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Denise "Vanna White"
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About
Denise Bellon West
Denise has been actively painting for over
fifteen years. Color is her main focus and
is what fuels her passion to paint, always with
a fresh, contemporary flair.
Although largely self-taught, Denise has studied
at the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts, Foothills
Art Center in Golden, the Art Students’ League
of Denver, and with many nationally known
artists.
She has held numerous solo art exhibits and has
been in many galleries and juried art shows.
Her paintings are in private and corporate
collections across the country.
Events / Exhibits / Awards
2008 “Artists in the Garden,” Evergreen
Garden Tour, CO
2008 Open-Door Studio Tour, Artists of
Evergreen, CO
2008 “Kent Denver Art Show 2008,” juried
show, Englewood, CO
2008 KRMA televised art auction, Denver,
CO
2008 100 for 100 event, Center for the
Arts, Evergreen, CO
2008 “Wide Open Whatever,” juried show,
Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
2008 Purchase by the
University of Denver for Nagel
Hall Collection
2007 Board Member, Evergreen Artists’
Association, CO
2007 Solo Exhibit, Artist of the Month,
“Seasons,” Frames for All Reasons, Evergreen, CO
2007 Art & Artifacts Benefit, Project
Education Sudan, Denver, CO
2007 BowWow Benefit, Saks Gallery, Cherry
Creek, Denver, CO
2007 Paintings on
display in a home for HGTV filming of Extreme
Makeover episode
2007 Canyon Courier, Evergreen, CO
2007 Juried Art Show, Kent Denver School,
Englewood, CO
2007 100 for 100, Center for the Arts,
Evergreen, CO
2007 KRMA, Televised “Wild, Wild Art
Auction, Denver, CO
2007 Selected for Colorline-USA Calendar
2006 Vice President, Colorado Watercolor
Society, CO
2006 Vice President, Evergreen Artists’
Association, CO
2006 Solo Exhibit, Artist of the Month,
Frames for All Reasons, Evergreen, CO
2006 Lone Tree Art Exhibition, juried show,
Lone Tree, CO
2006 First Place - Oil, Evergreen Arts
Festival, Evergreen, CO
2006 Art & Artifacts Benefit, Project
Education Sudan, Denver, CO
2006 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
2006 BowWow Benefit, Saks Gallery, Cherry
Creek, Denver, CO
2006 “Summer Social!” juried art show,
Colorado Watercolor Society, Littleton, CO
2006 All-Colorado Art Show, juried
exhibition, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center,
Greenwood Village, CO
2006 100 for 100, Center for the Arts,
Evergreen, CO
2006 “Monochrome & Multichrome” juried art
show, Evergreen, CO
2006 KRMA, Televised “Wild, Wild Art
Auction, Denver, CO
2006 “Art in Kayenta” Art Festival, Kayenta,
UT
2006 Selected for Colorline-USA Calendar
2005 Vice President, Colorado Watercolor
Society, CO
2005 Vice President, Evergreen Artists’
Association, CO
2005 Solo Exhibit, “Artist of the Month,”
Frames for All Reasons, Evergreen, CO
2005 Group Show, “Studio 208”, Denver
Athletic Club, CO
2005 Solo Exhibit, “Full Color”, Buchanon
Rec Center, Evergreen, CO
2005 KRMA, Televised “Wild, Wild Art
Auction, Denver, CO
2005 “CWS Winner’s Circle”, Colorado
Watercolor Society, Lapis Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 Honorable Mention, “A Splash in the
Highlands” CWS, Lapis Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 Chairperson, Colorado Watercolor
Society Spring Art Show, CO
2005 “Nature’s Inspiration”, juried art
show, Wildlife of the Rockies, Evergreen, CO
2005 “Invitation-Only Exhibit,” CD Graphics,
Denver, CO
2005 “Edges” juried art show, Evergreen
Artists’ Association, CO
2005 Collier’s of Colorado Art Program,
Centennial, CO
2005 100 for 100, Center for the Arts,
Evergreen, CO
2005 Published, Mountain Connection, Annual
Art Issue
2005 “Outside the Line”, juried art show,
Evergreen Artists’ Association, CO
2005 3rd Place, Lone Tree Art
Exhibition, CO
2005 Artist in the Garden, Evergreen Garden
Club Garden Tour, CO
2005 Publicity, Canyon Courier Article, “In
the Mountain Greenery”, CO
2005 All-Colorado Art Show, juried
exhibition, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center,
Greenwood Village, CO
2005 “Celebration”, juried art show,
K.D.Moore Gallery, Evergreen, CO
2005 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
2005 Group Exhibit, Boettcher Concert Hall,
Denver, CO
2005 Selected for Colorline-USA Calendar
2004 Vice President, Colorado Watercolor
Society, CO
2004 Vice President, Evergreen Artists’
Association, CO
2004 Board of Directors, Evergreen Arts
