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Great Island GreensDel-Bourree Bach is a signature member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Society of Animal Artists, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, American Artists Professional League (Fellow), Audubon Artists, Artists Fellowship, the Salmagundi Club of New York, Providence Art Club and many other professional arts organizations. He has served on the Board of Directors of Hudson Valley Art Association and the Salmagundi Club, where he is also a past chairman of the Art Committee. He is currently on the Board of the Mystic Arts Center and on the Art Committees of the Salmagundi and Providence Art Clubs.

Del’s works are included in private, corporate and museum collections in the U.S. and abroad, including the Albrecht Kemper Museum in Missouri and the Florence Griswold Museum in Connecticut, as well as the U.S. Embassy and the Coast Guard Art Collections. His paintings have received over 150 awards in worldwide competition.

In 2006 Del was the first recipient of Robert Sanstrom Prize and newly minted Gold Medal at the 53rd Annual Open Exhibition of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic. Other awards include Best of Shows in the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Best of America in 2003 and Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 96th National Exhibition in 2007, the George Gray Award from the United States Coast Guard in 2003 and the Region II Award in the National Parks Foundation’s Arts for the Parks in 2003. Most recently his work has been awarded the Elliot Liskin Memorial Award at the 100th Annual Thumb Box (Miniatures) Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club and the Honorable John M. Angellini Award at the Audubon Artists 66th Annual in New York.

His work was included in the Arts for the Parks Top 100 and Mini 100 from 2000-2006 and has been in the Annual International Marine Art Exhibition at Mystic Seaport since 1998. Current exhibits include the 2007 and 2008 PaintAmerica Top 100 and Mini 50, 2007 and 2008 Paint the Parks Top 100 and Mini 50, the 30th Anniversary National Exhibition and the New England Regional Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists, all of which are touring various museums around the United States in 2008-2009. Upcoming exhibitions include American Masters at the Salmagundi Club and Modern Marine Masters at Mystic Seaport.

Del and his paintings have been featured in a number of art publications including American Artist (2002), The Artists Magazine (2002), Watercolor Magic (2005), International Artist (2003) and American Art Collector (2006 & 2008). He has been an eight time finalist in The Artists Magazine competition, was included in their 2006 calendar and was July, 2007 "Artist of the Month" on their website.

Partial list of exhibitions & awards, 2009

United States Coast Guard Art Program 2001-2009
    George Gray Award – 2003
United States Embassy Art Program 2003-2009
The Art of Conservation, an International Exhibition of Nature in Art - 2009
Arts for the Parks Competition – National Parks Foundation
    Top 100/200 Exhibition 2000, 2002-2006
    Mini 50/100 Exhibition 2002-2006– Region Two Winner 2003
Paint the Parks – Celebrating America’s National Parks – Top 100/Mini 50 – 2007, 2008, 2009
PaintAmerica (Masters Circle) – Top 100 and Mini 50 – 2007, 2008, 2009
American Society of Marine Artists
    14th National Exhibition/30th Anniversary 2008-2009
    12th National Exhibition 2001, 13th National Exhibition 2004,
    Region 1 (New England) Exhibition 2008
    Region Two Exhibition 2002
Mystic International Marine Art Exhibition, Mystic Seaport, CT 1999-2009
Modern Marine Masters Exhibition, Mystic Seaport, CT 2001-2010
American Masters at the Salmagundi Club, NY – 2008 Inaugural Year, 2009, 2010
Coos Art Museum 14th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition, Coos Bay, OR 2007
National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic Annual Exhibit 1996 – 2009

