Exhibitions
2025 American Watercolor Society 158th International Exhibition, New York, New York
2025 National Watercolor Society 105th International Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2025 Missouri Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, St Louis, Mo.
2024 Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2024 Iowa state Fair Art Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa
2024 National Watercolor Society 104th International Exhibition, San Pedro , California
2024 American Watercolor Society 157th International Exhibition, New York, New York.
2023 San Diego 43rd International Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2023 Iowa State Fair Cultural Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa
2023 Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry , Iowa
2022 Iowa Watercolor Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa.
2022 Iowa State Fair Cultural Exhibition , Des Moines, Iowa.
2022 American Watercolor Society 155th International Exhibition, New York, New York
2021 Iowa Watercolor Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2021 Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
2021 Missouri Watercolor Society International Exhibition, St Louis, Missouri.
2021 San Diego 41st International Watercolor Society Exhibition San Diego, California.
2021 National Watercolor Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California.
2020 Missouri Watercolor Society International Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Watercolor Now ! Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
2020 First Hundred Years, Hilbert Museum of California Art, Chapman University, Orange, California
2020 National Watercolor Society 50 Stars Exhibition (Represented State of Iowa), San Pedro, California.
2020 42nd Annual Watercolor Society Exhibition, Perry, Iowa.
2019 National Watercolor Society 99th International Exhibition , San Pedro, California
2019 Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2019 41st Annual Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2019 Watercolor USA, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri
2019 American Watercolor Society 152nd International Exhibition, New York , New York.
2018 San Diego Watercolor Society 38th International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2018 40th Annual Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2018 Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2018 Watercolor USA, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri
2018 50th Clay Fiber Paper National Exhibition, Octagon Center of The Arts, Ames, Iowa
2017 Oak Hill Juried Art Exhibition, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
2017 Curated Exhibition, Salisbury House Museum , Des Moines, Iowa
2017 37th San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2017 39th Iowa Watercolor Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2017 Watercolor USA, Springfield Museum of Art , Springfield, Missouri
2017 Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2017 Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California.
2016 96th National Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Pedro, California.
2016 North American Open, Glouchester, Ma.
2016 Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Ia
2015 Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Ia
2015 Iowa Central Faculty Exhibition, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Ia
2014 7th National Exhibition, Price Street Gallery, New York, New York.
2014 National Watercolor Society 94th International Exhibition, San Pedro , California.
2014 Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2014 36th Annual Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
2014 National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2013 93rd National Watercolor Society Open Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2013 San Diego Watercolor Society 36th International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2013 Watercolor USA, Springfield Museum, Springfield, Missouri
2013 National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2013 Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines Iowa
2013 36th Annual Watercolor Society Exhibition, Ankeny , Iowa
2012 32nd International Exhibition, San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, California
2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indianna
2012 Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines Iowa
2012 Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri.
2012 National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California.
2012 72nd International Exhibition , Northwest Watercolor Society, Bellevue, Washington.
2011 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.
2011 Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2011 National Watercolor Society, All Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2011 Ok Harris Works of Art, New York , New York
2010 Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines Iowa
2010 Northwest Watercolor Society 70th National Exhibition, Seattle ,Washington
2010 LaGrange National Biennial XXVI, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Ga.
2009 Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts,
Wichita, Kansas
2009 American Artist Professional League, 81st National Exhibition
Salmagundi Club, New York , New York
2009 Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines Iowa
2009 National Watercolor Society All Members Show, Riverside, California
2008 Contemporary Realism - 2008 Biennial- Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, Ind.
2008 New American Paintings, Midwest Edition, Open Studio Press
2008 88th Annual National Watercolor Society Exhibition, Riverside , California
2008 Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2008 New American Paintings, Midwest Edition, Open Studio Press
2008 88th Annual National Watercolor Society Exhibition, Riverside , California
2007 Ok Harris Works of Art, New York City, New York
2007 San Diego Watercolor Society 2007 International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2006 Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
