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Edwin H. Wordell, N.W.S.
AWARDS & HONORS
1. 1966 - First Place Award in Oils and Best-In-Show Award in the San Diego
Art Institute’s 13th Annual All Media Juried Exhibition
2. 1974 - Third Place Award in Watercolor in Southern California Exposition,
Del Mar, CA
3. 1974 – Third Place Award in Mixed Media (Batik) in Southern California
Exposition, Del Mar, CA
All Media Juried Exhibition, Coronado, CA
5. 1974 – First Place Award in Mixed Media (Batik) in Coronado Art
Association’s All Media Juried Exhibition, Coronado, CA
6. 1974 - $150 Purchase Selection by the San Diego Federal Savings and Loan
Assn in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s Annual Juried Exhibition
7. 1975 - Second Place Award in Watercolor in St. Mark’s Church’s Lenten Art
Festival All Media Juried Exhibition, San Diego
8. 1975 – First Place Award in Watercolor West VII Exhibit at the Riverside
Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
9. 1975 – First Place Award in Watercolor in Chula Vista’s Summer All Media
Juried Art Festival, Chula Vista, CA
10. 1975 - Honorable Mention Award in Watercolor in Chula Vista’s Summer
All Media Juried Art Festival, Chula Vista, CA
Festival, Chula Vista, CA
12. 1975 – Third Place Award in the Coronado Art Assn’s Winners Show,
Coronado, CA
13. 1975 – Juror’s Award in a San Diego Art Institute’s Juried Exhibit
14. 1976 – Honorable Mention in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s Juried
Members Exhibition
15 1976 – The Crafton Hills College Award in Watercolor West VIII, Riverside
Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
16. 1976 - $300 Crescent Cardboard Co. Purchase Award in the National
Watercolor Society’s 56th Annual Exhibition, Laguna Beach Museum
Of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
17. 1976 – Honorable Mention Award in Watercolor in the Traditional Artists
Society’s 10th Annual All Media Exhibition, San Bernardino Museum,
San Bernardino, CA
18. 1976 – Second Honorable Mention Award in the Traditional Artists Society’s
10th Annual All Media Exhibition, San Bernardino Museum, San
Bernardino, CA
19. 1977 – Two paintings selected for a one year traveling exhibit from the Texas
Fine Arts Assn’s 66th Annual National All Media Juried Exhibition
20. 1977 - $300 Juror’s Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s National
Juried Exhibition
21. 1977 - $400 Mr. & Mrs. Glen Widdop Purchase Selection Award in the San
Diego Watercolor Society’s National Juried Exhibition
22. 1977 -$50 Special Award in Watercolor in the San Bernardino Art Assn’s
All Media Juried Exhibition, San Bernardino Museum, San
Bernardino, CA
23. 1977 – Special Juror’s Award in Watercolor in Escondido’s Regional Arts
All Media Juried Membership Show, Escondido, CA
24. 1977 – Third Place Award in Watercolor in the San Diego Art Institute’s
Annual All Media Juried Exhibition
25. 1977 – Painting selected for a one year traveling exhibit from the National
Watercolor Society’s 57th Annual Juried show, Northridge, CA
26. 1978 - $400 Purchase Award from the San Diego Art Institute’s 25th Annual
All Media Juried Exhibition
27. 1979 - $100 Coca Cola Award in Watercolor Southwest’s 4 Exhibition,
University of Texas
28. 1979 – Third Place Award in St. Mark’s Church’s 16th All Media Juried
Lenten Art Festival, San Diego
29. 1979 - $200 National Watercolor Society Award in Watercolor West XI,
Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
30. 1979 - $250 Purchase Selection Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s
Annual National Exhibition
31. 1979 – Juror’s Cash Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s Members
Exhibition
32, 1980 – Honorable Mention Award in the San Diego Art Institute’s 26th
Annual All Media Exhibition
33. 1980 – Honorable Mention Award in San Diego County’s Exposition All
Media Juried Exhibition, Del Mar, CA
34. 1980 – Second Award in the National Watercolor Society’s Members
Juried Exhibition, St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
