Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions

Sept 2010 - Solo Exhibit of 28 Paintings @ Art Space Gallery, Herndon, VA

Representative Past Solo Exhibits

2010; 30 ptgs, "Retrospective Exhibit of Doug Stenhouse's Watercolor Paintings", Summer Studios Arts Academy, Lomita, CA (May)
2010; 28 ptgs, "The Beauty of Plein-Air Watercolors"; Sugarhouse Library, SLC, UT
2009; 46 ptgs, "Now & Then," Schaeffer Gallery, Malaga Cove Library, PVE, CA (Jan)
2008; 25 ptgs, Performing Arts Center, Redondo Beach, CA (May-June)
2008; 20 ptgs, "Splendor of Central Coast," Frame Works Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA (Mar-Apr)
2008; 18 ptgs, "Images of the Eastern Sierra Mountains"; St Lukes Church, Long Beach, CA (Jan)
2007; 20 ptgs, Four Olives Cafe, Long Beach, CA (Oct)
2007; 10 ptgs, Madrona Marsh HQ Bldg, Torrance, CA (Oct)
2007; 24 ptgs, Burrison Art Gallery, University Club, Inn @ Penn, Philadelphia, PA (July)
2007; 14 ptgs, Distinctive Edge Gallery, 29050 S. Western Ave, Suite 113, RPV, CA (June)
2006; 16 ptgs, Pegasus Gallery, Bishop, CA (Sep-Nov)
2006; 20 ptgs, Four Olives Café, Long Beach, CA (July)
2006; 100 ptgs, 4th Annual Patrons' Appreciation Party, Stenhouse Studio, Torrance, CA (Sep)
2005; Office of CA State Senator Alan Lowenthal, Long Beach, CA (July - August)
2005; River Gallery, Galesville, MD (June)
2005; Signal Hill Library, CA (May - June)
2005; Madrona Marsh Headquarters Bldg, Torrance, CA (March - April)
2005; Schauerman Library, El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA (January)
2004; London Brass Rubbing Centre, St. Luke's Church, Long Beach, CA (October-November)
2004; Wilsonville Public Library, OR (October)
2004; Long Beach Main Public Library, CA (September - October)
2004; Forbes Hall, Universalist Unitarian Church of Santa Monica, CA (August)
2004; St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Providence, RI (June)
2004; River Gallery, Galesville, MD (June)
2004; Los Angeles County Courthouse, Malibu, CA (March - April)
2003; Main Library, Torrance, CA (Oct-Dec)
2003; Pacific Ave Resource Ctr, Long Beach, CA (Oct-Dec)
2003; Besaw's Restaurant, Portland, OR (Aug-Oct)
2003; Washington Mutual Bank, Malibu, CA (Jul-Aug)
2003; City Clerk's Office, Torrance, CA (Jul)
2003; 40 ptgs, home of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Powell, Northridge, CA (Apr)
2003; 40 ptgs, Schaeffer Gallery, Malaga Cove Library, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (January)

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Representative Past Three-Four Person Exhibitions

2005; Residence of Linette Markelle, Torrance, CA (October)
2005; Northrup-Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA (August - September)
2005; St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Long Beach, CA (February)
2004; Never Forgotten Gallery, Lomita, CA (October)
2004; St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morro Bay, CA (August)
2004; "Structures Exhibit", Torrance Artists' Guild, Armstrong Theatre Lobby, Torrance, CA (July)
2003; "Spring Fling", Distinctive Edge Gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (May - June)
2003; 17th Annual Gallerie of Fine Art; University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE; October

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Representative Group Exhibitions

