EDUCATION

1981 Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors, Principia College, Illinois.
Studied Fine Arts in England under the sponsorship of Principia College. Recipient of the Studio Art Award for outstanding achievement for under Graduate work in Fine Art.

1996 Sonoma State University Watercolor Seminar in Florence, Italy: Instructor, Philip Bueller.

NATIONAL BOOK AND MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS

2001 Creative Computer Tools for Artists. 80 Pages, Watson Guptill Publishers, October 2001.

2001 International Artists Magazine, April 2001 Issue. Article: National Award Winners.

2000 American Artist Watercolor Magazine, Winter 2000 Issue. Feature Article Titled: “Landscape Through A Prism: The Watercolors of Manette Fairmont by Michael P. Kinch.

1997 The Best of Watercolor: Composition. Rockport Publishers, Northlight Books. First Edition.
Full color, 75 page coffee table book. Featured painting called Valley Of The Moon.

NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

2003 Elected with honors to the Watercolor West National Watercolor Society as Signature
Member. National Award Winner. WW.

2002 Elected With Honors to the Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Society as Signature
Member. National Award Winner. RMNW.

2000 Elected with Honors to the California Watercolor Association as Signature Member.
National Award Winner. CWA

1999 Elected with Honors to the Springfield Art Museum National Honorary Watercolor Society
Two paintings purchased for museum collection. Signature Member. National Award
Award Winner. WHS

1993 Elected with Honors to the National Watercolor Society as Signature Member. National
Award Winner. NWS

NATIONAL MUSEUM EXHIBITION AWARDS

2004 Watercolor USA National Watercolor Museum Exhibit: Jurors Award. Curator, Joseph Jacobs.

2003 Watercolor West National XXXV Watercolor Award: Third Place. Juror, Stephen Quiller.

2000 Watercolor West National XXXII Watercolor Award: Fourth Place, Watercolor West Founder Award, Juror, Christopher Schink. Painting: Three Corners.

2000 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition Award: Albina Clebsch Award for Non- Objective Work: Juror, Don Nice. Painting: Winter Coastline.

1999 Watercolor West National Watercolor Award: Windsor and Newton Purchase Award: Juror,
Dean Mitchell. Painting: Winter Coastline.

1999 Watercolor U. S. A., Springfield Art Museum, National Award: Museum curator: William A.
Fagal, Museum Curator of the New Orleans Fine Art Museum. Painting: Obsidian terrain.

1996 National Watercolor Society National Award: Alice Leonard Memorial Award. William Wilson, Art Critic of the Los Angeles Times. Painting: Valley of The Moon.

1996 California Watercolor Society National Award: Merit Award. Gerald Brommer, nationally renown watercolor painter and author. Painting: Gossamer Grove.

1993 Bronze Medal. Discovery Award: Works on Paper. Museum Curators throughout California.
Robert Barrett and Michael Botwinick. Portfolio of Watercolors.

1992 Silver Medal. Discovery Award: Works on Paper. Museum Curators: Henry Hopkins, Philip
Linhares, Juanita Purner. Portfolio of Watercolors.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM EXHIBITION

2004 Watercolor USA National Museum Exhibit, Springfield Museum of Art, MO. Juror: Jacobs.

2003 Watercolor West National Museum Exhibit, Riverside Museum of Art, Riverside CA. Quiller.

2003 Watercolor USA National Museum Exhibit, Springfield Art Musuem, MO. Juror Museum Curator

2003 Watercolor Now! 2003 Springfield Art Museum Invitational Exhibit. Springfield MO.

2002 Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Exhibit 29th Annual, Golden Colorado. Juror: Joyce Chin

2000 Watercolor West XXXII National Exhibit, Brea Cultural Center, Brea, CA. Christopher Schink.

2000 Rocky Mountain National 27th Annual, Foothills Art Center, Colorado. Juror: Don Nice.

2000 California Watercolor Association, 32nd National Exhibition, San Fransisco, CA. Al Brouillette

1999 Watercolor West National XXXI Exhibit, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California. Mitchell

1999 American Watercolor Society 132nd International Juried Exhibition, New York City, NY.

1999 Watercolor U. S. A. National Museum Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri. W. Fagaly

1998 Aqua Areas 1998 Watercolor Juried Exhibition, Santa Rosa, California. Judy Betts.

1997 Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Exhibition, Golden, Colorado. Pat San Soucie.

1996 National Watercolor Society 76th Exhibition, Los Angeles, California. William Wilson Art Critic.

1996 Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Exhibition, Golden, Colorado. Dean Mitchell.

1996 California Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Concord, California. Gerald Brommer.

1995 National Watercolor Society 75th National Exhibition, Los Angeles. Keith Crown.

1994 California Museum of Art Annual Small Works Exhibit. Santa Rosa, CA. Cornelia schultz.

1994 California Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Walnut Creek, California. Mary Steward

1993 National Watercolor Society 73rd National Exhibit. Los Angeles. William D. Gorman.

JUROR OF MAJOR ART COMPETITIONS

1998 The Bodega Bay Fishermans Art Festival, Bodega Bay, California. The Society of the Arts.

1994 Watercolor Invitational National Exhibition. California. Sponsored by the Fine Art Gallery Asso

1993 Small Works International Exhibit. Sonoma, California. Sponsored by the Artist Guild.

SELECTED GALLERY EXHIBITS

2000 Modern Masters Gallery, San Francisco, California. Watercolors.

1998 William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, California. Watercolors.

1998 The Swanson LTD Gallery, San Francisco, California. Watercolors/Acrylics.

1999 The Fairmont Gallery, Sonoma, California. Watercolors/Acrylics.

1997 The Lawrence and Lewis Gallery, New York, New York. Watercolors.

1993 William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Marin, California. Watercolors.

1993 Bardot Devoto Gallery, Kenwood, California. Watercolors.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Marriott, The Lodge at Sonoma, Renaissance Hotel and Spa, Sonoma CA. 2 watercolors.

Springfield Art Museum, Springfield Missouri. 2 watercolors.

Universal Studios, MCA Home Box Office Executive Offices, Los Angeles, CA. 10 Acrylics

Hilton Hotel, San Francisco near Union Square, Executive Suites. 60 paintings.

Marriott Corporate Headquarters, Washington D.C. 6 watercolors.

Western Title Company, San Jose. 5 watercolors

Peat, Marwick , Mitchell, Sacramento. 4 watercolors

Sonoma Golf Club. Sonoma CA. 1 watercolors.

COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS

1989 -1999 Owner and Curator of The Fairmont Gallery, Sonoma, CA.. Representing Sonoma Artists.

1999 -present Nominated by the community to be elected as a Sonoma Treasure.

1990 -present Member of the Sonoma Art Alliance.

1994 -1996 Founding member of the Sonoma Gallery Association.

1993 -1994 President of the Sonoma Art Guild.

1993 -1994 Represented the art community for the school district,Task Force, to help improve the educational and art Curriculum within our schools.