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SUMMARY BIO
EDWIN H. WORDELL, N.W.S.
EMAIL: ehwordell@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION -
San Diego School of Arts & Crafts, La Jolla, CA19 51-53
Coronado School of Arts, Coronado, CA 1953-56
BS Degree with Honors San Diego State College 1961
Extension art courses at the University of California - San Diego in the 1960’s
Various art workshops with among others Milford Zornes, George Gibson,
Rex Brandt, Robert E. Wood, Ed Betts, Thomas Hill & Millard Sheets - 1970’s
SIGNATURE AND ‘ARTIST’ MEMBERSHIPS ATTAINED
National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, CA
Watercolor West, Riverside, CA
Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, Boulder, CO
American Society of Marine Artists, Bridgeport, CT
National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, NYC
North Coast Collage Society, Hudson, OH
San Diego Museum of Art’s Artist Guild, San Diego, CA
Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, Albuquerque, NM
Montana Watercolor Society, Fort Harrison, MT
Western Colorado Watercolor Society, Grand Junction, CO
Taos Society of Watercolorists, Taos, NM
Society of Experimental Artists, FL
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, UT
National Acrylic Painters Assn of England and the United States.
Missouri Watercolor Society, MO
PRESIDENTSHIPS
San Diego Watercolor Society 1975 - 1976
San Diego Art Institute 1978 - 1979
San Diego Museum of Art’s Artist Guild 1990 - 1991
JUROR - SELECTED
National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, CA
Modern Maturity Magazine’s Seasoned Eye National Exhibit
San Diego County Exposition All Media Exhibit, Del Mar, CA
American Society Of Marine Artists, San Diego, CA
Southbay Watercolor Society, San Pedro, CA
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS
More than 40 solo or featured exhibits, among them were:
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
East County Performing Arts Center, El Cajon, CA
Café Eleven, San Diego, CA
Tarbox Gallery, San Diego, CA
The Paladion, San Diego, CA
San Diego City Planning Department
The Eileen Kremen Gallery, Fullerton, CA
The Artists Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Included in over 460 Group shows nationally - among them:
The American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, NYC, NY
National Arts Club, New York, NY
Lotus Club, New York, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
C. M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM, TAOS, NM
The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI
The Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
National Park Service Yosemite Museum Gallery, Yosemite, CA
AWARDS AND HONORS - SELECTED
Over 140 Awards and Honors since mid 1970’s - among them:
Honorable Mention Award in The National American Watercolor Honors Exhibition II in
The Taos Historic Museums' Hacienda Martinez, Taos, NM - 2003
Award of Merit in The International Society of Experimental Artists All Media Exhibit at the
Minnestrista Cultural Center, Muncie, IN - 2002
Merit Award in the Louisiana Watercolor Assn’s National Exhibit at the Bank One Center,
New Orleans, LA - 2001
Finalist in the Experimental Category of THE ARTISTS magazine’s 2000 Annual Art
Competition in which there were over 13,900 entries.
One of thirty "Winners" in The San Diego Port District’s Outdoor Banner Contest. Thirty
4’ X 16" Banners were installed at San Diego’s Air Terminal, Lindberg Field - 2000
Certificate of Award - Honorable Mention in National Watercolor Society
Members Exhibit, Thousand Oaks, CA - 1999
$2,000 Best-of-Show Award in the 7th National Open Art Exhibit Lincoln
Center, Fort Collins, CO – 1998
Best of Show $1,000 Award, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center National Art
Competition, Breckenridge, TX - 1997
Purchase Award - Watercolor West, Brea Cultural Center - 1996
Honorable Mention Award - Pastel Soc. of San Diego - 1995
Memorial Award - National Soc. of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, NY -1994
Kashiwa Award - Adirondack’s National Exh., Old Forge, NY - 1993
Merit Award - San Diego Artists Guild, San Diego Museum of Art - 1992
Juried into 18 month national travel exhibit celebrating the 100th anniver-
sary of the U. S. Immigration & Naturalization Service - 1991
