Awards
2009 The Artworks Award-The National Pastel Show
2009 Honorable Mention (13,000 entries)- Pastel Magazine Pastel 100 Competition
2008 Award of Excellence-The Masters of New Mexico-Judge Wilson Hurley
2008 Artists Choice Award-New Mexico Arts Exhibition
2008 First Place-New Mexico Arts Exhibition
2008 Finalist (16,000 entries)-The Artist;s Magazine Art Competition
2008 Honorable Mention (3600 entries)-Pastel Magazine Pastel 100 Competition
2007 Finalist (15,000 entries)-The Artist’s Magazine Art Competition
2007 Honorable Mention (4,000 entries)-Pastel Magazine Pastel 100 Competition
2007 Second Place-The Masters of New Mexico
2006 Honorable Mention (3,000 entries)-Pastel Magazine Pastel 100 Competition
2006 Terry Ludwig Award-The National Pastel Show
2006 First Lady’s Choice Award-New Mexico Arts Exhibit
2006 Award of Excellence-The Masters of New Mexico
2006 First Place-The Masters of New Mexico
2005 First Place-The Masters of New Mexico
2005 Second Place-National Pastel show
2005 Second Place-New Mexico Arts Exhibit
2004 Windsor Newton Award-National Pastel Exhibition
2004 First Place-New Mexico Arts Exhibition
2003 Second Place-New Mexico Arts Exhibition
2003 First Place-National Pastel Show
2002 First Place-New Mexico Arts Exhibition
2002 Terry Ludwig Award-The National Pastel Show
2001 Second Place-Visual Art Exhibition
2001 best of Show-New Mexico Arts Exhibition
Magazines
2009 Pastel Magazine-Feature “Golden Fields”
2007 Posh Magazine Cover and Feature-“Bill Baker, Indiana Jones of Art”
2007 Pastel Magazine-Feature “Walking Toward the River”
2007 The Artist’s Magazine-Feature “Colors in a Crowd”
2006 The Artist’s Magazine-“Morning Market at San Cristobal”
2004 Cover and Feature in Taos Magazine
2004 Southwest Art
2003 Featured in Santa Fe Circle Magazine
2002 Featured in Santa Fe Circle Magazine
2001 International Artists-Represented U.S.A Pastel Masters of the World
Professional Recognition
2009 “One Man Show” Idabel Museum of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City
2009 Idabel Museum, Oklahoma, Purchased “Two Women Red and Black” as part of their permanent collection
2009 UNM Popejoy Hall, “Joseph the Tarahumara of the Sierra Madre” to their permanent collection and is displayed in the Main Lobby
2009 Albuquerque International Airport adds, “The Tarahumara of the Sierra Madre” to their permanent collection. Displayed in the Main Lobby
2007 Films-Documentary “Indiana Jones of the Art World.” Welby Productions
2006 Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2006 Albuquerque International Airport adds, “Waiting at Norogachi” to their permanent collection.
2005 “One Man Show” Mathew Chase Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 “One Man Show” Michael McCormick Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1988 “Two Man Show” Calnan Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico