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Born in Kansas, Gloria Miller Allen has lived in Idaho since 1974, with her husband Tony, and their four (now grown) children. She is a life-time painter whose love of watercolors started in grade one, and has grown into a full time occupation. She teaches popular workshops in drawing and in watercolor. Besides being full of content, her workshops also bring confidence, encouragement, inspiration, poetry and fun,
In 1977, she started entering state and regional competitions. In 1986, she was accepted into her first National Exhibition, and in 1991, her first International Show. The list of accepted shows grows annually. She's had numerous one, two and three-person shows and is more and more considered by Corporate Collectors.
Gloria always has great variety in her choice of subjects. It might be a pile of rocks, a patch of grass, a crowd of people, an animal, or simply a chair; but whatever the subject, the main interest is always; first design, then values (light & dark - contrast) and color. Currently there is a strong interest in doing large oversize pieces and experimenting with varnishing.
Although her main media is purely transparent watercolor, she's dabbled with serigraphs, pastel, acrylic, or mixed-media and even oils. But her main strength, is pure classic watercolor
Her art education consisted primarily of keen observation, many books over many years, and thousands of hours spent at painting. Although she considers herself to be self-taught, in that she has no formal art education since high school, she has enjoyed wonderful workshops with many great American watercolorists. She credits a strong foundation in value structure and color to the time spent in the 60's working for Hallmark Cards Litho Art Dept. in Kansas City, Kansas.
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS HIGHLIGHTS
2008 TRANSPARENT WATERCOLOR SOCIETY OF AMERICA (TWSA) - Minneapolis, MN
2008 PAINT AMERICA TOP 200 - Topeka, KS
2007 Three Eyes on Art - Three Woman 20 year retrospective - Museum of Eastern Idaho
2007 NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - (member juried show) - California
2006 PAINT AMERICA TOP 100 - * Traveling Show- Topeka, KS
2006 Featured artist at the Lawrence Gallery - Salishan, OR
2005 AMERICAN WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - New York, NY
2005 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR *First Place - Waterworks Exhibit - Seattle, WA
2004 Featured artist at the Lawrence Gallery - Salishan, OR
2004 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SIGNATURE MEMBERSHIP Invitational - Seattle, WA
2004 IDAHO PAINTS IDAHO - State competition (*Award- 2nd Place) - Idaho Falls, ID
2004 IDAHO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - *Juror’s Choice Award - Boise, ID
2003 WATERCOLOR WEST - National Exhibit - CA. *American Artist Magazine Award
2003 ARTS FOR THE PARKS - National Exhibit - Jackson, WY
2003 IDAHO PAINTS IDAHO - State competition - *Traveling Show top 25
2002 Featured artist at the Dearing Gallery - Taos, NM
2002 THREE EYES ON ART - Three woman show – Browns Gallery - Boise, ID
2000 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 60TH ANNIVERSARY INVITATIONAL
Frye Art Museum - Seattle, WA
2000 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - National Exhibit - Seattle, WA
1999 AMERICAN WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - Salmagundi Club - New York, NY
1998 ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA - National Exhibit all Media - New York, NY
1998 WATERCOLOR WEST - International Exhibit - Bree, CA
1998 THREE PERSON SHOW - Noyes Gallery - Lincoln, NE
1997 ST. GEORGE ART FESTIVAL - St. George, UT. * Award First Place Mixed
1997 MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART - Northwest Regional Juried Exhibition - WA
1996 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOR EXHIBIT - San Diego, CA
1996 THE IFAC ARTS AWARD- Presented by the Idaho Falls Arts Council – Idaho Falls, ID
1995 *Awarded Signature Membership - KNICKERBOCKER ARTISTS USA - Sedona, AZ
