Denise J Howard

2024
2nd Place Drawing, 29th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN
2023
2nd Place Drawing, UArt Open, Redwood City, CA
3rd Place Drawing, Salon at the Triton Statewide 2-D Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
Award of Excellence and Award of Merit, California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
Honorable Mention, Fresh Works XI, Pleasanton, CA
Honorable Mention, Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI
2nd Place Drawing, 28th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN
2022
Honorable Mention, Sheridan Art Prize, online
2nd Best in Show, Silicon Valley Day and Night Festival, Cupertino, CA
2nd Place, Explorations in Colored Pencil X, San Ramon, CA
2021
Honorable Mention (Animal/Wildlife), Artists Magazine 38th Annual Art Competition, Artists Network
Honorable Mention, Pacific Art League 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA
1st Place Drawing, UArt Open, Redwood City, CA
2nd Place, Explorations in Colored Pencil IX, Livermore, CA
3rd Place, Strokes of Genius 13, Artists Network
2020
Honorable Mention in Drawing, 15th Art Renewal Center Salon
2nd Best of Show, UArt Open, online
Best Landscape, Impressions 2020, online
Honorable Mention, Strokes of Genius 12, Artists Network
Winner, UART Paper 2020 Winter Competition, online
Finalist, International Artist Challenge #116 Landscapes, magazine
2nd Place Drawing, 25th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN
2019
1st Place, Transport and Machinery Challenge, UKCPS, online
2nd Place, Explorations in Colored Pencil VIII, San Ramon, CA
Best Realism, Cupertino Fall Festival Art Show, Cupertino, CA
Award for Outstanding Achievement, Colored Pencil Society of America 27th Annual International Exhibition, Brea, CA
2018
1st Place Drawing, UArt Open, Redwood City, CA
Best Realism, Cupertino Fall Festival Art Exhibit, Cupertino, CA
Best Landscape, Cupertino Fall Festival Art Exhibit, Cupertino, CA
Award of Merit (for two entries), California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2nd Place Drawing, Arts in Harmony 23rd Annual International Juried Art Show, Hopkins, MN
Chartpak Award for Outstanding Achievement, Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! 14, online
2017
1st Place, UART Paper Online Colored Pencil Competition, online
Rotary President's Award, Cupertino Fall Festival Art Exhibit, Cupertiono, CA
2nd Place Drawing, UArt Open, San Jose, CA
1st Place, Explorations in Colored Pencil VI, San Ramon, CA
3rd Place Drawing, Salon at the Triton Statewide 2-D Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
4th Place Drawing, Arts in Harmony 22nd Annual International Juried Art Show, Hopkins, MN
2016
3rd Place, Silicon Valley Fall Festival Art Show, Cupertino, CA
2nd Place and 3rd Place, Explorations in Colored Pencil V, Half Moon Bay, CA
Mayor's Choice Award and 2nd Place, Silicon Valley Food & Art Show, Cupertino, CA
Award for Outstanding Achievement, Colored Pencil Society of America 24th Annual International Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
Award of Excellence and Award of Merit, California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2015
Best in Show, Coastal Arts League 31st Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA
2-D Runner-Up, Coastal Arts League 31st Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA
Honorable Mention, UArt Paper Online Colored Pencil Competition, online
Best Realism, Silicon Valley Food & Art Show, Cupertino, CA
2nd Place and Honorable Mention, Explorations in Colored Pencil IV, Palo Alto, CA
Award of Merit, California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
1st Place, Pacific Art League Instructors' Exhibit, Palo Alto, CA
3rd Place, Fur, Feathers & Fins, Palo Alto, CA
2014
1st Place and Honorable Mention, Explorations in Colored Pencil III, San Mateo, CA
Blick Art Supplies Award and Award of Merit, California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2013
Honorable Mention, Explorations in Colored Pencil II, Half Moon Bay, CA
Dixon Ticonderoga Award for Exceptional Merit, Colored Pencil Society of America 21st Annual International Exhibition, Brea, CA
Utrecht Art Supplies Award, California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
Award of Merit (for two entries), California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2nd Place, Fur, Feathers & Fins, Palo Alto, CA
Honorable Mention, Breath of Spring, Palo Alto, CA
2012
Honorable Mention, Coastal Arts League 28th Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA
People's Choice 1st Place, Explorations in Colored Pencil, Main Street Cafe and Books, Los Altos, CA
Highly Commended, UK Colored Pencil Society 11th Open International Exhibition, Nuneaton, England
Award of Excellence and Award of Merit, California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2011
2D Best in Show, Coastal Arts League 27th Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA
People's Choice Award, San Diego County Fair Exhibition of Fine Art, Del Mar, CA