2010; 2 ptgs; Frameworks Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA (April)
2009; 1 ptg; NWS All Member Juried Show; NWS Gallery, San Pedro CA (May-Jun)
2009; 2 ptgs; Redondo Beach Art Group Exhibit; Beach Cities Health Dist, Redondo Beach CA (May-Jul)
2009; 1 ptg; 2009 Annual Juried Exhibit, South Bay WS; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA (July)
2008; 108th International Anniversary Exhibition of Works on Paper; Philadelphia Water Color Society; West Chester University, PA
2008; Plein Air Painting Festival, San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA (October)
2008; Redondo Beach Artists' Group POWER OF ART, Redondo Beach, CA (Oct)
2008; Annual Henry Fukuhara Workshop; APC Gallery, 1621 Cabrillo Ave, Torrance, CA (Aug)
2008; Plein Air Competition & Arts Festival, Easton, MD (July)
2008; San Pedro Arts Association Gallery, Ports O' Call, San Pedro, CA (Jun-Jul)
2008; Annual Membership Exhibit, South Bay Watercolor Society; Torrance, CA (Jun)
2008; Spring Exhibition; New Mexico Watercolor Society, Albuquerque, NM (May)
2008; Exhibit @ Manzanar Interpretive Center, Independence, CA (Apr-May)
2008; South Bay Watercolor Society's "As We See It"; APC Gallery, Torrance CA (Mar-Apr)
2008; "Celebration of Color" Exhibit, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA (Jan-Feb)
2007; Beverly & Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History Art Show, Long Pine, CA (Nov-Jan08)
2007; "Between the Lines," Peninsula Center Library, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (Nov-Dec)
2007; London Brass Rubbing Ctr, St Luke's Church, Long Beach, CA (Oct-Nov)
2007; Fall Juried Show New Mexico Watercolor Society, Albuquerque, NM (Oct)
2007; "Aquarius 2007," Central Coast Watercolor Society, San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA (Oct)
2007; 8 ptgs, Triarts Festival, Historic Downtown San Pedro, CA (Sep)
2007; Pinedorado Annual Art Show Allied Arts Association, Cambria, CA (Sep)
2007; Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, Morro Bay Art Assoc, Morro Bay, CA (Aug-Sep)
2007; Pacific Regional Exhibit, Central Coast Watercolor Society, San Luis Obispo, CA (Jun-Aug)
2007; Southbay Watercolor Society Exhibit, Main Library, Torrance, CA (Apr-May)
2007; California Juried Open Exhibit, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA (April)
2007; Centennial Art Exhibit, City Hall, Lomita, CA (Feb)
2006; Principal Art & Artifacts, Lomita, CA (Nov-Jan07)
2006; "Aqueous USA 2006," Kentucky Watercolor Society, Louisville, KY (Oct)
2006; New Mexico Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit, Albuquerque, NM (Oct)
2006; "Watermedia 2006", Montana Watercolor Society, Bigfork, MT (Oct)
2006; Central Coast National Fine Art Competition, Morro Bay, CA (Aug-Sep)
2006; Annual Members' Exhibit, South Bay Watercolor Society, Torrance, CA (Aug)
2006; Annual Member Exhibit, Nat'l Watercolor Society, VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA (May)
2005; New Mexico Watercolor Society Fall Watercolor Exhibit, Albuquerque, NM (Oct)
2005; Italian Wine Tasting & Art Show, Il Toscano Ristorante, Torrance, CA (Sep)
2005; Northrup-Grumman Phys Ed Facility, Redondo Beach, CA (Aug-Sep)
2005; Henry Fukuhara Watercolor Workshop Exhibit, Fine Arts Factory, Pasadena, CA (Aug)
2005; Allied Arts Assn Summer Celebration, Richland, WA (Jul-Aug)
2005; Malibu Art Assoc Juried Exhibit, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA (May)
2005; 30th Annual, Western Fed'n Watercolor Societies, Surprise, AZ (April-May)
2005; Benefit for Long Beach City College Library, Long Beach, CA (Apr)
2005; Evangelical Free Church, Redondo Beach, CA (Apr)
2005; Malibu Artists' Association Spring Membership Show, Malibu, CA (Mar)
2004; Watercolor West XXXVI, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA (Oct-Dec)
2004; Goodstay Center, Univ of Delaware, Wilmington, DE (Oct)
2004; Annual Exhibit, Torrance Artists' Guild, Torrance, CA (Oct)
2004; Annual Central Coast International Exhibit, Morro Bay Art Association; Morro Bay, CA; (Jul)
2004; Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Jun-Jul)
2004; Berkley Gallery, Warrenton, VA (Jun - Apr05)
2004; Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE (Jun - Apr05)
2004; Nat'l Watercolor Soc & Philadelphia Watercolor Assn, Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA (May-Jun)
2004; Spring Exhibit, Allied Arts Association, Richland, WA (May)
2004; Bath Church UCC, Bath Twp, OH (Jan-Feb)
2003; Croatian Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA (Dec)
2003; PV Art Center Members Exhibit, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (Dec)
2003; King Harbor Yacht Club, Redondo Beach, CA (Oct-Nov)
2003; East. Washington Watercolor Society Juried Show, Allied Arts Gallery, Richland WA (Oct)
2003; 27th Annual International Exhibit, Northeast Watercolor Society; Kent, CT (Oct)
2003; 61st Annual Exhibit, Audubon Artists' Inc; Salmagundi Club, NYC, NY (Oct)
2003; Palos Verdes Art Center Instructors & Staff Exhibit, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (Oct)
2003; Bath Church UCC, Bath Twp, OH (Oct)
2003; St. James Episcopal Church, Pullman, WA (Aug)
2003; Rehoboth Art League Members' Art Exhibit, Rehoboth Beach, DE (Jul-Sep)
2003; Palos Verdes Art Ctr Members' Juried Exhibit, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (Jun)
2003; Weisman Art Museum, Pepperdine Univ, Malibu, CA (May)
2002; Gallery Shop, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE (Oct - May03)
2002; Sunbowl Exhibit, Int'l Museum of Art, El Paso, TX (Oct)
2002; 46th Annual Regional Juried Show, Mystic Art Assn, Mystic, CT (Aug)

