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Education

Graduate, Thomas Jefferson High School-San Antonio, Texas
Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University-Lexington, Virginia
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Texas-Austin, Texas
Exhibitions and Awards

San Antonio Art League Annual League Exhibitons –
1981 Julian Onderdock Memorial Best of Show Purchase Prize, 1980 award, 1979, 1977 award, 1976 award, 1975, 1974 Best of Show, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970 Second Place Award, 1969. Witte Memorial Museum, Belgian Pavilion HemisFair, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio Watercolor Group –
1981 Best of Show, 1980 three awards, 1979 two awards, 1976 award, 1975 Best of Show (transparent), 1975 Best of Show (opaque). Bank of San Antonio, University of Texas Health Science Center, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

Abstract Realist Exhibit –
1972, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Corpus Christi Art Foundation Annual Exhibiton –
1980, 1976, 1973 Corpus Christi Texas Foundation Award. Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas

San Antonio College Regional Invitational Exhibition –
Koehler Cultural Center, San Antonio, Texas

Sequin Painting and Sculpture Exhibition –
1980 Honors, Purchase Prize, 1979 First Prize. Sequin Art Center, Sequin, Texas

Texas Watercolor Society –
1981 award, 1980 Best of Show, 1979 Best of Show, 1977 Purchase Prize, 1976 award, 1974 Purchase Prize, 1972. University of Texas Health Science Center, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Western Federation of Watercolor Societies –
1981 award, 1979 two awards, 1976 Southern Arizona Award. Bayfront Plaza Auditorium, Corpus Christi; University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas; Art Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Delta Art Exhibition –
1976, 1974, 1973 Honors, Purchase Prize. Arkansas Fine Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

National Artists’ Studio Annual Exhibition –
1976 First Prize. Amarillo, Texas

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition –
1980, 1977. Foothills Art Center, Golden Colorado

National Watercolor Society –
1976, 1975, 1974. Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California; Palos Verdes Art Museum, Palos Verdes, California; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California

Texas Fine Arts Association’s Annual National Exhibition –
1976, 1975, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas

New Accessions USA Biennial Exhibition –
1974, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Mainstreams ’77, ’76, ’75 –
Grover M. Hermann Fine Arts Center, Marietta, Ohio

American Watercolor Society –
1980, National Academy of Design, New York, New York

San Antonio Art League Annual Exhibition, 1981 –
Julian Onderdock Memorial Best of Show, Koehler Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio Watercolor Group – 1982, Best of Show

Artist of the Year Retrospective – 1981, San Antonio Art League

Laredo Watercolor Society – 1982, First Prize

Sol del Rio Gallery –
1989 Two Man Exhibition; 1984, 1982, 1979 One Man Exhibitions, San Antonio, Texas

Crawford Art Museum – 1988, One Man Exhibition, Cork City, Ireland

Royal Academy of the Arts – 1988, Dublin, Ireland

West Cork Art Center – 1989, One Man Exhibition, Skibbereen, Ireland

Casa d’Arte Gallery – 2003, 1999, 1997 One Man Exhibitions, Shreveport, Louisiana

Southwest School of Art and Craft –
2000 Solo Exhibition with Sculptures by Marshall Cunningham, San Antonio, Texas

Forbes Gallery – 1998 New York, New York

Radius Gallery – 2008 One Man Retrospective, San Antonio, Texas

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum – 2011 One Man Retrospective, Shreveport, Louisiana
Affiliations

Signature Member of:

National Watercolor Society
Texas Watercolor Society
San Antonio Watercolor Group

Past President, Texas Watercolor Society

Past Member of the Board of Directors:

San Antonio Arts Council
Texas Watercolor Society
Contemporary Artists Group
San Antonio Art League
San Antonio Watercolor Group
San Antonio Chapter of American Institute of Architects

Publications

Betts, Edwards. Creative Landscape Painting, (New York: Watson-Guptill Publications), 1978.

American Artist Magazine, 1981, 1986, 1998; featured artist of “Watercolor” – 1992

Texas Watercolor Society Celebrating 50 Years – 1999

Washington Bar News – Cover

American Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure – Cover