
Focus Santa Fe - Feature Article/Cover, August 2003
Art & Antiques - Feature Article, May 2001
Art of The West - Feature Article, January/February 2001
American Artist Magazine "Realism Today", October 2000
Southwest Art - Feature Article, June 2000
Art of The West - "California Art Club Tradition", May/June 2000
American Artists Watercolor Magazine - Cover, Spring 2000
Art of The West - Feature Article, November/December 1997
Focus Santa Fe - Feature Article/Cover, August 1997
The Artists Magazine - "Art Masters: Color Secrets of the Masters", 1996
Art of The West - Feature/Cover Article, July/August 1995
Watercolor Magazine, Fall 1993
Focus Santa Fe - Feature Article/Cover, April/May 1993
Southwest Profile, November 1992
Focus Santa Fe - Feature Article/Cover, August 1991
Southwest Art - Feature Article/Cover, August 1991
The Artists Magazine, April 1990
American Artist - Feature Article/Cover, August 1990
Art-Talk - "Trends in American Art" - Feature Article/Cover, March 1989
U.S. Art Magazine - Feature Article/Cover, April
1989 Art-Talk - "Artists Worth Watching" - Feature Article/Cover, June 1989


BOOK PUBLICATIONS:

From Sea to Shining Sea: A Reflection of America; The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA; 2004
Keys to Painting Trees & Foliage by Rachel Wolf; North Light Books; Cincinnati, OH; 2001
Keys to Painting Fruit & Flowers by Rachel Wolf; North Light Books; Cincinnati, OH; 2000
Leading the West by Donald J. Hagerty; Northland Publishing; Flagstaff, AZ; 1998
Acrylic Painters: Styles & Techniques by Rachel Wolf; North Light Books; Cincinnati, OH; 1997
The North Light Book of Acrylic Painting Technique by Earl Killeen; North Light Books; Cincinnati, OH; 1995
Acrylic Masterclass by Sally Bulgin; HarperCollins; London, England; 1993
Tony Couch's Keys to Successful Painting by Tony Couch; North Light Books; Cincinnati, OH; 1992


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Signature Member - California Art Club
Master Artist - Artists of America
Artist Member - Mountain Oyster Club
Acrylic Painters of America
Instructor, Scottsdale Artists' School
Instructor, Fechin Institute
 
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