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Larned, KS 67550

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Studio Visits

Thursday - Sunday

by appointment

Current Events/Shows

Stan Herd Gallery - Solo Show

Protection Township Library

404 N. Broadway, Protection, KS

March 2025

On-going display @ Westside Market

a division of Sunflower Diversified Services, Inc.

5523 10th St., Great Bend, KS

Future Events/Shows

AAL Art Show - Great Bend Public Library

April 1 - May 2

ending with the Great Bend Art & Wine Walk

51st Prairie Art Exhibition

April 12 - April 27

Rice County Arts Council

Moxley Charitable Foundation

Studio 96, 121 S. Broadway, Sterling, KS

Deines Cultural Center - Solo Show

April 20 - May 28

820 N. Main, Russell, KS

Kansas State Fair 2025 - Hutchinson, Kansas

Hillside Envisions Art Show - Larned, KS

September 2025

Russell Original Art Review (R.O.A.R.) - Russell, KS

October 2025

Friends & Acquaintances - Shafer Art Gallery

Barton Community College, Great Bend, KS

October 2025

Past Shows

2024

Friends & Acquaintances - Shafer Art Gallery

Barton Community College, Great Bend, KS

Russell Original Art Review (R.O.A.R.) - Russell, KS

1st Place Watercolor - Grandpa's Hope Chest

Hillside Envisions Art Show - Larned, KS

Kansas State Fair - Hutchinson, Kansas

Mace John Memorial Award - Grandpa's Hope Chest

"Loosely Speaking"

Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS

Junction City Arts Council, Inc.

C. L. Hoover Opera House - Junction City, KS

55th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition - juried

Hays Arts Council, Hays, KS

2023

Russell Original Art Review (R.O.A.R.) - Russell, KS

Honorable Mention - Rodeo Time

Hillside Envisions Art Show - Larned, KS

SLMM Artist Show - Hutchinson Art Center - Hutchinson, KS

Kansas State Fair - Hutchinson, KS

Carnegie Center For The Arts - Solo Show - Dodge City, KS

Western Heritage Art Show - Carnegie Center For The Arts

Dodge City, KS

1st place - "Lost Dreams & Memories"

3rd place - "Diggin' In"

Artist At Large Exhibition - Deines Cultural Center

Russell, KS

2022

Friends & Acquaintances - Shafer Art Gallery

Barton Community College, Great Bend, KS

Hutchinson Arts Center Members Show - Hutchinson, KS

Russell Original Art Review (R.O.A.R.) - Russell, KS

Artist At Large Exhibition - Great Bend Public Library

SLMM Tree Project display - Hays Art Center

Hillside Envisions Art Show - Larned, KS

Kansas State Fair - Hutchinson, KS

Kansas State Fair Award of Merit

"Lost Dreams and Memories"

AAL Artist Show - Deines Cultural Center, Russell, KS

Carnegie Center for the Arts - Dodge City

Western Heritage Competition

1st Place - "St. Joe to San Fran"

All Things Summer - Deines Cultural Center - Russell, KS

SLMM Artist Show - Shafer Gallery - Barton Community College

Hutchinson Art Exhibition - State Fair Grounds

ATMWichita - Featured Artist Show - Wichita, KS

Larned Art & Wine Walk - Hillside Envision

2021

Hillside Envisions - Larned, KS

At The Market - Fall Art Expo - Wichita, KS

1st place - "Quiet Souls"

Friends & Acquaintances - Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, KS

Russell Original Art Review (R.O.A.R.) - Russell, KS

Hutchinson Arts Center Members Show - Hutchinson, KS

Hillside Art Show - Larned, KS

Kansas State Fair - Fine Arts

1st place People Choice - Professional Arts category

3rd place Plein Aire - "Wine Garden"

Junction City Arts Council, Inc.

C. L. Hoover Opera House - Junction City, KS

Kansas Byways

Shafer Art Gallery - Barton Community College

Colby Art on the Oasis

Colby Community College

1st Place - Snow Geese On Wing

Ninnescah Art Exhibit - juried

Vernon Filley Art Museum - Pratt, Kansas

Ellsworth Arts Council - AAL of Central Kansas

2020

Prairie Museum of Art & History

SLMM Mask Show

Hays Art Council - Aces & Eights

Shafer Art Gallery - Friends & Acquaintances

Hutchinson Art Center Member Show

Prairie Museum of Art & History - Art*Rageous

Hays Art Center - juried

51st Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition

Deines Cultural Center

SLMM "Hidden Stories" virtual art show

Mark 100 Regional - juried

Celebrating 100 Years of Mark Arts

2019

Artist At Large - Great Bend Public Library

Great Bend Art & Wine Walk

57th Annual Hutchinson Art Fair

- Award of Excellence

50th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition - juried

- Hays Arts Center, Hays, KS

- "Riding Drag" - Smoky Hill Purchase Patron

Deines Cultural Center - "Lovely Bits And Pieces"

One Door North, Clayworks At Disability Supports

Kansas State Fair - Professional Competition

- Hutchinson Art Center Award - 3rd Place

- "Table For Three"

Kansas State Fair - Plain Aire

- "Make Mine Vanilla" - 3rd Place

- 2nd place - "Peoples Choice"

Russell Original Art Review (R.O.A.R.)-Russell, KS

- "Walking The Backroads" - 2nd Place

Hutchinson Art Center Member Exhibition

Friends & Acquaintances

- Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, KS

2018

Credit Union of America, Great Bend, KS

McPherson Museum & Art Foundation

Art & Wine Walk, Great Bend, KS

56th Annual Hutchinson Art Fair

Great Bend Public Library Show

Kansas Originals, 4th Annual Art Show

- 1st Place - "Backwater"

Artist At Large Group Show

- Rogers Gallery, Ellsworth, KS

Kansas State Fair - Plein Air Contest

- 3rd place - "Pride of Kansas"

- People's Choice - Plein Air Award

Russell Original Art Review (R.O.A.R.)-Russell, KS

- Clarence Crawford ROAR Committee Award

- 2nd Place - "Uncle Ed's Barn"

- Honorable Mention - "Explosion In Yellow"

Friends & Acquaintances

- Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, KS

Deines Cultural Center

- "High Country Line Rider" drawing chosen as

- Annual Membership Drive Award

2017

Art & Wine Walk, Great Bend, KS

Art In The Alley, Hutchinson, KS

Kansas State Fair

- Honorable Mention - "Purple Dew"

Friends & Acquaintances

- Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, KS

Russell Original Art Review

- R.O.A.R. Art Show, Russell, KS

- Honorable Mention - "Once I Had A Dream"