35. 1980 – Painting selected for one year travel exhibit from the National
Watercolor Society’s Members Juried show, St. Mary’s College
36. 1980 – Painting selected for one year travel exhibit from the National
Watercolor Society’s Open Annual Show
37. 1981 – Juror’s Cash Award in the La Jolla Art Assn’s Annual All Media
Juried Exhibition, La Jolla, CA
38. 1981 – First Place Cash Award in St. Mark’s Church’s Annual All Media
Lenten Art Festival, San Diego
39. 1981 – San Diego Watercolor Society’s Cash Award in Watercolor West
XIII, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside, CA
40. 1981 – Invitational to Utah State University’s April Exhibit and subsequent
Travel Show, Logan, UT
41. 1981 – First Place Cash Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s
Members Exhibition, San Diego
42. 1982 – Second Place Cash Award in La Jolla Assn’s All Media Annual Juried
Exhibition, La Jolla, CA
43. 1982 - $100 Honorable Mention Award in the Western Federation 7th Annual
Exhibition of watercolors, Pueblo Grand Museum, Phoenix, AZ
44. 1982 – Honorable Mention Award in Watercolor at the San Diego County
Exposition Art Exhibition, Del Mar, CA
45. 1982 – First Place $200 Cash Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s
Members Exhibition
46. 1982 – Invitational to a group exhibit at the San Bernardino County
Museum, San Bernardino, CA
47. 1983 – Honorable Mention Cash Award in the La Jolla Art Assn’s Annual
All Media Exhibition, La Jolla, CA
48. 1983 – Honorable Mention Award in the San Bernardino County Museum
Annual All Media Juried Exhibition, San Bernardino, CA
49. 1983 – Invitation to be included in West Publishing Company’s 1983/Art
And The Law National Traveling Exhibit 1983-1984 opening in
Atlanta, GA
50. 1983 - Invitation to participate in the San Diego Museum of Art’s
Contemporary Arts Committee Rocco Romp Silent Auction, Copley
Auditorium, San Diego Museum of Art
51. 1983 – First Place Cash Award in St. Mark’s Church’s Lenten Arts Festival,
San Diego
52. 1983 - $200 Strathmore Paper Company Award in the Watercolor Society of
Houston’s Annual National Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX
53. 1983 – Honorable Mention Award in the Inland XIX All Media Juried
Exhibit in the San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, CA
54. 1983 – Third Award in Watercolor in the Mathes Cultural Center’s Exhibit
Titled "THE FAMILY" an All Media Juried Exhibit, Escondido, CA
55. 1983 - Biographical Sketch listed in the 1984-85 Edition of WHO’S WHO IN
THE WEST
56. 1984 – Purchase Award from the Redlands Art Assn’s Juried All Media Mini
Exhibition in the San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino,
CA
57. 1984 – Biographical Sketch listed in the 1984 16th Edition of WHO’S WHO
IN AMERICAN ART
58. 1984 – First Place $300 Award in the San Diego Housing Commission’s
Poster Contest
59. 1984 – Juror of Awards in an All Media Exhibit of Religious Interpretations
Titled "POSITIVE THINKING", El Cajon, CA
60. 1984 – Juror of Painting for the 1984 San Diego County Exposition Art
Exhibit, Del Mar, CA
61. 1984 – Juror for an All Media Exhibition on the theme "FAMILY", Mathes
Cultural Center, Escondido, CA
62. 1984 – Designated through a jury process as an Official U. S. Coast Guard
Artist
63. 1984 – Guest Summer Instructor "ON LOCATION PAINTING" at the
Idyllwild School of Music and Art, Idyllwild, CA
64. 1984 – Purchase Selection Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s
International Juried Exhibit, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
65. 1984 – Painting selected for a National Traveling Exhibit from the San
Diego Watercolor Society’s International Exhibition at the Grossmont
College, El Cajon, CA
66. 1984 – Painting selected for a National Traveling Exhibit from the National
Watercolor Society’s 9th Annual Members Exhibit, San Bernardino
County Museum, San Bernardino, CA
67. 1984 – Painting "ATTORNEY AND CLIENT" selected for reproduction by
West Publishing Company in its first law encyclopedia "THE GUIDE
TO AMERICAN LAW" Volume 8
68. 1984 - $200 Cash Award of Excellence in the Midwest Watercolor Society’s
