Lawrence Danecke, FWS
Artist Bio
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
American Academy of Art - studied under watercolorist Irving Shapiro
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 PRECISELY!, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2016 Memento, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2015 ....For All Seasons, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2014 Living Color, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2013 Kingdom: Wildlife Paintings, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2012 Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2011 The Now of Then, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
In the Details, The Design Gallery, Burnsville, NC
2010 Radiant Realism, On the Verge Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2004 James-Ben Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2003 Life Forms, North Regional Broward College, Coconut Creek, FL
2002 Arts United, Fort Lauderdale, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 2Views: Paintings by Lawrence Danecke and Roger Hankins, Mason House Gallery, Greeneville, TN
2014 Colors of Aspiration: Flags in Contemporary Art, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2012 Primarily Greene: Five Greeneville Artists, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
AWARDS
2018 Award of Merit, 70th Annual Virginia Highlands Festival, Juried Fine Art 2018,
Abingdon, VA, Juror – Brent Skidmore, Assoc. Professor of Art & Art History and Director of Craft Studies, UNC Asheville
Merit Award, Red River Watercolor Society, 25th Annual National Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Moorhead, MN, Juror – Mark E. Mehaffey, AWS-DF, NWS
2017 Committee Award and Honorable Mention, 69th Annual Virginia Highlands Festival, Art
Gallery 2017, Abingdon, VA, Juror – Robert Tynes, Professor of Art in Painting and Drawing, UNC Asheville
2016 First Place, St. Augustine Art Association, 7th Annual Nature & Wildlife Exhibit, St. Augustine, FL, Juror – Xi Guo, NWWS, PWS
Jack Richeson & Co. Merchandise Award, Red River Watercolor Society, 23rd Annual
National Watermedia Exhibition, Fargo, ND, Juror – Tom Francesconi, AWS, NWS, TWSA, WW
2015 Friends of the Kansas Watercolor Society Award (Third Place), Kansas Watercolor Society,
KWS National Exhibition 2015, Wichita, KS, Juror – Sterling Edwards, CSPWC, TWSA, WPA
Award of Merit, 67th Annual Virginia Highlands Festival, Art Gallery 2015, Abingdon, VA, Juror – Vera Dickerson, AWS, NWS
2014 Pathfinder Award (Fourth Place), Florida Watercolor Society, 43rd Annual Exhibition, Delray
Beach, FL, Juror – Frank Webb, AWS (DF), NWS
Winsor & Newton Merchandise Award, Red River Watercolor Society, 21st Annual National
Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Fargo, ND, Juror – Michael Reardon, AWS, NWS
2013 Patron Purchase Award Koch Industries, Inc., Kansas Watercolor Society, KWS National
Exhibition 2013, Wichita, KS, Juror – Paul Jackson, AWS, NWS
Third Place, Red River Watercolor Society, 20th Annual National Juried Watermedia
Exhibition, Fargo, ND, Juror – Arne Westerman, AWS, NWS
2012 Charles and Ruth Sanderson Memorial Cash Award (Second Place), Kansas Watercolor
Society, KWS National Exhibition 2012, Wichita, KS, Juror – Donald Lake, WHS
2011 Award of Excellence, North Valley Art League, 27th Annual Juried National Show, Redding CA, Juror – Dale Laitinen, NWS
Merit Award, North Valley Art League, 27th Annual Juried National Show, Redding CA, Juror – Dale Laitinen, NWS
People’s Choice Award, North Valley Art League, 27th Annual Juried National Show, Redding CA, Juror – Dale Laitinen, NWS
2010 Third Place, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Dimensions 2010, Winston-Salem,
NC, Juror – Robert Lange, Owner, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Merit Award, Red River Watercolor Society, 17th Annual National Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Fargo, ND, Juror – Judi Betts, NWS, AWS
2008 American Artist Magazine Award, Florida Watercolor Society, 37th Annual Exhibition,
Delray Beach, FL, Juror – Mary Ann Beckwith, NWS
Third Place, Bonnet House Museum, Impressions of Old South Florida, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, Juror – Walter Hnatysh, Prof., Florida Atlantic University
Best in Show, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Florida Focus! Forms and Shapes in Aquamedia, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Juror – Marian Heath Axley
First Place, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Pembroke Pines, FL, Juror – Antoinette M. Slick, FWS