Two-Person Exhibitions

Denise J Howard and Christopher Swetlin, San Mateo (California) City Hall, 2013

Group Exhibitions

Pacific Art League Members Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA, 2023
Through Art - Resist & Recover, Kyo Gallery, Old Alexandria, VA, 2018
Summer Fine Arts Festival, Gilroy Gardens, Gilroy, CA, 2014
CAL Members Show, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2013 - 2016
Explorations in Colored Pencil, various venues, 2010 - 2022
Art in the Garden, Gamble Gardens, Palo Alto, CA, 2012
Silicon Valley Open Studios, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022

Juried Exhibitions

29th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN, 2024
deYoung Open 2023, San Francisco, CA, 2023
UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2023
California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA, 2023
Salon at the Triton, Santa Clara, CA, 2023
Colored Pencil Society of America 31st International Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH, 2023
Fresh Works IX, Pleasanton, CA, 2023
Why Artists Create, online, 2023
Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2023
28th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN, 2023
Pacific Art League 101st Anniversary Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA, 2022
UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2022
37th Bosque Art Classic, Clifton, TX, 2022
UK Colour Pencil Society 21st Annual Open International Exhibition, online, 2022
Colored Pencil Society of America 30th International Exhibition, Safety Harbor, FL, 2022
Richeson 75 Landscape, Seascape & Architecture, online, 2022
Natural Habitats, Aptos, CA, 2022
Ode to California, Palo Alto, CA, 2022
27th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN, 2022
Richeson 75 Animals, Birds & Wildlife, online, 2021
Pacific Art League 100th Anniversary Exhibition, 2021
UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2021
UK Coloured Pencil Society 20th Annual Open International Exhibition, London, England, 2021
Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2021
15th International Art Renewal Center Salon, online, 2020
UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2020
Meltdown, online, 2020
The Great American Paint-In, online, 2020
UK Coloured Pencil Society 19th Annual Open International Exhibition, online, 2020
The Corona Portrait Project, online, 2020
Colored Pencil Society of America 28th International Exhibition, online, 2020
Earth Works: Art in Ecological Context, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2020
Richeson 75 Landscape, Seascape & Architecture, online, 2020
Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2020
UART Paper 2020 Winter Competition, online 2020
25th Arts North International, Hopkins MN, 2020
Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! 16, online, 2020
Richeson 75 Animals, Birds, & Wildlife, online, 2019
PaperWest 2nd National Works on Paper Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2019
34th Bosque Art Classic, Clifton, TX, 2019
UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2019
Sanctuary, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
Colored Pencil Society of America 27th International Exhibition, Brea, CA, 2019
Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2019
Salon at the Triton Statewide 2D Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, 2018
UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2018
Colored Pencil Society of America 26th Annual International Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2018
California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA, 2018
23rd Arts in Harmony International Exhibition, Hopkins, MN, 2018
Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! 14, online, 2018
UART Paper Online Colored Pencil Competition, online, 2017
Pencil Art Society Online Member Exhibition, online, 2017
UArt Open, San Jose, CA, 2017
Colored Pencil Society of America 25th Annual International Exhiition, Bethesda, MD, 2017
Salon at the Triton Statewide 2D Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, 2017
22nd Arts in Harmony International Exhibition, Blaine, MN, 2017
Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2017
Richeson 75 Animals, Birds & Wildlife, online, 2016
Pacific Art League Instructors Show, Palo Alto, CA, 2016
Landscapes, Seascapes & Urbanscapes, Palo Alto, CA 2016
Pencil Art Society International Open Juried Exhibition, Ottawa, Canada, 2016
Silicon Valley Food & Art Show, Cupertino, CA, 2016
31st Bosque Art Classic, Clifton, TX, 2016
California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA, 2016
Colored Pencil Society of America 24th Annual International Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, 2016
SWARM: Invasion of the Insects, Dowell, MD, 2016
Salon at the Triton Statewide 2D Competition & Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, 2016
UK Colored Pencil Society 15th Annual Open International Exhibition, London, England, 2016
Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2016
Coastal Arts League 31st Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2015
UART Paper Online Colored Pencil Competition, online, 2015
OA Gallery Small Works Invitational, St. Louis, MO, 2015
SVOS Invitational, Los Altos, CA, 2015
Richeson 75 Animals, Birds & Wildlife, online, 2015
UArt Open, Redwood City, CA, 2015
Silicon Valley Food & Art Show, Cupertino, CA, 2015
Explorations in Colored Pencil IV, Palo Alto, CA, 2015
California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA, 2015
Colored Pencil Society of America 23rd Annual International Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, 2015
UK Coloured Pencil Society 14th Annual Open International Exhibition, London, England, 2015
Pacific Art League Instructors' Exhibit, Palo Alto, CA, 2015
Fur, Feathers & Fins, Palo Alto, CA, 2015
Made in California, Brea, CA, 2015
Colored Pencil Society of America Explore This! 11, online, 2015
Richeson 75 Small Works, Kimberly, WI, 2015
Coastal Arts League 30th Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2014
Richeson 75 Animals, Birds & Wildlife, online, 2014
Explorations in Colored Pencil III, San Mateo, CA, 2014
Pencil Art Society International Open Juried Exhibition, Repentigny, Quebec, Canada, 2014
California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA, 2014
Colored Pencil Society of America 22nd Annual International Exhibition, Ormond Beach, FL, 2014
UK Coloured Pencil Society 13th Annual Open International Exhibition, Birmingham, England, 2014
Richeson 75 Still Life and Floral, online, 2014
Coastal Arts League 29th Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2013
Explorations in Colored Pencil II, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2013
Pencil Art Society Online Internet Juried Exhibition, online, 2013
UK Coloured Pencil Society 12th Annual Open International Exhibition, Calverton, England, 2013
California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA 2013
Colored Pencil Society of America 21st Annual International Exhibition, Brea, CA, 2013
Fur, Feathers & Fins, Palo Alto, CA, 2013
Saratoga Rotary Art Show, Saratoga, CA, 2013
Breath of Spring, Palo Alto, CA 2013
Richeson 75 Still Life and Floral, online, 2013
Explore This! 9, CPSA online, 2013
Coastal Arts League 28th Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2012
UK Coloured Pencil Society 11th Annual Open International Exhibition, Nuneaton, England, 2012
UArt Open, San Jose, CA, 2012
California Fine Art, Sacramento, CA, 2012
Colored Pencil Society of America 20th Annual International Exhibition, Covington, KY, 2012
Explore This! 8, CPSA online, 2012
Coastal Arts League 27th Annual Juried Show, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2011
UK Coloured Pencil Society 10th Annual Open International Exhibition, London, England, 2011
UArt Open, Sacramento, CA, 2011
Colored Pencil Society of America 19th Annual International Exhibition, Dallas, TX 2011
San Diego County Fair Exhbition of Fine Art, Del Mar, CA, 2011
In the Garden, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 2011
UArt Open, San Jose, CA, 2010
All-Student Art Show, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 1982

