Ron Sanders
Born: Fort Wayne, IN, 1966
MAJOR NATIONAL AWARDS IN BOLD
Top 100 award, Paint the Parks Exhibition, Topeka, KS 2011
Most Innovative Painting Award - National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society - Best of America 2011, Osage Beach, MO
2nd Place in Oils - Richeson 75 International: Figure/Portrait Competition 2011, Kimberly, WI 2009
Grand Prize Winner - American Artist Magazine Annual Cover Competition - June 2011 issue (Cover + Pgs 34-36)
United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) - Associate Designer, 2011
Honorable Mention - 21 Over 31 Competition, Southwest Art Magazine, featured in the November 2010 issue
First Place, Firecracker Show, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL 2010
Top 100 Award, Paint America National Juried Exhibition, Topeka, KS 2010
Best of Show, FestivArts, North Port Art Center, North Port, FL, 2009
First Place, Portrait/Figure Category, The Artist's Magazine 26th Annual Competition, 2009
First Place, Above and Below Show, North Port Art Center, North Port, FL 2009
First Place in Oils, Richeson 75 International: Figure/Portrait Competition 2009, Kimberly, WI 2009
Bowles Award for Portrait Excellence, Summer Sizzler Art Show, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL 2009
Top 100 and 2nd Mini Top 50 awards, Paint the Parks national juried exhibition, Topeka, KS 2009
1st Place and Bowles Award for Portrait Excellence, Prima Vera Art Show, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL 2009
Signature Society status awarded in the Paint America Association - April 2009
Two Top 100, One Mini Top 50 and One Second Mini 50 Awards, 3rd Annual Paint America Top 100 national juried exhibition, Topeka, KS 2009
1st Place, ArtSensations 2008 Plein Air Art Competition and Show, Charlotte Harbor, FL 2008
Bowles Portrait Award and 3rd Place, Harvest of Art, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL 2008
1st Place, Wild Thing Show, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL 2008
Most Innovative Painting, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Best of America 2008, Osage Beach, MO
Top 100 and 2nd Mini Top 50 awards, Paint the Parks Exhibition, St. Louis, MO 2008
Top 100, Mini Top 50 and 2nd 100 awards, 2nd Annual Paint America Top 100 national juried exhibition, Topeka, KS 2008
2nd Place in Oils and Acrylics, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 2005
Merit Award/Traditional and The Indiana State Museum Foundation Purchase
Award,
79th annual Exhibition, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN. Juried. 2003
1st Place & People's Choice Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.2000
3rd Place in Oils and Acrylics, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 1999
Honorable Mention, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 1998
Judges Merit Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1998
Jury Prize of Distinction, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1997
First Place in Oil & People's Choice Award, 10th Annual Exhibition, Tri-State Artists', Angola, IN. Juried 1996
Isabel White Memorial Award for Best Work in Oil, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 1996
People's Choice Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1996
People's Choice Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1995
Award of Merit, Covington Art Fair, Fort Wayne, IN. 1995
| 2011 | PAINT THE PARKS TOP 100, Topeka, KS - Juried RICHESON 75: PORTRAIT/FIGURE COMPETITION NATIONAL OIL & ACRYLIC PAINTERS SOCEITY OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA 20TH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION FOUR ARTISTS -Group Show |
| 2010 | OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA EASTERN REGIONAL EXHIBITION RICHESON 75: PORTRAIT/FIGURE COMPETITION Firecracker Show, Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL 2010 - Juried 7-Artist Group Show, ComCenter, Lakewood Ranch, FL, April 10 - June 26, 2010 *One Man Show at the Sarasota Bay Club, Sarasota, FL , April 2-30, 2010 BIENNIAL NATIONAL COMPETITION, Punta Gorda Visual Art Center, Jan 30-Mar 13, 2010 - Juried PLEIN AIR AND MORE, Group Show at the North Port Library, Jan 30 - Feb 27, 2010 *LAND & SEE, One Man Show at the North Port Art Center, Jan 13 - Feb 26, 2010 4TH ANNUAL PAINT AMERICA TOP 100, Topeka, KS - Juried |
