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Rick Howell
Rick Howell resides in a small
town in Colorado at the mouth of the Conejos Canyon in the Southern
San Juan Mountains.
After receiving a degree from Colorado State University in Biology,
Howell pursued a successful career managing stock brokerage firms
in Denver.
A self-taught landscape painter,
he left the business world in 1995 to become a full time artist.
Howell is a nationally recognized artist, most recently winning
national awards of excellence in the 2003, and 2004 Oil Painters
of America shows. In 2005 Howell received an Award of Excellence
at the Salon International, International Museum of Contemporary
Masters, for his painting "Tributary" and received
another Award of Excellence in the same show for his painting
"December On The Rim". Also in 2005 Howell received
First Place at the National American Impressionist Society show
for his painting "Fall Color". In that same show he
also received Honorable Mention for his painting "Conejos
River". In 2006 Howell received the Award Of Excellence
for his painting "Wind" at the American Impressionist
Society’s national show. In the Society Of Master Impressionist
International 2006 Exhibition Howell received the Best Of Show
award for his painting "Andy's Ranch". His work is
held in many corporate and private collections.
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