KATHLEEN DUNPHY American Kathleen Dunphy's rapid success in the competitive art world was predicted when American Artist Magazine recognized her as one of the Top Ten Emerging Artists in 1998, just 2 years after she had closed her floral design business to devote herself full time to painting. She is one of those rare people who have true passion, dedication, and a gift for transposing nature's beauty to canvas. Kathleen's early art education included workshops by Kevin MacPherson and Dan Gerhartz. In 2000, Kathleen was awarded a full scholarship at the renown Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She maintains strong ties to the Academy, where she has been offered a faculty appointment and participates in the annual Alumni Auction. Further study with Scott Christensen and T. Allen Lawson helped hone her skills and refine her own unique style of painting. In 2003, Kathleen designed and built her own studio in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California, where the pristine setting of her new home provides endless inspiration for her work. Kathleen's landscape paintings can now be found in galleries from coast to coast. Her honors are considerable and include important juried shows in California, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, and Maine; Best of Show from the American Impressionist Society; an Award of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America; nine California Art Club Gold Medal Shows; eight magazine articles including being featured in Southwest Art's plein air issues in 2009 and 2013; the Federal Duck Stamp Competition; Birds in Art; Arts for the Parks; Grand Prize at the Acadia Invitational Exhibition in Bar Harbor, Maine; and many others. She has attained signature status with the Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, Laguna Plein Air Painters, the American Society of Marine Artists and Artists for Conservation. Her highest honor to date came in 2013 when she was elected to join the prestigious Plein Air Painters of America as one of only 35 Signature Members. In just over a dozen years, she has earned an impressive and growing reputation with galleries, private collectors, and art magazines across the United States. In the spirit of passing on the gifts of her artistic abilities, Kathleen began teaching in 2005 and is a much sought-after workshop instructor. Her engaging style of teaching and one-on-one instruction garners high accolades from her student artists. ART TRAINING •Academy of Art College, San Francisco: 2000-2002 •Scott Christensen Workshops: 2003-05 •T. Allen Lawson Workshop: 2007 GALLERIES •Knowlton Gallery, Lodi, CA •Argosy Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine •Illume Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT •Sloane-Merrill Gallery, Boston , MA •Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC SELECTED EXHIBITS AND AWARDS •Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: "Birds in Art": 2001, 2009, 2013, 2014 •Plein Air Painters of America, "Why Outdoors?" Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 2014 •Plein Air Convention Faculty member, 2013 and 2014 •Plein Air Painters of America, "Celebrating Summer," Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, 2013 •Award of merit, Plein Air Southwest Salon, Dallas, TX, 2013 •Plein Air Painters of America , "The Allure of Water," Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, 2011 •Best In Show, Fine Art Studio Online competition, December 2011 •Artists for Conservation, International Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, 2011-12 •Blossom II ~ Art of Flowers, 2011 •RayMarArt 2009-2010 Annual Art Competition: Year-end Finalist •Masterstrokes: Laguna Plein Air Painters Signature Members, Laguna Art Museum, 2010 •Less is More Show, Laguna Plein Air Painters, 2010 •American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Exhibition: 2006,‘07 (honorable mention), ‘08 (Best in Show), '09-‘13 •Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition: 1999, 2003 (award of excellence), 2006, 2010, 2011 •10th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, 2008 •Oil Painters of America Western Regional Show, 2008- 2010 •2007 Paint the Parks Top 100: 2 paintings •Acadia Invitational Exhibition, Argosy Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME: 2006(Grand Prize), 2011 •California Art Club Gold Medal Show: 2004, 2006- 2011, 2013 •Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery:‘02,'05(honorable mention),'06,'07(honorable mention, top 50),'08,'09(top 50) •Napa Valley Museum: Northern Views 2007 •Haggin Museum: Fall and Winter Scenes: Flatlands & Foothills 2006 •Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Juried artist: 2004 and 2005 •California Art Club, artist member: 2002 •Arts for the Parks Top 200 and Mini 50: 2002 •Carmel Art Festival: 2001 and 2002 •Academy of Art College, San Francisco: Spring Show 2002, 1st Place still life; 2nd Place landscape •Academy of Art College, San Francisco: Spring Show 2001, 1st & 3rd Place landscape; 3rd Place still life •Academy of Art College: Full Scholarship, Summer Study Grant, 2000 •The Artists' Magazine, Annual Art Competition, Finalist 1999, 2001 •American Artist Magazine: "Top 10 Emerging Artists," 1998 •US Dept. of Fish & Wildlife: "Federal Duck Stamp Competition" Top 100 Finalist, 1996 SIGNATURE MEMBER •American Society of Marine Arists, 2014 •Plein Air Painters of America, 2013 •Oil Painters of America, 2011 •Laugna Plein Air Painters, 2009 •Artists for Conservation, 2009 PUBLICATIONS •Art In the National Parks: Fresco Fine Art Publications, 2013 •Art of the West Magazine: "Everything I Love" Jan/Feb 2013 •Plein Air Magazine: "Kathleen Dunphy: Painting Moments in Time" June/July 2012 •Art Journey America: Landscapes, North Light Books, 2012 •Strokes of Genius 4: Exploring Line North Light Books, 2012 •California Light: A Century of Landscapes by Jean Stern & Molly Siple, Sikra Rizzoli, 2011 •Landscape Painting by Mitchell Albala, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2009 •Southwest Art: "The World in Real Time" June 2013; "My World" November 2010; "On Location with Kathleen Dunphy" June 2009; "Painting the Coast" August 2007; "Artists to Watch" April 2004; "Art Values" May 2003; "California: Best of the West: Golden State Landscapes" April 2002 •Western Art Collector: "Finding Beauty Close to Home" October 2007; "A Necessary Madness" September 2009 •The Artist's Magazine: "The Power of Ingenuity" Oct. 2001 •American Artist Magazine: "10 Finalists: Emerging Artists Competition", October 1998