1995 MID-WEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY National Exhibit - Greenbay, Wisconsin
1995 KNICKERBOCKER ARTISTS - USA, National Exhibit - Sedona, AZ
1995 WESTERN COLORADO-National Watercolor Exhibit - Grand Rapids, CO
1995 NORTH WEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - National Exhibit - Seattle, WA
1995 LEWIS-CLARK Northwest Regional Show - Lewiston, ID
1995 ONE-WOMAN SHOW - Rick College - Rexburg, Idaho
1994 ANCIENT ROCKS AND WILD HORSES (2-woman show) - Patio Azul Gallery -Sedona, AZ
1994 MID-WEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY-National Exhibit - Greenbay, Wisconsin
*Awarded Signature Membership
1994 RED RIVER National Exhibition - Fargo, North Dakota
1994 BEST OF THE WEST - Boise State University - Regional Exhibit - Boise, ID
1994 “THREE EYES ON ART” (3-Woman Show) - Twin Falls, Idaho
1993 MID-WEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY National Exhibit - Greenbay, WI
1993 OKLAHOMA NATIONAL Watercolor Exhibition - Oklahoma City, OK
1993 WATERCOLOR WEST- National Competition - Fullerton, California
* Awarded Signature Membership
1993 WATERWORKS ‘93 sponsored by North West Watercolor - Seattle, Washington
1993 WESTERN COLORADO NATIONAL - * Award - Grand Junction, CO
1993 MONTANA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - National Exhibit - Butte, MT MT
*Awarded Signature Membership
1993 WOOD WALLS & STONE - One Woman Show - Browns Gallery - Boise, Idaho
1992 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - National Exhibit - Seattle, WA
*Awarded Signature Membership
1992 WATERCOLOR WEST National Competition - Fullerton, California
1992 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL WATERCOLOR EXHIBIT - Foothills Art Center -Golden, CO
1992 WATERMEDIA ‘92-National Exhibit - Hockaday Center for the Arts - MT
1992 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - National Competition - Kirkland, WA
1992 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - National Competition - WA
1991 WESTERN COLORADO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY - National Exhibit -Grand Junction, CO *Award
1991 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION - Poway Museum of Art
* Presidents Award - San Diego, CA
1990-91 NATIONAL WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION OF OKLAHOMA - Kirkpatrick Museum -
*Award -'91 - Oklahoma City, OK
1991 SISTERS II - Two woman show with sculptor sister Sherian Miller Frey of Wayne, NE
Willowtree Gallery - Idaho Falls, ID
1990 MID-WEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY NATIONAL EXHIBIT - Greenbay, Wisconsin
*Traveling Show - Touring Mid-West
1990-91 SEVEN-STATE REGIONAL ART SHOW (MT,WY,ID,SD,UT,NE,&CO) - Cheyenne, WY
*Award - Best of Show
1990 ARTS FOR THE PARKS TOP 100 ARTISTS National Parks Academy of the Arts
Toured United States for year - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
1990 THE MOTHER EARTH SERIES - One Woman Show - Paintings and Poems
Gallery 8 KIFI TV - Idaho Falls, Idaho
1990 SPIRIT OF THE WEST - A state-wide juried traveling exhibit celebrating the Idaho
Centennial - toured 32 towns in Idaho
1989 NAMPA CENTENNIAL ART SHOW - State competition - Nampa, Idaho
*Award - Best of Show
1989-90 SNAKE RIVER COMPETITIVE - A four-state regional (MT,OR,WY,ID) - Idaho Falls,ID
*Award '89
1989 CANYON WALL SERIES - One Woman Show - Corner Gallery - Idaho Falls, ID
1988 WATERMEDIA '88 NATIONAL EXHIBITION - Museum of the Rockies - Bozeman, MT
*Award Jurors Choice
1988 SISTERS - Two Woman Show with sister Sheri Miller Frey - Norfolk Center for the Arts -
Norfolk, NE
1987-90 LEWISTON INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBIT Lewis & Clark St. College - Lewiston, ID
1989,87,86 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION - Golden, Colorado
*Brass Cheque Award '87
1988,86 NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION - Regional Exhibition - Bellevue, WA
1987-88 WATERCOLOR WEST- National Exhibition - Fullerton, CA
*Granted Juried Associate Member Status '88