2007 Hon. Mention, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, I Love Watercolor, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Juror – Jean Grastorf, AWS, NWS, TWSA
Second Place, Old Davie School Historical Museum, 5th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Davie, FL
First Place Award, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
Juror – Jorge Santis, Curator, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Best in Show, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Watercolor! The Beauty of Transparency, Coral Springs, FL, Juror – Susanna Spann
2006 People’s Choice Award, Florida Watercolor Society, 35th Annual Exhibition,
Sarasota, FL, Juror – Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS DF, NWS
First Place Award, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Florida Focus! Forms and Shapes in Aquamedia, Hollywood, FL, Juror – Mary Alice Braukman, NWS
Museum Director’s Award, Cornell Museum, All Florida Fine Art Exhibition, Delray Beach, FL, Juror – Linda S. Gunn, N.A.W.A., ISAP
Honorable Mention, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Juror – Maggie McClellan
2005 Best in Show, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Plantation, FL, Juror – Daphne Baruch, FWS
People’s Choice, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Plantation, FL
2004 Honorable Mention, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, I Love Watercolor, Coral Springs, FL, Juror – Heidi E. Presse
First Place, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Florida Focus, Pembroke Pines, FL, Juror – James Koevenig, Ph.D., NWS, FWS
Best in Show, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Juror – Maggie McClellan
2003 Honorable Mention, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Juror – Peter L. Spataro
Judge’s Recognition Award, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, I Love Watercolor, Coral Springs, FL , Juror – Mary Alice Braukman, NWS
2002 First Place Award, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Members Only, Plantation, FL, Juror – Max Muller, FWS
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
St. Augustine Art Association, 9th Annual Nature & Wildlife Exhibit, St. Augustine, FL, 2018 Juried by panel
Academy Center of the Arts, National Juried Art Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA, 2018,
Juror – Laura McManus, Curator, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, Lynchburg
Florida Watercolor Society, 46th Annual Exhibition, Coral Springs, FL, 2017, Juror – Iain Stewart, NWS, AWS
St. Augustine Art Association, 8th Annual Nature & Wildlife Exhibit, St. Augustine, FL, 2017 Juried by panel
Kansas Watercolor Society at Mark Arts, KWS National Exhibition 2016, Wichita, KS, Juror – Dean Mitchell
Arts & Culture Alliance & Great Smoky Mtns Nat‘l Park, Arts in the Airport, Knoxville, TN, 2016
Jurors – Kelly Hider and Bill May of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Florida Watercolor Society, 45th Annual Exhibition, Ocala, FL, 2016,
Juror – Ted Nuttall, AWS, NWS, WW, WFWS, TWSA Master
Virginia Highlands Festival, 68th Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Abingdon, VA 2016 Juror – Robin Poteet
View Arts Center, Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge, NY, 2016, Juror – Carolyn Lord, NWS
McKinney Cultural Arts Center, Jonesborough Open Juried Art Exhibition, Jonesborough, TN, 2016,
Juror – Mark Scala, Chief Curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Red River Watercolor Society, 22nd Annual Nat’l. Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Fargo, ND, 2015, Juror – Anda J. Styler
Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, International Watermedia 2015, Colorado Springs, CO, Juror – Ted Nuttall, AWS, NWS
McKinney Cultural Arts Center, Jonesborough Open Juried Art Show, Jonesborough, TN, 2015, Juror – William Underwood Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of Art
Kansas Watercolor Society, KWS National Exhibition 2014, Wichita, KS, Juror – Thomas W. Schaller, AWS, NWWS
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 35th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA, 2014, Juror – Sterling Edwards, CSPWC, TWSA
Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, Annual National Juried Show, Blue Ridge, GA, 2014, Juror – Lori Putnam
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 34th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Warren, PA, 2013, Juror – Pat Dews, AWS, NWS
