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Patsy Smith, NWS
Blue Heron Art Studio
Email: love2createmyart@gmail.com
Phone: 308-221-5474
Elected Signature Memberships
National Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Oklahoma,
Kentucky Watercolor Society
Kansas Watercolor Society
Association of Nebraska Art Clubs
Juried Exhibitions
An exhibition in The Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Paintings in Omaha’s Designers Showcase
The Burkholder Project, University Place Art Center Exhibit both in Lincoln, NE
Selected for Kearney, NE Mayor’s Outdoor Mural Exhibition
Nebraska Governor’s Mansion Exhibition
Governor’s Art Exhibit in Oberlin, KS
Society of Experimental Artist in FloridaNational Watercolor Society
Travel Exhibit National Watercolor Society
San Diego Juried Watercolor Exhibition, California
Sacramento Women Artists 88, California
Kansas Governor’s Art Exhibit, Oberlin Kansas
Awards
National Watercolor – Travel Exhibit
National Watercolor Oklahoma – Investment Award
National Watercolor Oklahoma – Martin Weber Award
New York’s Visual Artists United – Best in Watercolor
NPVAAG National Exhibit – First Place Award
Associations – 6 Awards of Excellence and 2 Best of Shows
Museum of Nebraska Prairie Lights Competition – Purchase award
NE Phi Theta Kappa Six State Regional Competition – Purchase Award
Nebraska’s Peru College – Purchase Award
Publications
Books: “Creative Watercolor” by Mary Ann Beckwith – Rockport Publishers
“Watermedia Techniques for Releasing the Creative Spirit” by Marilyn Hughey Phyllis – Watson Guptil
“Impact-The Art of Nebraska Women” – University Press
“Best of Watercolor-Composition”, “Best of Watercolor Texture” 1997 Rockport Press
“Splash 7-A Celebration of Light – The Best in Watercolor” by Rachel Rubin Wolf – 2002 North light Books
“Splash 9”-Watercolor Secrets: The Best in Watercolor” by Rachel Rubin Wolf – 2006 North Light Books
Other Honors
Speaker and Panelist: Colorado Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society panel when the exhibit was in Nebraska at the Elder Gallery, The Dahl Center as a panelist in Rapid City, SD, Needles and Threads panelist in Decorah, IA, Haymarket talk in Lincoln, NE
Juror: Colorado Watercolor Society, Phi Theta Kappa Six State Regional, Nebraska Artel National Competition and many others
Murals: University of Nebraska Experiment Facility (two murals), North Platte, NE; Regional Airport, Trego/Dugan Aviation, North Platte, NE; Kearney Mayors’ Invitational, Kearney, NE; and several doctor’s offices.
Gallery Affilations
Burkholder Gallery, Lincoln, NE
University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE
The Warehouse Gallery, Grand Island, NE
Articles, Omaha, NE
Hackwith Corporate Art, Dundee Gallery, Omaha,