| 2009 | BLACK, WHITE AND ONE COLOR, Venice Art Center, Dec 4 - Jan 7, 2010 - Juried FACES AND FIGURES, Punta Gorda Visual Art Center, Dec 4 - 31, 2009 - Juried FACES AND FIGURES, Venice Art Center, Nov 7 - Dec 4, 2009 - Juried FESTIVARTS, North Port Art Center, Oct 31, 2009 - Jan 9, 2010 HARVEST OF ART, Punta Gorda Visual Art Center, Oct 29 - Dec 3, 2009 THE ARTIST'S MAGAZINE 26TH ANNUAL COMPETITION - Juried OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA EASTERN REGIONAL EXHIBITION A TEACHER AND HIS STUDENTS - RON SANDERS PAA, WITH KITT MORAN AND CAROLYN MILLER, at the North Port Public Library, North Port, FL - Sept 5-29, 2009 NATIONAL OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTERS SOCIETY SUMMER SIZZLER FINE ART SHOW, Punta Gorda, FL RICHESON 75: FIGURE / PORTRAIT COMPETITION 2009 PAINT THE PARKS TOP 100, Topeka, KS - Juried *FLORIDA EXPRESSIONS: One-Man Show at Sunart Gallery & Framing, Punta
Gorda, FL FEATURED ARTIST SHOW: Quent Cordair Fine Art, Napa, CA May 3-30, 2009 PRIMA VERA FINE ART SHOW, Punta Gorda, FL PAINT THE TOWN, St. Petersburg, FL - Invitational - Juried PAINT OUT IN PARADISE IV, Venice, FL - Invitational - Juried 3RD ANNUAL PAINT AMERICA TOP 100, Topeka, KS - Juried FESTIVAL OF ARTS, Punta Gorda, FL - Juried |
| 2008 | ARTSENSATION 2008 PLEIN AIR ART COMPETITION AND SHOW, Charlotte Harbor, FL VISUAL ART CENTER HARVEST OF ART SHOW, Punta Gorda, FL VISUAL ART CENTER WILD THING SHOW, Punta Gorda, FL NATIONAL OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTERS SOCIETY OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA 2008 EASTERN REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION OF TRADITIONAL OILS, Nashville, TN - Juried PAINT THE PARKS TOP 100, St. Louis, MO - Juried PAINT OUT IN PARADISE III, Venice, FL - Invitational / Juried OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA 2008 NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION OF TRADITIONAL OILS, Missoula, MT - Juried SALON INTERNATIONAL 2008, International Museum of Contemporary Masters, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX. - Juried 2ND ANNUAL PAINT AMERICA TOP 100, Topeka, KS - Juried |
| 2007 | GREENWICH WORKSHOP SMALL WORKS NORTH AMERICA SHOW AND SALE Fairfield, CT - Juried |
| 2006 | AMERICANA, VIEW FROM THE HEART, Sarasota, FL *One Man Show at M Gallery of Fine Art - Nov. 3, 4, & 5 |
| 2005 | NORTHWEST RENDEZVOUS GROUP PAINT OUT, Gallatin, MT. Invitational VENTURES IN CREATIVITY, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN - Juried. THE HOLY CALM OF NATURE THE BEST & BRIGHTEST SHOW, Scottsdale Artists' School, Scottsdale, AZ - Juried. SALON INTERNATIONAL 2005, International Museum of Contemporary Masters, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX - Juried. |
| 2004 | SPRING SHOW, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN. |
| 2003 | 79th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. |
| 2002 | SALON INTERNATIONAL 2002, International Museum of Contemporary Masters, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX - Juried. 78th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. FOCUS ON THE FIGURE, Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, MA. |
| 2001 | * One Man Show at The Columbia Club, Indianapolis, IN GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION, The American Artists Professional League, New York, NY-Juried 77th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. |
| 2000 | ANNUAL SHOW, Audubon Artists, New York, NY - Juried ANNUAL SHOW, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Osage Beach, MO - Juried. 76th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. ANNUAL SHOW, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. VALENTINE'S SHOW, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN. |
| 1999 | TWO PERSON SHOW, Garland's Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION, The American Artists Professional League, New York, NY - Juried. 75th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. VENTURES IN CREATIVITY, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN - Juried. |
| 1998 | GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION, The American Artists Professional League, New York, NY - Juried. MAGNUM OPUS XI, Sacramento Fine Arts Center 11th International Open Exhibition, Sacramento, CA - Juried. 74th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. VENTURES IN CREATIVITY, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN - Juried. ANNUAL SHOW, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. |
| 1997 | 73rd ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. ANNUAL SHOW, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. |
| 1996 | 10th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Tri-State Artists', Angola, IN - Juried VENTURES IN CREATIVITY, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN - Juried. ANNUAL SHOW, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. |
| 1995 | ANNUAL SHOW, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN - Juried. THREE PERSON SHOW, Garland's Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN. COVINGTON ART FAIR, Fort Wayne, IN. |
Numerous private commissions for portrait, landscape, and mural paintings.