Council, Evergreen, CO
2004 Holiday Art Show, Branson’s, Greenwood
Village, CO
2004 “Merry Magnificent Miniatures” Art
Show, Millsap-Moore Gallery, Evergreen, CO
2004 Lone Tree Art Exhibition, juried art
show, Lone Tree, CO
2004 “Studio 208” Art Show, Denver Athletic
Club, Denver, CO
2004 Best of Show, “Inside and Outside”,
Center for the Arts – Evergreen, CO
2004 All-Colorado Art Show, juried
exhibition, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center,
Greenwood Village, CO
2004 KRMA, Televised “Wild, Wild Art
Auction, Denver, CO
2004 Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage Grove
Park, Evergreen, CO
2004 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
2004 Teacher, Art in the Schools Program,
Jefferson County, CO
2004 2D Winner, Poster Contest, Evergreen
Arts Festival, CO
2003 Vice President, Colorado Watercolor
Society, CO
2003 Vice President, Evergreen Artists’
Association, CO
2003 Board of Directors, Evergreen Arts
Council, CO
2003 Juried Show, Spring Fine Art Show,
Evergreen Artists’ Association, CO
2003 Holiday Art Show, Ervin’s, Centennial,
CO
2003 Colorado Artist Colorado Art Work,
District Office of Congressman Tom Tancredo,
Centennial, CO
2003 Lone Tree Art Exhibition, juried art
show, Lone Tree, CO
2003 Solo Exhibit, “Artist of the Month,”
Frames for All Reasons, Evergreen, CO
2003 All-Colorado Art Show, juried
exhibition, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center,
Greenwood Village, CO
2003 Open Door Studio Tour, “Artists of
Evergreen,” Evergreen, CO
2003 Solo Exhibition, Office of Congressman
Tom Tancredo, Centennial, CO
2003 Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage Grove
Park, Evergreen, CO
2003 Winner, Cover Contest, Mountain
Connection, Annual Art Issue, CO
2003 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
2003 Artist in the Garden, Evergreen Garden
Club Garden Tour, CO
2003 Solo Art Show, Evergreen Gallery, SoHo
Restaurant, Evergreen, CO
2003 KRMA, Televised “Wild, Wild Art
Auction, Denver, CO
2002 Co-Vice President, Evergreen Artists’
Association, CO
2002 Best of Show, Shadow Mountain Gallery,
Kittredge, CO
2002 Casas for CASA, Birdhouse Benefit, Lake
House, Evergreen, CO
2002 Lone Tree Art Exhibition, juried art
show, Lone Tree, CO
2002 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
2002 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Spring
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
2002 KRMA, Televised “Wild, Wild Art
Auction, Denver, CO
2001 Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage
Grove, Evergreen, CO
2001 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Fall
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
2001 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
2001 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Spring
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
2000 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
2000 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Fall
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
2000 Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage Grove
Park, Evergreen, CO
2000 “Views of the West”, juried art
exhibition, The Fort Restaurant, Morrison, CO
2000 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Spring
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
1999 “Views of the West”, juried art
exhibition, The Fort Restaurant, Morrison, CO
1999 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Fall
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
1999 Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage
Grove, Evergreen, CO
1999 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Spring
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
1999 Artist in the Garden, Evergreen Garden
Club Garden Tour, CO
1999 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
1998 Solo Art Exhibition, Evergreen Library,
Evergreen, CO
1998 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Fall
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
1998 Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage
Grove, Evergreen, CO
1998 Evergreen Artists’ Association, Spring
Members’ Show, Evergreen, CO
1998 Solo Art Exhibition, Community First
Bank, Aspen Park, CO
1997 EAA Fall Show, Evergreen Artists’
Association, Denver, CO
1997 Student/Teacher Show, Loveland Academy
of Fine Arts, Loveland, CO
1997 Evergreen Arts Festival, Heritage
Grove, Evergreen, CO
1997 Spring Art Show, Evergreen Artists’
Association, Evergreen, CO |
