Signature Status Plein Air Painters of America Awarded Signature Status California Art Club Gold Medal and Irvine Museum Award at the 103rd Gold Medal Exhibition at the Autry Museum, Pasadena, CA 2014 - Keynote Speaker at 4th Annual Plein Air Expo and Convention, Monterey, CA 2014 - Keynote Speaker Crystal Cove Alliance Artist Reception, Crystal Cove, CA< 2014 - A Grand Award Winner, Raymar Art Painting Competion, Phoenix, AZ 2014 - Judge Carmel Plein Air Fine Art Festival 2013 - Best of Show Bold Brush International Painting Competition 2013 - Keynote Speaker Laguna Plein Air Painters Reception, Laguna Beach, CA 2012 - Randy Higby Gallery Award 14th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 2012 - Plein Air Magazine Award 14th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 2012 - Laguna Canyon Foundation Award 14th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 2011 - First Runner Up in the American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Carmel, CA 2011 - Seascape of Distinction at the Oil Painters of America 20th National Exhibition, Coeur d’Alene, ID 2010 - Best of Show and Artist Choice Award 12th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 2007 - Grand Prize and Artist Choice Torrey Pines Plein Air Invitational, San Diego, CA 2006 - Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Competition, Honorable Mention 2006 - Artist Choice Award, Wild, Wild West Plein Show, Phoenix, AZ 2005 - Honored with Signature Membership Plein Air Painters of Hawaii 2005 - Award for Excellence TOP 100 for “Arts for the Parks.” Jackson, WY 2005 - Mentor at En Plein Air Masters, Lake Louise, Canada 2005 - Artist in Residence En Plein Air Masters, Coligny, France 2004 - The Award of Excellence at the Oil Painters of America 13th National Exhibition, Kirkland, WA 2004 - Mentor at En Plein Air Masters, Angle Sur Anglin, France 2004 - Honored with Signature Membership Oil Painters of America 2004 - Best of Show at the Art Splash National Show, TX 2004 - National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of America Exhibition, Narrative Excellence Award, Bolivar, MO 2003 - The Award of Excellence at the Oil Painters of America 12th National Exhibition, Taos, NM 2003 - Best of Show at the Art Splash National Show, TX 2003 - Platinum Palette Award, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Best of Show 2000 - First place for Artist Magazine Portrait Competition Selected Magazine Articles: 2014 - Feature article in Art of the West Magazine 26th Anniversary Issue, “Answering the Call” November, pg. 62-67 2014 - Outdoor Painter, “Plein Air to Studio” January 2011 - Featured in Soutwest Art Magazine, February 2009 - Feature article in American Art Collector, “Land and Light” April 2009, pg 144-147 2008 - Featured in the San Diego Reader Magazine “The Light is Illusive”, October, pg. 67 2005 - Featured in the Arizona Republic, “ Top Artists to Watch” 2005 - International Artist Magazine, August 2004 - Featured artice in Southwest Art Magazine, “Passionate Obsetion” September, pg 114-117 2004 - Cover Article Art Life Magazine. “Stay West” pg. 4-5 2004 - Featured in The Artbook Magazine, October Featured in Plein Air Magazine.com Featured in Art Talk Magazine Selected Galleries and Exhibitions: Carmel Fine Art, Carmel, CA Bonner David Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ Salmagundi Club Exhibition, New York, NY Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ Medicine Man Gallery, Artists of the Grand Canyon. Tucson, AZ Rims to Ruins, Denver, CO Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ Ella Richardson Gallery, Charleston, SC Addi Gallery, Lahaina, Maui Email Contact:jnburton@att.net Website:http://www.burtonartstudio.com |