1986 THREE EYES ON ART - Three Woman Show touring the state of Idaho (5 cities)
1985 IDAHO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY -State Exhibit Boise ID * Signature Membership
1983 FEATURED ARTIST East Idaho State Fair
1982-83 SPRINGVILLE NATIONAL APRIL SALON -Springville Museum -Springville, UT
1979 BLACK HILLS TWELVE-STATE REGIONAL- South Dakota
*Award First Place in Watercolor
1978 SNAKE RIVER COUNTRY ART SHOW - Idaho Falls, ID *Award Silver Medal
1977 SNAKE RIVER COUNTRY ART SHOW - Idaho Falls, ID *Award Bronze Meda
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS - COMMISSIONS OF INTEREST – PUBLICATIONS
2007 ST. GEORGE ART MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTION - St. George, UT
2006 Featured in IDAHO FALLS MAGAZINE -
2005 EAGLE ROCK ART MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTION - Idaho Falls, ID
2004 FINCH & BROADBENT, PA - Law Office - Boise, ID
2003 Commissioned by City of Idaho Falls to paint Civic Auditorium for 50th Anniversary
2002 Featured in TAOS MAGAZINE October issue
2002 HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY Associates of Eastern Idaho - Idaho Falls, ID
2001 TETON WOMEN'S CLINIC - Dr. Oldroyd -Idaho Falls, ID
2000 HAWLEY TROXELL LAW FIRM - Boise, ID
2000 IDAHO GASTROENTEROLOGY - Boise, ID
2000 BANK OF IDAHO - Idaho Falls, ID
1999 ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL - Boise, ID
1998 IDAHO GASTROENTEROLOGY - Boise, ID
1998 NORTHWEST COSMETICS LABORATORIES - Idaho Falls, ID
1998 PRIMARY HEALTH - Mountain Home, ID
1998 BLUE CROSS OF IDAHO - Boise, ID
1997 HEALTH WISE CLINIC - Boise, ID
1996 MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE - Mountain Home, ID (3 pieces)
1996 EASTERN IDAHO STATE BANK - Idaho Falls, ID
1996 Painting published in CREATIVE WATERCOLOR by Mary Ann Beckwith published by
Rockport Publishing Co. Rockport, MS
1995 KEY BANK - Boise, ID
1995 *Commissioned by Democrats - a painting of GOVERNOR CECIL ANDRUS
1995 FIRST SECURITY BANK - Colorado
1995 UNIVERSAL FROZEN FOODS -Twin Falls, ID
1995 Painting for GOVERNOR CECIL ANDRUS - Gift from the Democratic Party in Idaho
1994 Featured in WATERCOLOR '94 issue of AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE
1991& 92 CITY OF ST GEORGE PERMANENT ART COLLECTION - St. George, Utah
1991 ALBERTSON’S Corporate Headquarters IDAHO ART COLLECTION - 5 pieces - Boise, ID
1991 CITY of Idaho Falls....MAYOR'S OFFICE
1990 KIFI TV 8 GALLERY 8 - Television Station - Idaho Falls, ID
1990 ALBERTSON’S Corporate Headquarters IDAHO ART COLLECTION 2 pieces - Boise, ID
1990 BHC HEALTH CENTER - Idaho Falls, ID (numerous original pieces)
1990 KEY BANK Collection - Boise, ID
1989 BONNEVILLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM - Idaho Falls, ID
1989 Idaho State University, University of Idaho, Boise State University, Eastern Idaho
Technical College all have “We The People” print done for the state centennial.
1989 Commissioned to design 30 page Coloring Book for HARRIMAN STATE PARK
Island Park, ID
1989 Cover Design for NORTHWEST ARTISTS CALENDER - CFPR Publications
Portland, OR
1989 Gov. Cecil Andrus, Congressman Richard Stallings, and Mayor Tom Campbell
(We the People of Idaho prints)
1989 MAGAN MEDICAL CLINIC - Riverside, CA
1988,89,90,91 REDLANDS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL'S HEALING ARTS COLLECTION - (numerous
originals pieces ) - Redlands, CA
1988 NAMPA HOSPITAL - Nampa, Idaho
1988 EAGLE ROCK ART MUSEUM Guild Permanent Collection - Idaho Falls, ID
1987 *Commission - Idaho Commemorative painting "WE THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO"
Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the US Constitution and Idaho’s 100 Birthday
Original hangs in the State Office Building - Idaho Falls, ID
1987 SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER - Portland, OR.
1987 FIRST SECURITY BANK - Coeur d' Alene, ID
1986 HAGADONE RESORT Corporation - Coeur d' Alene, ID
1985 THE POST REGISTER Newspaper Offices - Idaho Falls, ID
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