Florida Watercolor Society, 42nd Annual Exhibition, Sarasota, FL, 2013, Juror – Linda Baker, AWS, NWS
Transparent Watercolor Society of America, 37th Annual National Exhibition – Celebrate Watercolor, Kenosha, WI, 2013, Jurors – Robin Berry, TWSA & Paul Jackson, AWS, NWS
North Valley Art League, 28th Annual Juried National Show, Redding, CA, 2012, Juror – Mark E. Mehaffey, AWS-DF, NWS, TWSA Master, WHS-USA
Florida Watercolor Society, 40th Annual Exhibition, Bradenton, FL, 2011, Juror – John Salminen, NWS, AWS.DF
Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, Annual National Juried Show, Blue Ridge, GA, 2011 Juror – John Cram, Owner, Blue Spiral 1 and New Morning Gallery, Asheville, NC
Oak Park Art League Carriage House Gallery, National Juried Exhibition, Oak Park, IL, 2011, Juror – David M. Sokol, Prof. Emeritus, Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Academy of Fine Arts, National Juried Art Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA, 2011, Juror – George Billis, Owner, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Dimensions 2011, Winston-Salem, NC, Juror – Jerald Melberg, Owner, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Florida Watercolor Society, 39th Annual Exhibition, Tarpon Springs, FL, 2010, Juror – Carrie Burns Brown, NWS
Transparent Watercolor Society of America, 34th Annual National Exhibition – Celebrate Watercolor, Kenosha, WI, 2010, Jurors – Jean Grastorf, AWS, NWS, TWSA & Frank Francese, NWS, TWSA
Academy of Fine Arts, National Juried Art Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA, 2010 Juror – Kathleen Edwards, Chief Curator, University of Iowa Museum of Art
Reece Museum, Mary B. Martin School of the Arts, East Tennessee State University, Mountain Visions 2010: A Regional Juried Exhibition, Johnson City, TN, 2010, Juror – Melissa Harshman, University of Georgia
Bonnet House Museum, Impressions of Florida Show, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2010, Juror – Irvin Lippman
Bonnet House Museum, Impressions of Florida Show, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2009
Cornell Museum, All Florida Fine Art Exhibition, Delray Beach, FL, 2007, Juror – Ora Sorensen
Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Florida Focus! Forms and Shapes in Aquamedia, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2007, Juror – Nessa Grainger Palm Beach Art Guild, Palm Beach, FL, 2006
Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Florida Focus! Forms and Shapes in Aquamedia, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2005, Juror – Bill James, PSA-M, AWS, NWS, KA
Florida Watercolor Society, 34th Annual Exhibition, Tarpon Springs, FL, 2005, Juror – George James, AWS DF, NWS
Florida Watercolor Society, 33rd Annual Exhibition, Quincy, FL, 2004, Juror – Dean Mitchell, NWS, AWS
Hortt 43 Memorial Competition, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2002
Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Mainline Exhibit, Fort Lauderdale FL, 2002, Juror – Bill James, AWS, NWS
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
The Greeneville Sun, Feature Article, September 2014
Happy Tails Magazine, Feature Article, Winter / Spring 2014
The Loafer, Feature Article, September 2014
“Northeast Tennessee, Sunnyside Up”, VegWorld Magazine, November 2013
“Primarily Greene”, Feature Article, The Greeneville Sun, July 2012
The Greeneville Sun, Feature Article, September 2011
“Color Revolution”, Watercolor Artist Magazine, August 2011
The Laurel of Asheville, Feature Article, July 2011
The Greeneville Sun, Feature Article, June 2010
TravelHost Magazine N.E. Tennessee & Southwest VA, Summer 2010
“Watercolor Wonders”, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, January 2008
“Artist’s Impressions of Old Florida…”, Miami Herald, March 2008
Splash 8, Northlight Books, 2004
A! Magazine for the Arts, May 2004
The Greeneville Sun, Feature Article, April 2004
“Hooked on Charity”, Miami Herald, January 2004
“On the Horizon”, Feature Article, City Link Magazine, November 2003
Margate & Coconut Creek The Forum, Feature Article, November 2003
The Artist’s Magazine, Animal Art Finalist, 2002
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Florida Watercolor Society (Signature Member)
Red River Watercolor Society (Signature Member)
Gold Coast Watercolor Society (Signature Member)
Transparent Watercolor Society of America
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor, private watercolor classes (1994 - 2017)
Instructor, watercolor and figure painting, Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale (1981-1997)
Commercial illustrator (1969 - 1998)