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AWARDS & HONORS The painting "Descending Grace" [30x20 oil-$4800] was honored with an Award of Merit at the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society On-Line International Exhibition. The full show can be viewed here: http://www.noaps.org/html/on-line-international.html The painting, "Passion Pink", was selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the March 2013 BoldBrush Painting competition. Two Works of Art Have Been Accepted into The National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society's On-Line Exhibition Finalist in the 2012/2013 International ARC Salon Art Renewal Center Accepted into the 2013 Salon International Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art - San Antonio, TX April 13-May 3, 2013 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL QUARTER SERIES GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 5-STAR GENERALS DOUGLAS MACARTHUR OBVERSE $5 GOLD COIN DESIGN Accepted into the Oil Painters of America 21st Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Evergreen Fine Art Evergreen, CO June 22 - July 21, 2012 US INFANTRY SOLDIER SILVER DOLLAR COMMEMORATIVE COIN DESIGN PAINT THE PARKS TOP 100 NATIONAL EXHIBITION TOP 100 HONOR MOST INNOVATIVE PAINTING AWARD National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Best of America 2011 September 11 - October 28, 2011 2nd PLACE IN OILS Richeson 75 Figure/Portrait Competition 2011 Kimberly, WI September 9 - November 4, 2011    GRAND PRIZE WINNER American Artist Magazine Cover Competition June 2011 issue Cover + Pgs 34-36 Accepted into the Oil Painters of America 20th Anniversary National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Devin Galleries Coeur d'Alene, Idaho June 10 - July 9, 2011  Ron Sanders Named as Associate Designer for United States Mint ARTISTIC INFUSION PROGRAM   Honorable Mention Southwest Art Magazine 2010 Emerging Artists 21 OVER 31 COMPETITION November 2010, Pg 97 4th ANNUAL PAINT AMERICA TOP 100 NATIONAL EXHIBITION TOP 100 HONOR Signature Status Awarded by PAA WINNER: FIRST PLACE -PORTRAIT/FIGURE The Artist's Magazine 2009 Annual Competition Featured in the December 2009 Issue, Pgs 52-53 WINNER: FIRST PLACE IN OILS RICHESON 75 INTERNATIONAL: PORTRAIT / FIGURE COMPETITION 2009 Richeson School of Art & Gallery Kimberly, WI   WINNER MOST INNOVATIVE PAINTING AWARD NATIONAL OIL & ACRYLIC PAINTERS SOCIETY 18TH ANNUAL "BEST OF AMERICA" EXHIBITION Traveling Exhibit Sept 28 - Nov 21, 2008 SEE THE ARTIST'S WORK

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