Books and Tutorials

Co-author of The Complete Book of Textures for Artists, published by Walter Foster Publishing, 2020
Author of Towering Tree In-Depth Tutorial, published by Ann Kullberg, 2020
Author of 101 Textures in Colored Pencil, published by Walter Foster Publishing, 2017
Author of Blue Morpho Butterfly Jumpstart Kit, published by Ann Kullberg, 2016
Author of Tiger Swallowtail In-Depth Tutorial, published by Ann Kullberg, 2014

Other Publication Inclusions and Articles

CP Treasures, Vol. IX, 2023
CP Treasures, Vol. VIII, 2023
Strokes of Genius 13, Golden Peak Media, 2021
"What if Denise Drew This?", article for COLOR Magazine, April 2021
CP Magic magazine, cover and featured artist, February 2021
"Colored Pencil on Drafting Film: A Primer", article for COLOR Magazine, December 2020
UART Tip #34: Pastel Pencils or Colored Pencils?, 2020
Strokes of Genius 12, Golden Peak Media, 2020
CP Treasures, Vol. VII, 2020
International Artist Magazine, full page, April/May 2020
UART Tip #25: Blending and Smoothing Colored Pencils with a Stencil Brush, 2019
CP Treasures, Vol. VI, 2019
"Dramatic Skies in Colored Pencil", article for COLOR magazine, March 2019
"Cloudscapes in Colored Pencil", article for UKCPS Talking Point journal, 2018
CP Treasures, Vol. V, 2017
Art Journey Animals, North Light Books, 2017
COLOR Magazine, cover and featured artist, May 2016
CP Treasures, Vol. IV, 2016
Strokes of Genius 8: Expressive Texture, (back cover) North Light Books, 2016
Strokes of Genius 7: Depth, Dimension and Space, North Light Books, 2015
"Portrait Posing", article for Colored Pencil Student magazine, Autumn 2015
CP Treasures, Vol. III, 2014
Colored Pencil magazine, cover and featured artist, July 2014 
CP Treasures, Vol. II, 2013
CP Treasures - Colored Pencil Masterworks from Around the Globe, 2012
Amazing Pencil Portraits 3, Platte Publishing, 2011
Ann Kullberg's Colored Pencil magazine, May 2011, July 2011, August 2012 (cover), April 2014 (feature article)

Representation

Cheryl Watts Pottery and Gallery, 417 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA
Kyo Gallery, Old Alexandria, VA

Affiliations

Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA), 10-Year Merit Signature Member, national president
CPSA DC210 San Jose District Chapter
UK Coloured Pencil Society, Silver Signature Member
Silicon Valley Open Studios
Fine Arts League of Cupertino, Cupertino, CA