Lori’s superb craftsmanship is a permanent part of her daily vocabulary. Beautiful high-key values give the viewer a sense that the colors chosen for each painting come from conviction that comes from decades of study, scrutiny, and observation.
— Scott L. Christensen

 Exhibitions

(Recent, selected. For a complete list, please go to the Curriculum Vitae tab.)

2025

  • Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Sarasota, FL

  • The Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, MT

  • Maui Plein Air Painters Invitational

2024

  • Meyer Vogl Gallery Faces and Façades Exhibition, Charleston, SC

  • Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale, Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Newport Beach, CA

  • Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Marks Arts, Wichita, KS

  • American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, ME

  • Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition, Mandurah Performing Arts Center, Mandurah, Australia

  • American Women Artists, Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland, CO

  • Oil Painters of America National Juried Salon, James R. Ross Fine Art, Indianapolis, IN

  • Cawdrey Gallery Solo Exhibition, Whitefish, MT

  • California Art Club Golden Hour Exhibition, The Old Mill, San Marino, CA

  • American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, Anderson Fine Art, St. Simons Island, GA

  • The Russell Auction, Great Falls, MT

2023

  • American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE

  • FoR Fine Art Small Works Exhibition, Whitefish, MT

  • Meyer Vogl Gallery New Works Show, Charleston, SC

  • Mountain Oyster Club Exhibition and Sale, Tucson, AZ

  • Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL

  • Art in the Open Plein air Festival, County Wexford, Ireland

  • Oil Painters of America Masters Exhibition, Illume Gallery West, Philipsburg, MT

  • The Granite Group Exhibition, The Gallery at Natoma, Folsom, CA

  • Inspired by Joseph Kleitch Exhibition, LPAPA Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

  • Salmagundi Club Annual Members Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

  • American Impressionist Society Small Works Exhibition, The District Gallery, Knoxville, TN

  • Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Reinart Fine Art, Charleston, SC

2022

  • American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM

  • Lori Putnam: Far from Home, a solo exhibition, Custom’s House Museum, Clarksville, TN

  • American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Mary Williams Fine Art, Boulder, CO

  • Oil Painters of America Online Showcase

  • Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO

  • National Oil and Acrylic Painters Best of America Exhibition, Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT

  • American Women Artists Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN

  • FoR Fine Art Small Work Exhibition, Whitefish, MT

2021

  • Frame of Reference Small Work Exhibition, Whitefish, MT

  • Lori Putnam: Close to Home, a solo exhibition, LeQuire Gallery, Nashville, TN

  • Group Exhibition, Junk Drawer, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC

  • National Oil and Acrylic Painters Associate Member Online Exhibition

  • American Impressionist Society 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE

  • America the Beautiful, Online Exhibition Hosted by Mary Williams Fine Art

  • National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Spring Online ShowcaseExhibition

  • Salmagundi Club New York Members’ Exhibition, NYC, NY

  • Oil Painters of America Salon, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA

  • American Women Artists’ Spring Online Showcase

  • Salmagundi Club New York Spring Auction, NYC, NY

  • Laguna Plein air Painters Best of Plein air, 2021

2020

  • Frame of Reference Smaller Works Show, Whitefish, MT

  • Sibling Rivalry: Lori Putnam and James Richardson, Meyer Vogl Gallery, Charleston, SC

  • Oil Painters of America 30th National Juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

  • Oil Painters of America Salon Show Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Online

  • American Impressionist Society 21st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Illume Gallery of Fine Art, St. George, UT

  • California Art Club 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

  • Salmagundi Club New York Annual Members’ Show

  • Customs House Museum, Wonders of the West Exhibition, Clarksville, TN

  • Laguna Plein air Painters Best of Plein air, 2020

2019

  • Frame of Reference Smaller Works Show, Whitefish, MT

  • Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL

  • American Impressionist Society 3rd Annual Impressions Small Works Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center,

    Petoskey Michigan

  • California Impressionists: The Masters and the Great They Inspire, Paso Robles, CA

  • American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI

  • NOAPS Spring International Online Exhibition

  • Oil Painters of America 29th National Juried Exhibition, Ilume Gallery of Fine Art, St. George, UT

  • Salmagundi Club Annual Members’ Exhibition, NYC, NY

  • Team USA/HMI Medical Conference, Ukraine

  • Salmagundi Spring 2019 Auction, NYC, NY

  • Laguna Plein air Painters Best of Plein air, 2019

  • Virtuosos of OPA, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, FL

  • NOAPS 2019 Best of America Small Painting National Juried Exhibition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX


2018

  • Montana Trails Small Works Show, 2018

  • Frame of Reference Smaller Works Show, 2018

  • American Impressionist Society 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI

  • National Oil and Acrylic Painters Association 28th International Juried Best of America Exhibition, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH

  • Waterton-Glacier International Peace Parks Exhibition, Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT

  • Laguna Plein air Painters Best of Plein air 2018

  • Plein air Easton Juried Exhibition, Easton, MD

  • California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA

  • Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational Judge's Exhibition, Apalachicola, FL

  • Granite Group: Paintings of the High Sierras, Harrington Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  • Castle Gallery Valentine Invitational, 2018

  • LeQuire Gallery Solo Exhibition, Nashville, TN

  • Maui Plein air Invitational, Maui, Hawaii

2017

  • Legacy Gallery Small Works Show, Scottsdale, AZ

  • The Brinton 101, Big Horn, WY

  • Anglin Smith Fall Exhibition, Charleston, SC

  • Art in the Open, Adjudicator and Guest Exhibitor, Wexford, Ireland

  • Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL

  • Laguna Plein Air Painters in Residence: Birds, Bees and Botanicals Juried Art Show, Laguna, CA

  • Maui Plein Air Invitational, Maui, Hawaii

  • American Impressionist Society, Impressions: Small Works Showcase, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA

  • California Art Club 106th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2016

  • Legacy Gallery Small Works Show, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Tucson Museum of Art, The New Westward: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles that Move the Modern West

  • Laguna Plein air Painters Association Signature Member Exhibition, Huntington Beach, CA

  • Scottsdale Artists' School Beaux Arts Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Sedona Arts Center, Judge's Exhibition, Sedona AZ

  • American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Howard Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Award of Excellence

  • Oil Painters of America Salon Exhibition, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN

  • Oil Painters of American National Juried Exhibition, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX

  • Laguna Plein air Painters Association Plein air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA

  • The Chestnut Group, Harpeth River Watershed Conservation Exhibition, Nashville, TN

  • Beverly McNeil Gallery Sporting and Wildlife Show, Birmingham, AL

  • The Brinton Museum Small Works Exhibition, Big Horn, WY

  • Maynard Dixon Camp Out, The Thunderbird Foundation, Mt. Carmel, UT

  • Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL, Artists' Choice Best in Show Award and Third Place Quick Draw

  • Outdoor Painters Society Guest Artist, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX

  • California Art Club 105th Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA

  • All Along the Sierra, Epperson Gallery, Crocket, CA, First Place

  • Castle Gallery Valentine Invitational, Fort Wayne, IN

  • Maui Plein air Invitational, HI, Irvine Museum Award

2015

  • Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Home for the Holidays, Laguna Beach, CA

  • Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Along the Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, CA

  • Legacy Gallery Small Works Show, Bozeman, MT and Scottsdale, AZ

  • Laguna Plein air Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA

  • American Impressionist Society Annual National Juried Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Oil Painters of America Juried Salon Show, Birmingham, AL

  • Outdoor Painters Society, Dallas, TX

  • Western Masters Heart of the West Exhibition and Auction, Coeur d’Alene, ID

  • Judge, Door County Plein air Invitational, Door County, WI

  • LPAPA, California Impressionism: Plein air painting, Past and Present, Huntington Beach, CA

  • Solo Exhibition, Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island, CA

  • Spirit of Sedona Keynote Speaker and Guest Artist, Sedona, AZ

  • Florida's Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational, Apalachicola, FL

  • Olmsted Plein Air Invitational, Atlanta, GA, High Museum Judge's Award

  • Out West Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT

  • Maui Plein Air Invitational, HI