Recent awards for Gretha Lindwood’s work include:
“President’s Award” at the Northwest Pastel Society’s International Open 2022;
“Mayor’s Choice” Award at the 29th Annual Carmel Art Festival;
“Honorable Mention” at the APS North Carolina Statewide Pastel Exhibition 2022;
“Honorable Mention” at the 27th Carmel Art Festival;
“Pat Tunks” Award at the 2019 Lake Area Artists Show & Sale;
“Olympic National Park Superintendent’s Award” at Paint the Peninsula 2018;
2nd Place Award at the Wallowa Arts Festival 2018;
“People’s Choice” at the Favell Museum Art Show & Sale 2017;
“Honorable Mention” and 3rd Place Quick Draw” at Driggs Digs Plein Air 2017;
“Honorable Mention” at the 51st Lake Area Artists Show & Sale;
“Best Waterscape” at Paint the Peninsula 2016;
“Best Pastel” and “Honorable Mention” at the 23rd Annual Carmel Arts Festival;
“Honorable Mention” at the 50th Annual Lake Area Artists Show & Sale;
“Olympic National Park Superintendent’s Award” and Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge “Honorable Mention” at Paint the Peninsula 2015;
“First Place” and “Mayor’s Award” at the 49th Annual Lake Area Artists Show & Sale;
“People’s Choice” at the Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 2014;
“Best Pastel” at the 21st Annual Carmel Art Festival;
“Best Of Show” at the Lake Area Artists 48th Annual Art Affair;
“Best Pastel” at Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition 2013;
“Second Place” at the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association 9th Annual Best of Plein Air Juried Show;
“Honorable Mention” at the 20th Annual Carmel Art Festival;
both “Best Pastel” and “People’s Choice” at the 19th Annual Carmel Art Festival;
“Juror’s Award” at the 26th Annual Northwest Pastel Society International Exhibit;
and “First Place” at the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association 7th Annual Best of Plein Air Juried Show.
Lindwood has been juried in to Portland Open Studios for the past seven years. She was a participant of the 19th – 23rd and 25th – 29th Annual Carmel Art Festival, Los Gatos Plein Air 2012 – 2016, 3rd Annual Lighthouse Art Festival, 8th Annual Telluride Plein Air, 13th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational as well as the Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2019, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 Competitions and Exhibitions. Her work has been accepted to the Favell Museum Art Show & Sale in 2017, 2018, and 2019, Coos Art Museum Expressions West 2011 and 2010 in Coos Bay, Oregon as well as many juried exhibits throughout the west coast.
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