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Special Award at the Missouri International Watercolor Exhibition (USA/Spain, 2020), Special Mention Award at the 6th Biennial Fabriano Watercolour Prize (Italy, 2020), Second Award at the National Biennial Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL (2012), and the First Prize at the 42nd Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO (2015).
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Funderburk Paintings and Drawings 1981–2021
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