8th Annual Exhibit, Nevelle Public Museum of Brown County, Green
Bay, WI
69. 1984 – Honorable Mention Award in Brandon Gallery’s Small Image All
Media Juried Exhibit, Fallbrook, CA
70. 1985 – Certificate of Appreciation from the U. S. Coast Guard for completing
a prepaid assignment of visiting all California Coast Guard Light
Houses from the Sonoma Peninsula south and reproducing some in
Watercolors. Four paintings were delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard
71. 1985 – Selected by jury process by NASA and contracted to observe and to
depict in a painting something relating to shuttle activities at Cape
Kennedy, Fl
72. 1985 – Juror for MODERN MATURITY MAGAZINE’S First National
Touring Exhibit titled "THE SEASONED EYE", Long Beach, CA
73. 1985 - $300 Cash Award for Overall Art Presentation at the Lawrence
Welk’s Hidden Valley Art Show, Escondido, CA
74. 1985 - $100 Honorable Mention Award in the San Diego Watercolor
Society’s International Juried Exhibition, Grossmont College, El
Cajon, CA
75. 1985 – Painting "NEIGHBORHOODS" selected for the First Issue Cover
of the SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE
76. 1985 – Painting selected for the 1985-86 National Traveling Exhibit from the
National Watercolor Society’s 65th Annual Exhibition, Brea Cultural
Center, Brea, CA
77. 1985 – First Place $200 Cash Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s
Members Exhibition, Dana Gallery, Rancho Bernardo, CA
78. 1986 – Juror for St. Mark’s Church’s Lenten Art Festival, San Diego, CA
79. 1986 – George Gray $500 Award in the U. S. Coast Guard’s Art Program,
Governor’s Island, New York, NY
80. 1987 – First Place Award in the Painting Division in the California Mid-
Winter Exhibit, Imperial Valley, CA
81. 1987 – Best-In-Show Award in the California Mid-Winter Exhibit, Imperial
Valley, CA
82. 1987 – Juror’s $500 Purchase Award for Transco Energy Co., in the
Watercolor Art Society of Houston’s National Juried Exhibition,
Houston, TX
83. 1987 – Honorable Mention Award in the Inland XXIII All Media Juried
Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, CA
84. 1988 – Art Council Juror’s Cash Award in the California Mid-Winter Fair
All Media Juried Exhibition, Imperial County, CA
85. 1988 – Florence Stelzer Memorial Cash Award in the Western Art Society’s
12 Annual National Exhibit, Houston, TX
86. 1988 – Juror’s Merit Award in the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s Aqueous
Open 1988, Pittsburgh Center For The Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
87. 1988 – Honorable Mention Award in The Fine Art Institute’s Wildlife
Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, CA
88. 1988 – Third Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s Members Exhibit
89. 1988 – Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s International Exhibition
at Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
90. 1988 – Purchase Selection Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s
International Exhibition at Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
91. 1988 – Honorable Mention Award in the Palomar Family Counseling exhibit
Titled "THE FAMILY TODAY" at Grape Day Park’s Historic Train
Depot, Escondido, CA
92. 1989 – Juror of the First Festival of Art in All Media Exhibit at the Foothills
Methodist Church, La Mesa, CA
9./ 1989 – Third Award in the Pastel Society of San Diego’s 5th Annual Open
Exhibit, Spanish Village Studio 21, Balboa Park, San Diego
94. 1989 - $700 Purchase Selection Award in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s
International Exhibition, East County Performing Arts Center, El
Cajon, CA
95. 1989 – Honorable Mention Award in a juried contest by the San Diego
Watercolor Society and the Foote Development Co., to select twelve
paintings to be reproduced in a 1990 Foote Dev. Co. calendar. All
paintings depicted the renovated Brewery Building at Hancock
and Washington, San Diego. My work was reproduced on the
envelope cover and for the month of March. All twelve works
received an HM Award.