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List of Awards

3rd Place ("Bougainvilleas #2"); 2009 Juried Annual Exhibit, South Bay Watercolor Society. Torrance Art Museum; 11 July - 1 Auguat 2009 (Albert Setton, Juror)

1st Place ("Quarry Pond, Hornblende Farm"); Members' All Media Exhibit, Torrance Artists' Guild, Torrance, CA; 8 Jan 2008 (Carol Hungerford, Juror)

1st Place ("Old PPG Plant, Owens Lake, CA"); Members' All Media Exhibit, Torrance Artists' Guild, Torrance, CA; 13 Nov 2007 (Eileen Brabender, Juror)

Daler-Downey Award ("Estuary @ Morro Bay, CA"); New Mexico Watercolor Society's Fall Exhibition 2007; Fine Arts Bldg, EXPO New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; 6-28 Oct 2007 (Gerald Brommer, Juror)

1st Place ("Tulips"); Members' All Media Exhibit, Torrance Artists' Guild, Torrance, CA; 11 Sep 2007 (Al Setton, Juror)

1st Place ("Eastern Sierras from Alabama Hills #4"); Members' All Media Exhibit; Torrance Artists' Guild, Torrance, CA; 14 Aug 2007 (Carlos Lopez, Juror)

Anne Nybak/Johnson Framing Studios Award ("Seagulls @ Morro Rock") Central Coast Watercolor Society's Aquarius 2007 Pacific Regional Exhibition; Art Center Museum, SLO, CA; 30 June-5 Aug 2007 (Tom Lynch, Juror)

Mayor's Award ("Railroad Museum, Lomita, CA"); Centennial Art Exhibit, City of Lomita, CA; Feb 2007

Special Award ("Pink Barn"); Juried Fine Art Exhibition, La Habra Art Assn; 9-30 Nov 2006 (Brenda Swenson, Juror)

Board of Directors' Award for exceptional work ("Grainery @ Keeler"); Watermedia 2006, Montana Watercolor Society; Oct 2006 (Ted Nuthall, Juror)

Honorable Mention/Traveling Show Award ("Grain Elevator @ Moscow, ID"); Nov 2006-Oct 2007 at various locations throughout Kentucky; Kentucky Watercolor Society Aqueous USA 2006 (Mel Stabin, Juror)

Special Award ("Pt Vicente Lighthouse #3); 30 Sep-1 Oct 2006; "19th Annual Gallerie of Fine Art," Torrance Artists' Guild, Torrance, CA (Lawrence Yun, Juror)

1st Place ("Farthing's Ordinary"); 6 Sep 2006; Members' All Media Juried Exhibit; Torrance Artists' Guild; Torrance, CA (Logan Fox, Juror)

1st Place ("Old #11); 8 May 2006; South Bay Watercolor Society Bimonthly Member Exhibit; Torrance, CA (Steve Shriver, Juror)

1st Place ("Bougainvillea"); Watercolor Category; "Southern California Red" Juried Exhibit; San Pedro Artists' Assn; San Pedro, CA; 4 Feb-30 Mar 2006 (David Parsons, Juror)

1st Place ("Grain Elevator at the Grange"); Members' All Media Exhibit, Torrance Artists' Guild; Torrance, CA; Dec 2005 (Jeff Morrow, Juror)

Strathmore Paper Merchandise Award ("Grainery at Keeler"); Watercolor West XXXVI, City of Brea Cultural Arts Center, CA; Dec 2004 (Dale Laitinen, Juror)

1st Place ("Daffodils"), Floral Category; 2nd Place ("Grain Elevator, Moscow, ID"), Landscape Category"; 17th Annual Gallerie of Fine Arts, Torrance Artists' Guild; Torrance, CA; Oct 2004 (Eric Pendleton, Juror)