2006 National Watercolor Society 86th Annual Exhibition, Riverside California.
2004 Iowa Artisan Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa.
2003 Art In The Market Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa.
2003 Henry Myrtle Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
2003 Impressions, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
2002 San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2002 Area Exhibition, Charles MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa
2001 National Watercolor Society 81st Annual Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2001 Arts for the Parks Exhibition, Jackson Hole ,Wyoming
2001 Impressions 2001, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
2001 Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa
2001 Watercolor USA, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield Missouri
2000 Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Ankeny, Iowa
1999 Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa
1999 Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1998 Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Ames, Iowa
1998 Art Educators Exhibit, North West Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri
1997 Iowa Watercolor Society, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1996 Personal Sightings One, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1995 Iowa Watercolor Society, Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
1995 Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa
1995 Art Sho 10, Hearst Center For The Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1995 MacNider Museum Annual, Mason City, Iowa
1994 Iowa Artists Exhibition,Heritage Gallery, Des moines, Iowa
1994 Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition,Ottumwa, Iowa
1993 Iowa Watercolor Society 15th Annual, Lakes Art Center, Okoboji, Iowa
1992 Grand National 92, Akron, Ohio
1992 San Diego Watercolor Society Inernational Exhibition, Poway, California
1991 Works on Paper.Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Richard Hanson Watercolors, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1990 Realism 90, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg ,West Virginia
1989 Iowa Art Teachers, University of Iowa, Iowa City Iowa
1989, MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
1989 Art Association Of Harrisburg, 61st National Exhibition, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1989 19th National Works on Paper, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
1989 Madison National Watercolor Exhibition, Edgwood College, Madison Wisconsin
1988 Iowa Watercolor Society, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1988 Iowa Artists, Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1988 Louisiana Watercolor Society 18th Annual Exhibit, New Orleans, Louisiana
1987 Montana Watercolor Society National , C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
1987 Iowa Watercolor Society, Indian Hills Community College, Ottumwa, Iowa
1987 Recent Realism, AAO Art Galleries, Buffalo, New York
1987 Iowa Artist Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1986 87th Annual National Watercolor Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, New York
1985 Sioux City Biennial, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1985 Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa
1984 19th Annual Competitive, MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
1984 Richard Hanson Paintings, Union Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1983 Hanson-Kohl, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, Iowa
1983 Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa
1983 18th Annual Competitive, Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls Iowa
1982 Invitational Alumni Exhibition, University Of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1982 Hanson/Harrell, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1982 17th Annual Competitive, MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
1981 Northwest Iowa Artists, Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1980 Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa
1980 Northwest Iowa Competitive, Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1979 Hanson and Kohl, Blanden Gallery, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1978 Area Art Educators, Blanden Gallery, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1977 Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa
1977 Iowa Artists Show, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1976 Eleven Paintings by Richard Hanson, Blanden Gallery, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1976 38th Annual Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City Iowa
1976 Art Educators, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1976 Thesis Exhibition, Nichols Gallery, Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota
1974 10th Waterloo Municipal Galleries Show, Waterloo, Iowa
1973 Sixty-Second National Exhibition of Painting, Newport, Rhode Island
1973 9th Waterloo Municipal Galleries Show, Waterloo, Iowa
1972 34th Annual Fall Exhibition, Sioux
City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1972 Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa,
Awards
2025 Jurors Award, Missouri Watercolor Society, St Louis, Mo
2024 Honorable Mention, Iowa State Fair Art Cultural Center, Des Moines , Iowa
2024 First Place Award, Iowa Watercolor Society, Perry, Iowa
2023 First Place Award, Iowa State Fair Cultural Center,Des Moines, Iowa
2023 First Place Award, Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2022 First Place Award, Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa.
2022 First Place Award, Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
2021 Best in Show, Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa.
2021 First Place Award, Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
2021 Special Jurors Award Missouri Watercolor Society, St Louis, Missouri.
2021 HK Holbein Award San Diego Watercolor Society 41st International Exhibition, San Diego, California.
2021 Lee Blair Past Presidents Award, National Watercolor Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California.
2020 Honor Award 42nd Annual Iowa Watercolor Exhibition , Perry, Iowa.
2019 Salute Cash and Merchandise Award, 99th National Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2019 First Place Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2019 Honorable Mention, 41st Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2019 Ralph Smith Memorial Award, American Watercolor Society 152nd International Exhibition, New York, New York.
2018 David Thayer Award 38th International Exhibition, San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, California
2018 First Place 40th Annual Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2018 First Place / Second Place Iowa State Fair Cultural Center Des Moines, Iowa
2018 Award of Excellence Watercolor USA Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri
2018 2nd Place 50th Clay Fiber Paper National Exhibition, Octagon Center of The Arts, Ames Iowa
2017 Best In Show Award, Oak Hill Juried Art Exhibition, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
2017 Jerry Berneche Award Watercolor USA , Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield , Missouri
2017 Jurors Award San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2017 Second Prize, Iowa Watercolor Society 39th Exhibition La Poste Gallery , Perry, Iowa
2017 First Prize Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2016 Past Presidents Award, 96th National Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2016 Jurors Award, North America Open Exhibition, Gloucester, Ma
2016 Second Place Iowa State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Des Moines, Ia
2015 Best in Show Iowa State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa.
2015 Award of Excellence Watercolor USA Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield Missouri
2014 Purchase Award 94th International Exhibition National Watercolor Society, San Pedro, California.
2014 Best Over All Award, Iowa State Fair. Des Moines Iowa
2014 Second Prize 37th Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, West Des Moines, Iowa
2013 Jurors Award 93rd National Open Exhibition, National Watercolor Society, San Pedro, California.
2013 First Place 36th Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Ankeny Art Center, Ankeny, Iowa.
2013 Jurors Award San Diego Watercolor Society 33rd International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2013 First Place Iowa Art Salon Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2025 Jurors Award, Missouri Watercolor Society, St Louis, Mo
2024 Honorable Mention, Iowa State Fair Art Cultural Center, Des Moines , Iowa
2024 First Place Award, Iowa Watercolor Society, Perry, Iowa
2023 First Place Award, Iowa State Fair Cultural Center,Des Moines, Iowa
2023 First Place Award, Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2022 First Place Award, Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa.
