recognitions

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Valley Rhythms 6x12 Fran Di Giacomo

AWARDS & EXHIBITS 

 

  •  Texas & Neighbors, 5 State Award

  •  Salamagundi Club, New York

  •  Academic Artist Assoc., National, Spring Field, MA

  •  Oil Painters of America, National, Chicago, IL

  •  Richardson Civic Art Society, Regional, Texas

  •  Associated Creative Artists, Dallas, TX

  •  Women Artists of the West, International, Las Vegas, NV

  •  Grand Prairie Visual Art, Regional, Texas

  •  Southeast Council on the Arts, National, Cape Girardeau, MS

  •  Grand Exhibit 1994, National, Akron, OH

  •  Plano Art Assoc., Regional, Texas

  •  American Artist National Award Competition, California

MEMBERSHIPS

 

  •  American Society of Classical Realism

  •  Portrait Society of America

 

SIGNATURE MEMBERSHIPS

 

  •  Oil Painters of America

  •  Associated Creative Artists

 PUBLICATIONS

 

  •  1987:  Portrait of Heisman Trophy winners Tim Brown and Davey O’Brien published by The Dallas Morning News.

  •  1988:  Cotton Bowl Magazine.

  •  1988–1994:13 phone book covers for Area Wide Directory.  

  •  1993:  Portrait of Dallas Cowboys’ Emmitt Smith published by The Dallas Morning News. 

  •  1995:  Portrait of former Supreme Court Justice Warren E. Burger published by The Dallas Morning News.

  •  1997:  Featured in Top Ten Finalists by American Artist Magazine for their National Award Competition. 

  •  1998:  Selected by North Light Books to be included in their publication, The Best of Portrait Painting. 

  •  2000–2001: Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine Nat’l Awards.

  •  2002:  Biography published in Who’s Who In America.

  •  2002:  Featured in “High Profile,” a full-page career profile in The Dallas Morning News. 

  •  2002:  Cowboys and Indians Magazine, December issue.

  •  2002:  Dallas Home Design Magazine, October Issue.

  •  2003:  Biography in Who’s Who of American Women.

  •  2003:  Biography in Who’s Who in American Art.

  •  2003:  Elegant Texan Magazine.

  •  2004:  American Artist Magazine, cover artist and feature.

  •  2005: Women’s World Magazine. 

  •  2005:  American Artist Highlights, cover artist and feature.

  •  2005:  SHAPE Magazine.

  •  2006: The Dallas Morning News, feature story.

  •  2007: The Dallas Morning News; story.

  •  2007: Coping Magazine, contributing author.

  •  2007: Beyond Magazine, contributing author.

  •  2008: Heal Magazine, contributing author.

  •  2009: International Artist, art competition award.

  •  2009: Cure Magazine. 

  •  2009: Women of Wisdom Prof. Performance, cont. author​