Merit Award ("Grain Elevator; Pullman, WA"); Annual Multi-Media Show, Allied Arts Assn; Richland, WA; May 2004 (Rie Palkovic, Juror)

Certificate of Recognition in Honor of Outstanding Dedication and Artistic Contributions to the Community of Torrance, CA; 25 Apr 2004; California State Assembly

Excellence in Visual Arts Award; Cultural Arts Commission; Torrance, CA; Apr 2004

Best of Show ("Cape Ann"); South Bay Watercolor Society, Members' Annual Exhibition, San Pedro, CA; Jul 2003 (Peggy Marsh Ames, Juror)

Popular Choice ("Grain Elevator; Pullman, WA"); Members' All Media Exhibit, Torrance Artists' Guild; Torrance, CA; Jun 2003

1st Place, Under Glass Category ("St Mary Anne's Church"); Nov 2002; Annual Members' All Media Juried Exhibit, San Pedro Art Assn; Ports O' Call, San Pedro, CA

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Teaching & Exhibit Mgt Experience

Jan 2008 - present; Watercolor Painting Class; Summer Studios Arts Academy, Lomita, CA

Fall 2008; Instructor, Watercolor Painting Class, South Bay Adult School Dist; Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, CA

May 2008; Invited Demonstrator for Long Beach Arts Assn; Long Beach, CA

May 2008; Invited Demonstrator for San Pedro Art Assn; Ports O' Call, San Pedro, CA

Nov 2007; Invited Demonstrator; Malibu Art Assn, Malibu, CA

Oct - Nov 2007; Watercolor Painting Class; Summer Studios Arts Academy, Lomita, CA

Aug 2006; Invited Demonstrator; Morro Bay Art Assoc, Morro Bay, CA

Feb 2005; Invited Demonstrator; Torrance Artists' Guild, Torrance, CA

Nov 2004; Invited Demonstrator; Fukuhara Saturday Paintout; Madrona March, Torrance, CA

Nov 2004; Exhibit Mgr; 2004 Annual Member Exhibition, South Bay Watercolor Society, San Pedro, CA

Feb 2004; Invited Demonstrator, Valley Watercolor Society; Sherman Oaks, CA

Spring 2003; instructor, "Painting Buildings in Landscapes" watercolor course, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Visiting lecturer and instructor of architectural courses at UCLA, UCLA-Extension, USC, SCIARC, Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, Harbor College, Cerritos College, and (currently) East Los Angeles and Los Angeles Trade Technical Colleges

Private lessons for various individuals

Numerous plein-air watercolor workshops

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Publications of My Work

Watercolor Painting Book; 100+ page draft of book I'm in the process of writing about watercolor painting and which I plan to publish in January 2009

The Inyo Register; "Have Color, have music, will create" (Images of 3 ptgs and article about solo exhibit in Bishop, CA, 15 Sep - 15 Nov 2006; Thurs 14 Sep 2006.

Good Times (Mammoth Mountain, CA); "In Love with the High Sierra" (Images of 2 ptgs and article about solo exhibit in Bishop, Ca, 15 Sep - 15 Nov 2006); 7-13 Sep 2006

Torrance Artists' Guild Monthly Newsletter; "Watercolor Painting Techniques"; Sept & Oct 2005; Jan & Mar 2006

Signal Tribune; Entertainment Section p 7; 5 May 2005, "Stenhouse depicts scenery through watercolors" (Article and photograph of one of my paintings at forthcoming exhibit at Signal Hill Library)

Palos Verdes Peninsula News; Arts & Entertainment, p 9, 13 Jan 2005; "New Exhibit Features 'Water'-colors" (Article about my Jan-Feb 2005 solo exhibit at The Distinctive Edge Gallery

Torrance Citi-Cable (Channel 3) "Excellence in Arts Award for Visual Arts - Douglas Stenhouse"; 1-28 December 2004, 3 times/day; 25 min interview about my watercolor painting career

St. Albans Bulletin; Summer 2004, Number 146, p 40; article about my continuing painting career including a reproduction of one of my ptgs. Winter 2004-5, Number 148, p 53; brief article about River Gallery exhibit in June 2005

Daily Breeze; "Today" Arts & Style Section B: "Torrance Man Mixes Art and Music in PVE Exhibit"; Tuesday 14 Jan 2003; 2 page spread with photographs of my work

Easy Reader; Photograph of my painting "St Mary Anne's Church" and brief article about my "Mixed Media" solo exhibit at Malaga Cove Plaza Library Art Gallery in Jan 2003

Princeton Alumni Weekly; p 55, 29 Jan 2003 issue; brief article about current exhibits of my paintings

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