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 NANETTE FLUHR won the Distinguished Achievement Award for Figurative/Portraiture in the American Women Artists 2021 Lifting the Sky National Exhibition. 06/2021 |  SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's official commissioned portrait of Peter J. Caldwell, long serving Head of the Morristown-Beard School (Morristown N.J) was successfully and enthusiastically presented June 2. 06/2021 | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's official commissioned double portrait of Westminster School, Simsbury CT,Head of School Bill Philip and his wife Jennifer Philip was successfully presented to the School and will hang in the grand dining hall. 05/2021 |  NICOLE TROUP won Best in Show for the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artist's Artistic Celebration of Motherhood show May 2021. 05/2021 | NICOLE TROUP Nicole Troup was a finalist in the 2020 Portrait Society of America Members Competition for her painting "Golden Dreams" 02/2021 | | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's commissioned portrait of Father Andre Coindre, a Diocesan priest and founder of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, was successfully presented on December 23rd. The portrait will hang in the Chapel of St.Bruno Church, Lyon France, where he served as Pastor. 12/2020 |  SCOTT WALLACE JOHNSTON 's official portrait of the General Secretary Treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Ken Hall, was recently completed and unveiled at Teamsters International Headquarters in Washington D.C. 12/2020 |  BETSY ASHTON 's Portraits of Immigrants: Unknown Faces, Untold Stories exhibition is now scheduled to open in the O'Silas Gallery at Concordia College in Bronxville, NY on March 24, 2021, and to run through April 24, 2021. There will be space for safe social distancing. 10/2020 |  CHARLES YOUNG WALLS 's painting "She Beguiles in Red" was selected as a finalist in the California Art Club's 109th Gold Medal Exhibition. 07/2020 | NANETTE FLUHR 's official portrait of the Honorable Charles Apotheker, Former Judge of the County Court and Acting Justice of the Supreme Court was unveiled on November 6, 2019. The portrait will hang in the Rockland County Courthouse. 11/2019 | | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's official portrait of Venerable Brother Norbert McAuliffe S.C. was recently unveiled and will hang in the collection of the Mother House of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. 08/2019 |  SONIA HALE was commissioned to paint past President John Ettling's portrait for SUNY Plattsburgh (University). For this commission Sonia used a supplied photograph. The portrait was hung in the Feinberg Library on July 24, 2019. 08/2019 | SONIA HALE unveiled her official portrait of Karen Van Winkle, president of the Harvard Club of Boston, on April 3, 2019 at the club's 111th Annual Dinner. This is the first painting of a woman, other than one of a former club member, to hang at the clubhouse. 06/2019 |  ALICE GOLDSMITH completed & presented her portrait of Andrew Cornell, CEO of Cornell Cookson of Mountain Top, PA. Celebration event and unveiling will be held on June 14, 2019. 06/2019 | NICOLE TROUP Summit Health commissioned Nicole Troup to paint their retiring CEO Norman Epstein which was unveiled at his retirement party.
06/2019 | | NICOLE TROUP 's portrait of former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett was unveiled at the Pennsylvania State Capitol. 06/2019 | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's Official portrait of Former Connecticut Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman was recently delivered to the Connecticut State Capital.
The Portrait will hang in the Chambers Room at the Capital. 05/2019 | BETSY ASHTON 's “Portraits of Immigrants” exhibition of paintings and stories of immigrants and refugees is on display in Brooklyn, New York, through March 8, 2020, at the Green Door Gallery in Williamsburg. 05/2019 |  JOHANNA SPINKS just won a "Citizen of The Year" Dolphin Award by the Malibu Dolphin Charitable Foundation for her portrait artwork in the community; the award recognized by the United States Congress and California State Senate at awards presentation. 05/2019 | NANETTE FLUHR ’s official portrait of the Honorable Margaret Garvey, was recently unveiled. Judge Garvey was the first female Rockland County Supreme Court Justice and is the first female Judge to have her portrait hang in the Rockland County Courthouse. 03/2019 | | CHARLES YOUNG WALLS 's painting, "The Links of her Rubicon," was accepted into the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition starting May 10 at Illume Gallery in St. George, Utah. 03/2019 |  ELIZABETH WHELAN 's portrait of whaling captain Joseph G. Belain, a historic figure of African American and Wampanoag descent, was acquired by the Martha's Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven, MA. 02/2019 | SUSAN BOONE DURKEE 's official portrait of the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, The Honorable Robert J. Lynn, was recently unveiled and will hang in the New Hampshire Supreme Court Building in Concord, New Hampshire. 02/2019 | BETSY ASHTON 's first major solo exhibition, "Portraits of Immigrants: Unknown Faces, Untold Stories" opened in Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue & 53rd St., New York City, to a standing room only crowd. It's 16 portraits of immigrants and refugees in paint and print. 01/2019 |  JOHN SEIBELS WALKER completed & presented his portrait of Harris Pastides & Patricia Moore-Pastides, President of the University of South Carolina and his wife. 01/2019 |
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