Awards & Patrons

 

"We recently purchased a painting from Karen Richardson entitled Mystical Morning.  Her artist’s comments describe it perfectly, “A quiet lake, mist starting to drift away, the silent forest on the far shore.  Two mighty white pines guarding a red canoe on the rocky point.  Who knows where the next voyage will lead...”  I see the painting every morning as I savour my coffee and relive quiet moments canoeing in Northern Ontario.  Peace and serenity surround me.  The sun warms my face, the breeze whispers through the pine needles, the lake looks like a mirror and I yearn to pick up my paddle and push off from shore… the perfect beginning to each new day."  ~ Karen Kettle

 

Awards

  • 2023 Signature Member Status, Women in Watercolor (USA)
  • 2023 Third Place Award, Landscape/Water Category, 4th Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2023 Finalist, Still Life & Floral Category, 4th Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2023 Honorable Mention, Animal/WildLife Category, 4th Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2023 Three works in Top 100, The Art of Watercolour Magazine Readers' Competition 48th Issue (France)
  • 2022 Selected for 'That's a Wrap' Public Art Competition, Kawartha Lakes, ON
  • 2022 Holbein Merchandise Award, Landscape/Water Category, 3rd Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2022 Honorable Mention, Animal/WildLife Category, 3rd Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2022 Top 100, The Art of Watercolour Magazine Readers' Competition 46th Issue (France)
  • 2021 Top 100, The Art of Watercolour Magazine Readers' Competition 44th Issue (France)
  • 2021 Finalist, Still Life & Floral Category, 2nd Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2021 Two works in Top 100, The Art of Watercolour Magazine Readers' Competition 42nd Issue (France)
  • 2020 Legion Paper Merchandise Award, Wildlife Category, 1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2020 Honorable Mention, Still Life Category, 1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2020 Finalist, Landscape Category, 1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition (USA)
  • 2017 Canada 150 Award, PineRidge Arts Council 18th Juried Show, Ajax, ON
  • 2016 Technical Skill & Use of Colour, Honourable Mention, Kawartha Art Gallery Juried Show, Lindsay
  • 2015 Honourable Mention, Art Aurora 53rd Annual Juried Show, Aurora
  • 2014 Mayor's Award, PineRidge Arts Council 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Ajax
  • 2014 Illustration Award, Reader's Favorite Book Awards, Miami
  • 2014 Bronze Medal Winner in the 'Home/Crafts' Category, Reader's Favorite Book Awards, Miami
  • 2014 Bronze Medal Winner in the 'How-To' Category, Independent Publisher Book Awards, New York
  • 2014 Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards
  • 2014 Five Star Review from the Reader's Favorite Book Awards
  • 2014 Joint winner of the Artsy Shark 'Call for Artists' Competition
  • 2010 Finalist, Canadian Brushstrokes National Art Competition
  • 2009 Honourable Mention, Excel Juried Art Competition, Station Gallery, Whitby
  • 2007 Artist For The Arts, Scugog Council for the Arts 1st Annual Community in the Arts Awards, Port Perry
  • 2007 Award of Excellence, PineRidge Arts Council 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Ajax
  • 2006 Honourable Mention, Scugog Council for the Arts juried show ‘With the Earth in Mind’, Kent Farndale Gallery, Port Perry
  • 2005 Finalist, International Artist Magazine Challenge, Australia
  • 2005 First Place in Adult Art Competition, Station Gallery, Whitby
  • 1993 Independent Order of Foresters Award, Camp Samac Art Festival, Oshawa
  • 1991 Grace Gallery of Fine Art Award, Oshawa Art Association Juried Art Show, Oshawa
  • 1987-1990 Windfields Farm Award, Camp Samac Art Festival, Oshawa (4 Awards)
  • 1989 First Place in Watercolour & Honourable Mention in Watercolour, Oshawa Art Association Juried Art Show
  • 1988 Samac Painter of the Year, Camp Samac Art Festival, Oshawa

 

Corporate & Public Commissions & Collections

  • All Saints Anglican Church, Whitby, ON
  • Baagwating First Nations, Port Perry, ON
  • Beatrice Foods, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
  • Dr. Ron Bordessa, President Emeritus, University of Ontario Institute of  Technology, Oshawa, ON
  • Brian Callery Agencies, Port Perry, ON
  • Brodwell Industrial, Calgary, AB
  • Casinos Austria, Austria
  • Community Memorial Hospital, Port Perry, ON
  • Dave Marden Real Estate, Oshawa, ON
  • Dubo Electric, Montreal, QC
  • Durham Centre PC Riding Assoc., Whitby, ON
  • Durham College, Oshawa, ON
  • Fantasy Gaming
  • The Hon. Jim Flaherty, former Finance Minister, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • Gerrie Electric, Burlington, ON
  • Great Blue Heron Charitable Casino, Port Perry, ON
  • Hubbell Canada, Pickering, ON
  • Laing & Rohr Chartered Accountants, Oshawa, ON
  • McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Toronto, ON
  • Ontario Casino Corporation, Toronto, ON
  • Oshawa General Hospital, Oshawa, ON
  • Dr. Gary Polonsky, President Emeritus, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Thunder Bay, ON
  • Rotary Club of Port Perry, Port Perry, ON
  • Sonco Gaming, Halifax, NS
  • University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON
  • Dr. MaryLynn West-Moynes, President & CEO, Georgian College, Barrie, ON

 

Private Collections

Selected from hundreds of private collectors spanning 20+ countries, the collectors listed below each have acquired 4 or more original paintings:

  • Averill Ambrose, Peterborough, ON
  • Christine Bauer, Markham, ON
  • Gwen Cutler & Gary Pursey, Blackstock, ON
  • John & Nicole de Mello, Whitby, ON
  • Fran & Karl Herder, Port Perry, ON
  • Janette Hussain, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Patti & Brian James, Buckhorn, ON
  • Aprille & Heber Janes, Margaretsville, NS
  • Michael & Chris Laing, Oshawa, ON
  • Jim & Margaret Lawrence, Port Perry, ON
  • Heather Parker, Courtice, ON
  • Meghan LeDez, Sunderland, ON
  • Vivian McKoy & Cliff Sargeant, Montreal, QC
  • Darlene Peters, Sioux Narrows, ON
  • Alastair Richardson, Oshawa, ON
  • Bill & Louise Ritchie, Whitby, ON
  • Sue Thompson, Newmarket, ON
  • Gary & Diane Toniolo, Bob's Lake, ON