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Frank Francese NWS
527 Belford Avenue
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
970-245-5278
ffrancese@acsol.net
PUBLISHED
• Water Media Painting with Stephen Quiller; 2008
• PBS-Comcast Broadcasting painting demonstration on Enid Silverman`s “Artists to Artists” program: 2008.
• Watercolor Magic August 2006;”Whitby, England”: 3rd Place  Water Media Showcase 2006, landscape category.
• Artists Sketchbook April 2006; article in “Unforgettable places to create”.
• Watercolor Magic 2006 calendar will feature Francese watercolor “Del Gesu Matteotti-Genoa” on cover.
• Palet: Kunst-Kijken-doen. December 2005 issue, Netherlands, article on Francese painting.
• Watercolor Magic: 2005 August issue featuring “ Del Gesu Matteotti-Genoa:: Honorable Mention, Landscape Category of Water media Showcase [2400 entries].
• Watercolor Magic: 2005 Winter Issue “Sketch Your Way to a Fresher Style”.
• Watercolor Magic: 2004 Winter Issue: Francese watercolor on front cover.
• Artists Magazine: January 2004: 20th Anniversary Issue featuring watercolor “Rainy Varzi”.
• Artists Magazine: September 2003: “Hyde Street Cable Car” featured in Article “Simply the Best”.
• Artists Magazine: June 2003 Francese watercolor on cover; “Seeing the sights” article on how to paint.
• Watercolor Magic: October 2002 Special Issue “Watercolor Magic Creativity” featuring Francese watercolor on cover, with short article on how to paint in Editor`s note.
• Artists Magazine: December 2001 issue featuring “Rainy Varzi”: 2nd Place in Landscape Division in 18th Annual Art Competition.
• Watercolor Magic: Spring 2002; Headliners 2001; Winter 2000, Swipe File feature article “A Sketching Tool To Try.”
• Splash V : 1998
• Watercolor Magic: Summer 1997 featured artist “Wet into Wet” reprinted 1999
• Painting Composition: Best of Watercolor Series 1997: Rockport Publishers Award of Distinction.


JUDGING EXHIBITIONS
• 2007: Idaho Watercolor Society National.
           Memphis/Germantown Art League National.
• 2006: San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition.
           Mississippi Watercolor Society National.
• 2005: Montana Watercolor Society National.
           Alabama Watercolor Society National
• 2004: Rhode Island Watercolor Society National.
• 2003: Mississippi Watercolor Society National.
• 2002: Midwest Watercolor Society National.
           Southwestern Watercolor Annual Exhibition.
• 2001: St Louis Watercolor Annual Exhibition.
• 1999; Colorado Watercolor Society Annual State Exhibition.
• 1999; North Carolina Watercolor Society National
Exhibition


WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION
• Baltimore Watercolor Society, Baltimore, MD 2009
• Corn Loft Studios, Tomsallagh, Ireland 2009
• West Texas Watercolor Society 2009
• In View Center for Arts. Vermont 2009
• Ohio Valley Art, Kentucky 2009
• Artisan's Studio, Dallas, TX 2008, 09
• Bill Sigmon Group, North Carolina 2009
• Art Box Studio, Pasadena, CA 2009
• Western Colorado Watercolor Society, CO 2009
• Hot Springs Village, Arkansas  2009
• AITM, Bend, OR  2008, 09
• Pacific Northwest, Coupeville, WA  2009
• Judy Patti Studio, Denver, CO  2009
• Cheap Joe's Art Stuff, Boone, NC 2008
• Richmond Artists, Richmond, VA 2008
• Niagra Frontier Watercolor Society, Buffalo, NY
• Art League of Ocean City, MD  2008
• Arizona Watercolor Association, Phoenix, AZ 2008
• Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL 2008
• Images Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2007, 06
• Jerry`s Artarama AOC, Raleigh, NC  2007
• Fairbanks Watercolor Society, Fairbanks, AK 2007
• North Star Watercolor Society, Minneapolis 2007
• Art in the Mountains 2007-03
• Capetown Artists Association, Lewes De 2007
• Idaho Watercolor Society, Boise, ID  2007
• Memphis/Germantown Art League, Memphis, TN 2007
• Santa Carla Valley Watercolor Society, San Jose, 2007
• Hilton Head Art Society, South Carolina  2007
• Florida Keyes Watercolor Society, Marathon, FL  2007
• Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Ft Lauderdale, 2007
• Internationale Aquarel Workshops, Belgium, 2006
• Paramount Arts, St Cloud, MN  2006
• NWS, Brea, CA  2005
• California Watercolor Association, Walnut Creek, 2005
• Paint Yosemite, 2005
• East Central Ontario Art Association, Canada 2005
• Watercolor Society Of Alabama, 2005
• Vienna Art Society, Vienna, VA. 2005
• Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, 2005
• San Diego International Watercolor Society, 2006-04-02