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Alvin C. York State Historic Area, Pall Mall, TN
Air Force Weather Agency - Offutt Air Force Base, NE
Tippmann Group Corporate Collection, Lincoln Tower, Fort Wayne, IN.
Florida Weekly Newspaper, March 17, 2011
American Artist Magazine, Cover-June 2011, +Pgs 34-36
North Port Magazine, Feb 2011 - Pgs 46-47
Southwest Art Magazine, Nov 2010 - Pg 97
Harbor Style Magazine, Cover-Oct 2010 +Pgs 42-45
The Artists Magazine, Dec 2009 - Pgs 52-53
Best of Oil Painting, Vol. II, Kennedy Publishing
"The Pleasures of Art" Artist Feature, Venice Gulf Coast Living Magazine, March 2008
Ron Sanders, "Avoid Cracking when Layering Oils," Red Easel Newsletter and Magazine, 11/30/2007 Newsletter 9
Martin Kidston, "Picture This: 27th Annual Western Redezvous of Art," Helena Independent Record, 8/19/2005
Harold Holzer, "Lincoln in Modern Art," The Lincoln Enigma,
The Changing Faces of an American Icon,
Edt. Gabor Boritt, Oxford University Press, 2001
Patrick Sarver, "Artists to Watch," Art Trends, 2001
William Carlton, "Short Takes," The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, 2001
Staff Reporter, "Wet Paint!: A silent auction raised $4,600 for
Artlink's educational programs,"
The News-Sentinel Neighbors, 2000
Trish Anderson-Boerger, "Classic Defense," The News-Sentinel Neighbors, 1999
Nancy Nall, "Telling Tales: Artist's Portrait of Lincoln up for
Sale," The News-Sentinel, 1999
Interview/Feature, Artist Showcase, Comcast Local Access 21, Sarasota, FL 2009
Interview, WAJI Radio, Majic 95.1, Fort Wayne, IN, 2000
Interview, WFCV Radio, Fort Wayne, IN, 2000
Lecture, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN, 2000
Interview, WPTA-TV 21 Alive, " 21 Country" Feature, Fort Wayne, IN, 1999
Interview, WBCL Radio, Fort Wayne, IN, 1995
Lecture, Carroll Middle School, Fort Wayne, IN, 1995
Lecture, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, 1995
Lecture, Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne, IN, 1986
NATIONAL
Signature Member: Paint America Association (2009)
Signature Member: National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) - (2011)
Associate Member: Oil Painters of America (OPA) - (1999-present)
REGIONAL
Member: Visual Art Center, Punta Gorda, FL
Member: North Port Art Center, North Port, FL
Member: Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
PAST
Member: The Hoosier Salon - (1996-2004)
Member: The American Artists Professional League - (1998-2001)
Member: Allied Artists of America - (1998-2000)
Member: Audubon Artists - (2000)
Member: The American Society of Portrait Artists - (1998-2001)
Member: Fort Wayne Artlink - (1996-2000)
Patron Member: The American Society of Classical Realism (ASCR)- (1995-2000)
Patron Member: The California Art Club (CAC) - (1998-2000)
The Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
BFA Illustration, 1989
Artist's Empowerment - Munce Art Center, Zionsville, IN
C.W. Mundy lecture
C.W. Mundy, Todd Reifers, David Slonim, and Christopher Stuart - Question
and Answer session
and painting demonstrations - July 23, 2005
OPA National 2005, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dan Gerhartz slide lecture and painting demonstration
John Michael Carter painting demonstration and discussion
Kerry Holsapple, Director - Atelier Indiana
One day plein air landscape class, Grabill, IN - August 2004
George Strickland - PAPA President
Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ - December 1-6, 2003
Huihan Liu - OPA Master Signature Member
Fechin Institute / Donner Ranch Art Workshop, Taos/San Cristobal, NM - July
8-12, 2002