2022 First Place Award, Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
2021 Best in Show, Iowa Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, Perry, Iowa.
2021 First Place Award, Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
2021 Special Jurors Award Missouri Watercolor Society, St Louis, Missouri.
2021 HK Holbein Award San Diego Watercolor Society 41st International Exhibition, San Diego, California.
2021 Lee Blair Past Presidents Award, National Watercolor Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California.
2020 Honor Award 42nd Annual Iowa Watercolor Exhibition , Perry, Iowa.
2019 Salute Cash and Merchandise Award, 99th National Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2019 First Place Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2019 Honorable Mention, 41st Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2019 Ralph Smith Memorial Award, American Watercolor Society 152nd International Exhibition, New York, New York.
2018 David Thayer Award 38th International Exhibition, San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, California
2018 First Place 40th Annual Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Perry, Iowa
2018 First Place / Second Place Iowa State Fair Cultural Center Des Moines, Iowa
2018 Award of Excellence Watercolor USA Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri
2018 2nd Place 50th Clay Fiber Paper National Exhibition, Octagon Center of The Arts, Ames Iowa
2017 Best In Show Award, Oak Hill Juried Art Exhibition, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
2017 Jerry Berneche Award Watercolor USA , Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield , Missouri
2017 Jurors Award San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2017 Second Prize, Iowa Watercolor Society 39th Exhibition La Poste Gallery , Perry, Iowa
2017 First Prize Iowa State Fair Cultural Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2016 Past Presidents Award, 96th National Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Pedro, California
2016 Jurors Award, North America Open Exhibition, Gloucester, Ma
2016 Second Place Iowa State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Des Moines, Ia
2015 Best in Show Iowa State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Des Moines, Iowa.
2015 Award of Excellence Watercolor USA Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield Missouri
2014 Purchase Award 94th International Exhibition National Watercolor Society, San Pedro, California.
2014 Best Over All Award, Iowa State Fair. Des Moines Iowa
2014 Second Prize 37th Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, West Des Moines, Iowa
2013 Jurors Award 93rd National Open Exhibition, National Watercolor Society, San Pedro, California.
2013 First Place 36th Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Ankeny Art Center, Ankeny, Iowa.
2013 Jurors Award San Diego Watercolor Society 33rd International Exhibition, San Diego, California
2013 First Place Iowa Art Salon Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2012 Jurors Award Watercolor USA, Springfield , Missouri
2011 First Place Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2011 Second Prize National Watercolor Society, All Members Exhibition, San Pedro, California.
2010 Merit Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2010 Jurors Award, Northwest Watercolor Society 70th National Exhibition, Seattle, Wa.
2010 Purchase Award, LaGrange National Biennial XXVI, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange,Ga.
2009 Jurors Award Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2008 Honorable Mention Contemporary Realism - 2008 Biennial - Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, Ind
2008 Purchase Award, 88th National Watercolor Society Exhibition, Riverside, California
2008 First Place Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2006 Jurors Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2005 Jurors Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2004 Purchase Award, National Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Riverside, California
2004 Jurors Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
2002 Finalist Award, The Artist Magazine, 2002 Annual Art Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio
2001 Selected Signiture Member, National Watercolor Society, San Pedro, California
2000 Presidents Award, San Diego Watercolor Society, Internationl Exhibition, San Diego, California
1999 Honorable Mention, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
1999 Jurors Award, 63rd Mid-Year Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1998 Jurors Award, 33rd Annual Show, Charles MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa
1997 Purchase Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
1997 Purchase Award, Personal Sightings, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1994 First Place, Blanden Competitive, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1993 First Place, Area Five Art Educators, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1993 Purchase Award, Iowa Art Salon, Des Moines, Iowa
1991 Purchase Award, Iowa Public Television Art Competition, Des Moines, Iowa
1990 Jurors Award 13th Annual Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1989 Jurors Award, 12th Annual Iowa Watercolor Society Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
1989 Jurors Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
1988 Jurors Award, Iowa Art Salon , Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
1988 Jurors Award, 38th Tri State Art Competition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
1988 Best in Show, Emerald City Classic 6 International Exhibition,Wichita , Kansas
1987 Jurors Award, National Artists Liason Competition, Brand Library Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 Best In Show, 36th Annual National Art Competition, Greek Cultural Center, Springfield Massachusetts
1984 Jurors Award, 35th Spiva Annual Nine-State Regional Competitive, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri
1984 Jurors Award, Iowa Watercolor Society, Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1984 Jurors Award, Iowa Art Salon, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
1982 Best in Show, Northwest Iowa Competitive, Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls, Iowa
1980 Jurors Award, 42nd Annual Fall Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa