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David's Major Shows, Awards and Recognition

2012 Shows, Awards and Recognition (PARTIAL LIST, TO DATE)
  • Selected for the American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • Juried artist for the C. M. Russell Museum's "The Russell" Art Show & Sale, Great Falls, MT
  • Invited for the Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show, Loveland, Colorado
  • Selected for the Greeley Stampede Annual Invitational Art Exhibit & Sale, Greeley, CO
  • Juried artist for the Icons of the West Show at Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
  • Juried artist for the OPA National Art Show & Sale, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO
  • Invited for the 1st Annual National Museum of Wildlife Art "Plein Air Fest" Quick Draw, Jackson Hole, WY
  • Selected for the "Altitude & Attitude" Windows to the Divine Paint Out, Show & Sale, Denver, CO
  • Juried artist for the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, Cody, WY
  • Selected artist for the Trailside Galleries Summer Miniature Art Show & Sale, Jackson, WY
  • Juried artist for the Art for the Sangres Show & Sale, Westcliffe, CO

    2011 Shows, Awards and Recognition
  • Invited artist for the Trailside Galleries "Fall Gold" Art Show & Sale, Jackson, WY
  • Landscape paintings featured in the July and August, 2011 issues of Western Art Collector magazine
  • Selected artist for the inaugural Trailside Galleries Summer Miniature Art Show & Sale, Jackson, WY
  • Juried artist for the 16th Annual Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, September 4, 2011, Rist Canyon, CO
  • Juried artist for the \OPA National Art Show & Sale, Devin Galleries, Coeur d'Alene, ID
  • Selected artist for the "Icons of the West" at Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
  • Landscape painting "Changing Seasons" featured in the March, 2011 issue of Western Art Collector magazine
  • Juried artist for the C. M. Russell Museum's "The Russell" Art Show & Sale, Great Falls, MT
  • Selected artist for the C. M. Russell Museum's "Art in Action" quick draw event, Great Falls, MT
  • Juried artist for the "Western Masters" Art Show & Sale, Great Falls, MT
  • Selected for the American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • Juried artist for the Panhandle-Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Canyon, TX
  • Selected for the Greeley Stampede 12th Annual Invitational Art Exhibit & Sale, Greeley, CO
  • Nationally juried artist for the April 22nd, 2011 1st annual Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Nationally selected artist for 8-Day Plein Air Oil Painting Workshop in Provence, France
  • Nationally juried artist for the Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational show and sale, Crested Butte, CO
  • Invited artist for 2-Person Art Show at Total Arts Gallery, Taos, NM
  • Featured artist for Weekend in the West, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO
  • Juried artist for the Art for the Sangres Show & Sale, Westcliffe, CO
  • Nationally juried artist for the Plein Air on the Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
  • Invited artist for the Sedona Plein Air Festival, Sedona, AZ
  • Nationally Invited artist for the Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, Tucson, AZ

    2010 Shows, Awards and Recognition
  • Selected for ongoing representation at the Total Arts Gallery in Taos, NM
  • Invited to show in Holiday Miniatures Show at Total Arts Gallery in Taos, NM
  • Selected for OPA Western Regional Art Show at Mountain Trails Gallery, Jackson, WY
  • Selected for the C.M. Russell Museum "Masters in Miniature" Show, Great Falls, MT.
  • Nationally juried artist for the 7th Annual Telluride Plein Air show and sale, Telluride, CO.
  • Selected artist for the new "The Russell" Museum Art Show, Great Falls, MT.
  • Selected for theC. M. Russell Museum's 201o "Art in Action" quick draw event, Great Falls, MT
  • Selected artist for the Ad Club C.M. Russell Art Auction,Great Falls, MT.
  • Selected for the Greeley Stampede 11th Annual Invitational Art Exhibit & Sale, Greeley, CO
  • Selected for the American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
  • Selected artist for the Evergreen Plein Air, Evergreen, CO
  • Invited to teach "Enchanted Landscapes" Workshop at 2010 Masterworks of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM

    2009 Shows, Awards and Recognition
  • Yellowstone Painting "Late Summer on the Firehole River" Selected for the 2009 Paint the Parks Second 100
  • Selected for OPA Western Regional Juried Exhibition at Howard/Mandville Gallery in Kirkland, WA
  • 2009 Workshop Faculty at Evergreen Fine Art Academy along with Scott Christensen, Kim English and Others
  • Feature article in June, 2009 "Plein Air" Issue of Southwest Art Magazine
  • Summer Roundup Art Show at Big Horn Gallery, Cody, WY
  • Invited to participate in the Gilcrease Museum's American Art in Miniature Show, Tulsa, OK
  • Sold Out Show during April, 2009 at the Arts at Denver Gallery grand opening, Denver, CO
  • Selected and sold at American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ

    2008 Shows, Awards and Recognition
  • Represented in Wyoming at Big Horn Gallery, Cody, Wyoming
  • Selected as guest artist for Peterson-Cody Gallery Spring Art Show, Santa Fe, NM
  • Three Person Show at Pinon Fine Art, Littleton, CO
  • Selected as guest artist for Galerie Gabrie Spring Art Show, Pasadena, California
  • Featured artist for 13th Annual Labor Day Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, Rist Canyon, CO
  • Selected artist for Sixteenth Annual 2008 Governor's Invitational Art Show
  • "Nomadas Del Arte" Plein Air Invitational, March 1st - 31st, 2008, Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM


    "First Light at Cottonwood Pass"

    "First Light on Cottonwood Pass", Oil on Linen, 24x24

    "First Light at Cottonwood Pass" Receives "Award of Excellence"
    at 2007 OPA National Show

    David W. Mayer's painting "First Light at Cottonwood Pass" (above) received an
    "Award of Excellence" from awards judge Quang Ho at the 16th Annual National Exhibition
    of the Oil Painters of America (OPA) held at
    Whistle Pik Galleries in Fredericksburg, Texas held during May, 2007.


    Other Shows, Awards and Recognition
  • Received "Award of Excellence" at 2007 16th National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Show at Whistle Pik Galleries
  • Selected for International Exhibition of the Society of Master Impressionists in Amarillo, Texas
  • Selected artist for Annual Labor Day Richard Schmid Fine Art Auctions
  • Invited to Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale, Prescott, AZ
  • Selected for "Landscapes of Colorado" Fine Art Book
  • One Person Show, Piñon Fine Art, Littleton, Colorado
  • American Miniatures Shows, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
  • Peppertree Art Show, Santa Ynez, California
  • Colorado Mountain Club Landscape Show, Golden, Colorado
  • Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Paint Out and Show, Jackson, Wyoming
  • One Person Show, High Country Water, Piñon Fine Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado
  • Collector's Choice Award, 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Show
  • Alla Prima International Show, Taos, New Mexico
  • Scottsdale Artist's School's Best and Brightest Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Artistic Award of Merit, Salon International Art Show, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
  • Annual Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show, Loveland, Colorado
  • National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Shows
  • West/Southwest/Mountain Region Oil Painters of America (OPA) Shows
  • Collector's Choice Award, 2nd annual Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Show
  • Featured in 2003 and 2004 Southwest Art Magazine

     

     

     

     

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