Awards
(Recent, selected. For a complete list, please visit the Curriculum Vitae tab.)
2025
Third Place, Salmagundi Club, Summer Travels Exhibition, New York, NY
Bronze Medal, Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Master Signature Division, Awarded by Patrick Saunders
2024
Landscape Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional
Best Use of Light and Color, National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society
Western Art and Architecture Award of Excellence, American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Awarded by Carolyn Anderson
Distinguished Achievement Award, American Women Artists, Expanding Horizons Juried Show
2023
First Place, Signature Member Award, American Impressionist Society Online Exhibition
Silver Award, Art in the Open Festival
Alden Bryan Memorial Prize, Salmagundi Club New York 193rd Annual Members’ Show
2022
Second Place, Pause apre-midi, American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Awarded by Huihan Liu
Art of the West Award, American Women Artists, Breaking Through: The Rise of Women Artists, Awarded by Terri Jordan, Jim Hoobler, and Susan Tinney.
Best Architecture Award, Paint the Town, Dickson
2021
Best Cityscape, Pause apre-midi, Oil Painters of America Salon, Awarded by Charles Young Walls
$15,000 Grand Prize, Safe Harbor, Plein air Salon 10th Annual Awards
People’s Choice, Headin’ Home, Plein air Salon 10th Annual Award
3rd Place, Safe Harbor, American Women Artists’ Spring Online Showcase
3rd Place, Safe Harbor, January Bold Brush Competition
2020
Sicilian Roots: NOAPS 2020 Spring International Online Exhibition, Best Use of Light and Color awarded by Del-Bourre Bach
Summer Cut, First Place Best Floral, Plein air Salon, awarded by Diane Waterhouse
Merit Award, NOAPS Fall Online Showcase, awarded by Larry DeGraff
1st Place Overall, Safe Harbor, October Plein air Salon Competition, awarded by Karen Hewitt
1st Place Overall, Safe Harbor, November Plein air Salon Competition, awarded by Cynthia McBride
2019
Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Material Certificate, Salmagundi Club Annual Members’ Exhibition
2018
Award of Merit, American Impressionist Society, Awarded by Dawn Whitelaw
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Small Paintings Exhibition, Award of Excellence, Awarded by Dawn Whitelaw
Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, Kaanapali Land Management Corp Award
2017
Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, Finalist, Still Life
Art Muse Contest Master Class Finalist, Awarded by Stanka Kordic
Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, 4th Place, Landscape
2016
American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition 2016, Plein Air Magazine Award of Excellence, Awarded by Calvin Liang
Art Muse Contest, Master Class Finalist, Awarded by Terry Miura
Artists' Choice Best of Show Award for Permanent Collection, Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational
Forgotten Coast en Plein air 2016 , Third Place, Quick Draw, Awarded by Jean Stern
Art Muse Contest, Master Class Finalist, Awarded by Greg LaRock
All Along the Sierra Exhibition, First Place, Awarded by Carrie Brewster
Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, Irvine Museum Award, Awarded by Jean Stern
Art Muse Contest, Master Class Finalist, Awarded by Ken DeWaard
2015
BoldBrush Competition, FineArtStudioOnline, 3rd Place, Awarded by Eric Bowman
Plein air Salon, Best Landscape, Dec/Jan, Awarded by Gary Haynes
Oil Painters of America, Fall Online Showcase, Honorable Mention, Awarded by Kevin Beilfuss
Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, 5th Place, Landscape
Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition, 4th Honorable Mention, Still Life
Judge, Door County Plein air Invitational, Door County, WI
Oil Painters of America Summer Online Showcase, 3rd Place, September 2015, Awarded by Kathy Anderson
Plein Air Salon, Best Depiction of Water, April/May 2015, Awarded by David Leadman
Oil Painters of America Spring Online Showcase, Honorable Mention, 2015, Awarded by Elizabeth Pollie,
Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, High Museum Judge's Award, Awarded by Ken Brenneman, April 2015
Plein Air Magazine Salon, Honorable Mention Annual Awards, 2014
Plein Air Salon, Plein Air to Studio Award, Best Buildings Awarded by Ken Auster, Dec/Jan 2015
“When I first met Lori, she had just put aside another life to dedicate herself to painting. She went out on a limb, not knowing where it might lead, risking everything. I don’t think I’ve met another artist who is more dedicated and determined. She took what she was taught and expanded on it, uniquely adding her own colors and expressions. As a result, her paintings are filled with joy and bravura.”