Experimental Award - National Watercolor Soc., Muckenthaler Cultural
Center, Fullerton, CA - 1990
Purchase Selection - San Diego Watercolor Soc. International Exh - 1989
Memorial Award - Western Art Soc. 12th Annual Exh., Houston, TX - 1988
Best-In-Show Award - Calif. Mid-Winter Exh., Imperial Valley, CA - 1987
Two U. S. Coast Guard George Gray Awards, NY - 1986 & 1990
NEIGHBORHOODS selected for 1st issue cover of SAN DIEGO
METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE - 1985
1ST Award - San Diego Housing Commission’s Poster Contest - 1984
1st Award - St. Mark’s Church Lenten Arts Festival, San Diego - 1983
2nd Award - La Jolla Art Assn’s all media Annual - 1982
1st Award - San Diego Watercolor Soc. Membership Exh. - 1981
2nd Award - National Watercolor Soc. Membership Exh., LA - 1980
National Watercolor Soc. Award - Watercolor West, Riverside Mus.- 1979
Purchase Selection - San Diego Art Institute’s 25th Annual - 1978
Juror’s Award - Escondido Regional Arts All Media - 1977
Purchase Award - National Watercolor Soc., Laguna Beach Mus. - 1976
1st Award - Watercolor West, Riverside Museum of Art - 1975
COMMISSIONS
National Aeronautics & Space Admin., Cape Canaveral, FL
U. S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC
Kaiser Hospitals, San Diego, CA area
San Diego Trust & Savings Banks, San Diego, CA area
San Diego Zoological Society, San Diego, CA
The Great American Development Co., San Diego, CA
Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla and Chula Vista, CA
The Baptist Women’s Hospital, Memphis, TN
PUBLIC COLLECTORS - SELECTED
ADVANCED SURFACE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
BORDEN CHEMICAL
THE BURNHAM INSTITUTE
CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC.
ELLSWORTH COLLEGE, IOWA FALLS, IO
KAISER HOSPITAL LA MESA
KAISER HOSPITAL ON ZION SAN DIEGO
MERCY HOSPITAL
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NORDQUIST & ASSOCIATES
NORTH AMERICAN TERMINALS, INC.
OCEAN VIEW CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL
PORT OF SAN DIEGO
RADISSON HOTEL
SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY COLLEGE
SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
SAN DIEGO TRUST & SAVINGS
SAN DIEGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
SCRIPPS BANK
SCRIPPS CLINIC & RESEARCH FOUNDATION
SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHULA VISTA
SCRIPPS WOMAN’S CENTER LA JOLLA
ST. MARK’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
TRANSCO ENERGY COMPANY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO - BURN CENTER
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
WELLS FARGO BANK
WESLEY PALMS PACIFIC HOMES
PRIVATE COLLECTORS
Private collectors reside primarily in San Diego County, others are
spread nationwide as well as in Canada, England, Switzerland, France, The
Netherlands, Mexico and Australia.
INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS
1994 to current Editions of WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART
1994 to current Editions of WHO’S WHO IN THE WEST
THE GUIDE TO AMERICAN LAW, VOL. 8
SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE 1990 Cover
CALIFORNIA ART REVIEW, 2ND edition
AMERICAN ARTIST, magazine - August 1990
CREATIVE COLLAGE - book by Nita Leland & Virginia Lee Williams
CREATIVE WATERCOLOR - book by Mary Ann Beckwith
IN WATERCOLOR: ABSTRACTS - book by Betty Lou Schlemn
THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR JOURNAL - Spring 1996 Quarter
THE GEORGIA STATE BAR JOURNAL - Fall 1996 Quarter
EXPLORING COLOR, Revised Edition - book by Nita Leland
THE ARTIST’S MAGAZINE - Sept. 2000 issue: Article: Experiments in
Creativity compiled by Joanne Moore
WATERCOLOR MAGAZINE - Winter 2001 issue: Cover and Article:
A Sampling of Techniques by M Stephen Doherty
CREATIVE COMPUTER TOOLS FOR THE ARTIST - book by Jann Pollard and Jerry Little
Published by Watson Guptil - 2001
LAND OF SUNLIGHT - by James Lightner - Published by San Diego Flora Aug. 2007
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED - FOREIGN
Greece - 1985
Mexico - 1986, 1989, 1993, 1996 & 1997
Fiji - New Zealand - Australia - 1987
Portugal - 1990
Guatemala - 1991
Turkey - 1992
Bora Bora & Moorea - 1998
MISCELLANEOUS
Designated as an Official Artist for the U. S. Coast Guard since May 1984.
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