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About the Artist


deco ARTIST BETTY BLOUNTdeco

Painting the beauty
of America


ARTIST INFO:
California Teaching Credential-Adult Education- for Painting and Drawing.
35 Years of teaching private classes and workshops.
Recognized for her specialty in seascapes.

SUBJECT MATTER: Landscapes, Seascapes and Florals

MEDIUM: Oil on canvas or linen

MUSEUM EXHIBITS:
Ventura County Maritime Museum at Channel Islands Harbor; Aqueous IV Exhibit; October 2009
 Coos Art Museum; Coos Bay, Oregon 1999
 San Bernadino Museum; San Bernadino, CA; XXXII Annual Juried Show 1996
 Coos Art Museum; Coos Bay, Oregon 1996

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
 American Society of Marine Artists; Ventura County Maritime Museum at Channel Islands Harbor, 2009
 American Impressionist Society; Saks Gallery, Denver, CO 2009
 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Juried Show; Los Angeles, CA
 Audubon Society National Wildlife and Environmental Show; Los Angeles, CA
 American Impressionist Society; Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2008
 Southern California Juried Exposition- Del Mar Fair; 2007, 1989 & 1983
 American Society of Marine Artists; Western Regional Show; Coos Art Museum; 1999 & 1996
v San Bernadino Museum XXXII Annual Juried Show 1996; San Bernadino, CA 1996
 Foothills Fine Art Gallery Annual Juried Show; 3- 1st Place Juror Awards; 9 Popular Vote Awards

ORGANIZATIONS:
 Oil Painters of America
 American Impressionist Society
 American Society of Marine Artists
 California Art Club
 Plein Air Painters Association of San Diego (PAPASAN)
 Plein Air Painters Meet-up Group

PUBLICATIONS:
 Art of the West Magazine (With Oil Painters of America)
 Art-Talk Newspaper/Magazine - June/July, 2000
 Art of the West Magazine March/April, 2000 and May/June, 2000
 Art of the West Magazine- March/April, 2008
 Southwest Art Magazine, Feb. Issue 1998 & May issue 1998 (With Oil Painters of America)
 Southwest Art Magazine 1991 Engagement Calendar
 U. S. Art Magazine, July/August Issue 1990
 Art Talk Magazine, 3 issues
 Artists of Southern California Magazine, Vol. I, 1989

ASSOCIATIONS:
 San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild- Past Member
 American Artists Professional League, Salamagundi Club, New York
 Nominated for National League of American Pen Women for professional achievement as an artist.
 Numerous Awards
 Juried member La Jolla Art Association


* Paintings are included in hundreds of private collections, professional offices and businesses; they hang in
almost every state throughout the United States and in Canada and Europe. Revised July 2019.