96. 1990 – Morse Graphic Award in the North Coast Collage Society’s Annual
National Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
97. 1990 – The Elizabeth Erlanger Memorial Cash Award in the National
Society of Painters in Acrylic and Casein’s Annual Exhibition,
National Arts Club, New York, NY
98. 1990 – Painting selected by The Arizona Art Commission for a Regional
Travel Exhibit from June 1990 to July 1, 1991 from Arizona Aqueous
1990 at The Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
99. 1990 – Juror of Awards for the El Cajon Art Assn’s Members Exhibit
100. 1990 – Painting "A VIEW OF THE VALLEY" a Winner in the AMERICAN
ARTIST magazine’s competition titled Preserving Our National
Resources and the painting was reproduced with narrative in the
August 1990 issue
101. 1990 – Juror’s Choice Cash Award in the Pastel Society of San Diego’s
Annual Open Exhibition, Studio 21, Spanish Village, Balboa Park
San Diego
102. 1990 – Invited to the an Active Member of the National Society of Painters
in Casein and Acrylic, New York, NY
103. 1990 – Accepted as an Artist Member of The American Society of Marine
Artists, Bridgeport, CT
104. 1990 – Certificate of Appreciation from the U. S. Coast Guard dated May
10, 1990 regarding its Art Program
105. 1990 - $1,000 Experimental Award in the National Watercolor Society’s 70th
Annual Exhibition at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center Fullerton,
CA; Awards Juror: William Brice, Artist and Professor of Art, Univ.
Of California at Los Angeles
106. 1990 – Painting "A VIEW FROM GOLDEN HILLS" selected for the
November 1990 issue Cover of the SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN
MAGAZINE
107. 1990 – George Gray $500 Award in the U. S. Coast Guard’s Art Program,
Governor’s Island, New York, NY
108. 1991 – Painting "B’S ROSES" selected by the Arizona Arts Commission for
its June 30, 1991 – July 1992 Regional Travel Show Roster from the
Arizona Aqueous – 1991 Exhibition at The Tubac Center For The
Arts, Tubac, AZ; in 1992 it was extended in the travel show for one
additional year.
109. 1991 – Juror of Selection and Awards for the Foothills Art Assn, La Mesa, CA
110. 1991 – Honorable Mention Award in the Zoological Society of San Diego’s 1991
Art Contest Titled "CELEBRATE THE COLORS OF THE WILD"
111. 11991 – Painting juried into a National Traveling Exhibition Titled "IMAGES OF
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION" for the U. S. Immigration and
Naturalization, Washington, D.C., for the year 1991-92; in April
1992 the exhibition was extended on tour for six months
112. 1992 – Distinctive Merit Juror’s Award in the San Diego Artist Guild Juried
Members Exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art; Juror: Mary
Stofflet, the Museum’s Curator of Twentieth Century Art
113. 1992 – Juror’s Mention Merchandise Award, in the Pittsburg Watercolor
Society’s Aqueous Open ’92, Pittsburg, PA
114. 1993 – Painting "LIKE A DREAM" Honored as a Finalist I the ARTIST’S
MAGAZINE’S 1993 Art Competition; it was chosen as one of the top
200 from more than 11,500 entries.
115. 1993 – The Sallie and Gannon Kashiwa $200 Award in the Adirondacks
National 1993 Exhibition, Old Forge, NY
116. 1993 - Painting selected for a one year Travel Exhibit from the Adirondacks
National 1993 Exhibition, Old Forge, NY
117. 1993 – Third Award in Watercolor in the Breckenridge Fine Arts National
Open Annual All Media Exhibition, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center,
Breckenridge, TX
118. 1994 – The Nicholas Reale Memorial $100 Award in the National Society of
Painters in Casein and Acrylic Exhibition at the National Arts Club,
New York, NY
119. 1994 – Elected at Juror of the 74th Annual Open Exhibition of the National
Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, CA
120. 1994 – The Golden Artist Color $100 Award in the Rocky Mountain
National Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, CO
121. 1994 – First Award, one of two, in the San Diego Railroad Museum’s Art
Exhibition at the San Diego Sante Fe Depot; the exhibit celebrated
The 75th Anniversary of the San Diego & Arizona Railroad
122. 1995 – Honorable Mention $25 Merchandise Award in the Pastel Society of
San Diego’s Open Exhibition, Studio 21, Spanish Village, Balboa
Park, San Diego
123. 1995 – Painting WINDLESS TIME EVENT selected for a three month
Travel Exhibit, July – September, from The Georgia Watercolor
Society’s XVI National Juried Exhibition
124. 1996 – Nancy Mottet $100 Memorial Award in the Northwest Watercolor
Society’s 56th Annual Exhibition, Howard Mandeville Gallery,
Kirkland, WA
125. 1996 – Juror of Selection& Awards for the South Bay Watercolor Society,
San Pedro, CA
126. 1996 - $600 Davis & Graeber, Ins. Purchase Award in Watercolor West’s
XXVIII Annual Exhibition, Brea Civic & Cultural Center Gallery,
Brea, CA
127. 1997 – Patron’s $200 Award in the Brand XXVI Exhibition at the Brand
Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
128. 1997 - $250 First Award in Mixed Media in the North County Society of
Fine Arts Exhibition at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts,
Poway, CA
129. 1997 - $50 Award of Merit in the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s Aqueous
Open ’97 at the Pittsburgh Center for The Arts, Mellon Park,
Pittsburgh, PA
130. 1997 – Honorable Mention Ribbon in the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center’s
All Media National Juried Exhibition, Breckenridge, TX
131. 1997 – The Clay Pitzer Best-of-Show $1,000 Award in the Breckenridge Fine
Arts Center’s National All Media Art Competition, Breckenridge, TX
132. 1998 - $250 Award of Honor in the Chico Art Center’s National Watermedia
Exhibition, Chico, CA
133. 1998 – Selected as one of four Artists to participate in the City of Carlsbad’s
Temporary Art Exhibition March through August 1998
134. 1998 - $2,000 Best-of-Show Award in the Northern Colorado Artist Assn.’s
7th National Art Exhibition at the Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
135. 1999 – Certificate of Award – Honorable Mention in the National Water-
color Society’s Members Exhibition at the Thousand Oaks
Community Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA
136. 1999 – Merit Merchandise Award in the Associated Artists of Southport’s
19th Annual National Exhibition at the Franklin Square Gallery,
Southport, NC
137. 1999 – Finalist in The ARTISTS MAGAZINE’S Annual Competition in the
Experimental Category out of a total of more than 13,300 entries
138. 1999 - $200 Cheap Joes Merchandise Award in the Bigfork Art and Cultural
Center’s 17th National Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Bigfork, MT
139. 1999 – Honorable Mention Award in the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center’s
All Media Art Competition, Breckenridge, TX
140. 2000 – Painting "FOR ME ALONE" selected as a Finalist in the
Experimental Category of The ARTIST MAGAZINE’S Annual Art
Competition out of a total of over 13,900 entries
141. 2000 – Honorable Mention Award for the painting "OUTSIDE THE
MARINA" in Arteasel.com, Inc.’s International Internet Exhibition
142. 2000 – Honorable Mention Award for the painting "BETWEEN MARKET
DAYS" in Arteasel.com, Inc.’s International Internet Exhibition
143. 2000 - $100 Atlantic Papers Merchandise Award in Western Colorado
Watercolor Society’s 10th Annual National Exhibition
144. 2001 – Merit Merchandise Award in the Associated Artists of Southport’s
21st Annual July National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery,
Southport, NC
145. 2001 – Honorable Mention Award in Arteasel.com, Inc.’s Totally On-Line
International Juried Exhibition
146. 2002 – Award of Merit Merchandise Award in the International Society of
Experimental Artists’ International Juried April Exhibition at the
Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, IN
147. 2003 - Honorable Mention Award in The Taos National American Watercolor
Honors Exhibition II in the Taos Historic Museums' Hacienda Martinez,
Taos, NM
148. 2004- $100 Award of Merit in The Red River Watercolor Society's 11th
National Exhibition at the Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
149. 2004- One only two equal awards issued each a $250 Donor's Award in the
Taos Historic Museum's exhibit titled: OF TIME AND PLACE;
exhibited in the La Hacienda de los Martinez, Taos, NM
150. 2005- Mary Sue Compton $500 Memorial Cash Award in the San Diego
Watercolor Society's 25th International Exhibition
151.. 2006 Selected as Juror of Selection and Awards for the 2007 International
Society of Experimental Artists (ISEA) exhibit, Santa Cruz, CA
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