    Robert Sanstrom Prize and Gold Medal 2006, Art Students League Award 2009,
    Howard Mandel Memorial Award 2005, A.E.S. Peterson Memorial Award 2004,
    John L. Newman Medal 2001, Ralph Fabri Medal of Merit 1998
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, “Best of America” Exhibition 2002 – 2009
    Award of Merit 2007,Award of Excellence for Narrative Art 2005, Best of Show 2003,
    M. Graham & Co. Artists Colors Award 2002
American Artists Professional League Grand National, NYC 1999, 2002-2008
    Audubon Artists Award 2006
    Honorable Mention 2005, 2003, Frank C. Wright Memorial Award 2002,
    Helen G. Ochler Memorial Award 1999
Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, NYC 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009
    American Artists Professional League Award for Traditional Realism 2009
    Strathmore Paper Company Award 1998
Audubon Artists Annual National Exhibition, NYC 1998, 2000-2009
    Elaine and James Hewitt Award 2009
    Honorable John M.Angelini Award 2008,New York Central Award 2007
    Dick Blick Award 2000
Academic Artists Association National Exhibition, Springfield MA, 2004-2009
    Art Patrons Award 2008
    Honor Award 2006
Vivian and Stanley Reed National Marine Art Exhibit, Stamford, CT 1999, 2001, 2003
    Stanley and Vivian Reed Award Best in Show 2001, Award of Excellence 1999
Salmagundi Club New York Annual Combined and Thumb Box Exhibitions 1980 – 2009
    John N. Lewis Memorial Award 2009 Thumb Box
    Elliot Liskin Memorial Award 2008 Thumb Box
    D.Wu and Elsie Ject-Key Memorial Award 2007 Combined
    John N. Lewis Memorial Award 2006 Thumb Box
    Gwynne Lennon Prize – Watermedia 1999 Combined
    Leo M. Loeb Memorial Award – Oil/Acrylic 1999 Combined
Salmagundi Club New York Auction Exhibitions 1980 – 2009
    Edwin H. Blashfield SCNY Award 2009
    Louis Comfort Tiffany Award 2007, Bruce Crane SCNY Award 2006
    Edwin A. Abbey SCNY Award 2005, Silvio Valerio SCNY Award 2004, Emil Carlsen SCNY Award 2002, Gary Drubeck Award 2002,
    Hobart Nichols SCNY Award 2001,Frederick S. Church SCNY Award 2001,
    John F. O’Dwyer Memorial Award 2000, John LaFarge SCNY Award 1999,
    W. Granville Smith SCNY Award 1997,George C. Maynard Memorial Award 1996
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Annual Open Exhibition, 2002-2009
    Best of Show-2007, Dick Blick Award 2008
Providence Art Club 2005 - 2010
    First Prize Members Exhibition – 2008, First Prize – Construction/Deconstruction Exhibition – 2007,
    Honorable Mention – Members Exhibition 2007, 2009
    Urban un Urban Exhibition – J. Bannigan Sullivan Award 2005
    Annual Open Exhibition – 2006 - 2010
Mystic Arts Center Regional Open and Members Exhibitions 1999-2009
    First Prize 2000, Solo Show 2001
Newport Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Newport, RI 2004 - 2007
    Honorable Mention/Watermedia 2004, 2005
ACGOW Regional Art Exhibition, Westerly RI 2006 - 2009
    Foxwoods Best in Show Award 2007, 2008, Honorable Mention 2009
New Haven Paint and Clay Annual Exhibition 1999, 2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2009
    The Carle J. Blenner Prize 2007
    Merit Award 2004
Hudson Valley Art Association Annual National Exhibition, NY 1996-2004, 2009
    Phillip Schumaker Marine Award 2000 & 2003, Frank Van Steen Memorial Award 2003,
    Honorable Mention, Watermedia 1996
Lyme Art Association Juried and Invitational Shows 2004-2009
Kent Art Association Open and Members Shows 1998 – 2009

    KAA Award 2004, Award of Merit 2002, KAA Oil/ Acrylic Award 2001,
    Ridgewood Art Association Award 2000, Honorable Mention 1999
National Watercolor Society, CA – 79th Annual Exhibition 1999
New England Watercolor Society Biennial, MA 1998, 2002, 2004

    Second Prize 2002
Northeast Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, CT 1999-2007
    Richard Ochs Award 2001, Graham Watercolors Award 1999
Adirondack National Exhibit on American Watercolors, Old Forge, NY 2000-2002, 2005
Watercolor West XXXIII, Riverside, CA 2001
California Watercolor Association 34th National Art Exhibition, Walnut Creek, CA 2002
Midwest Watercolor Society National Exhibition of Transparent Watercolors, IL 2002
Watermedia 2000/ Texas Watercolor Society 51st Annual, Houston, TX 2000
Watercolor Art Society/Houston 24th International Exhibition, TX 2000
Louisiana Watercolor Society Annual International, New Orleans, LA 2000-2002

    Edward Dupont Memorial Award 2000
San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, CA 2000-2001
San Diego Foundation Award 2000
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Annual National Exhibition 1997, 2000-2003
    Strathmore Paper Award 2002, Cheap Joe’s Award 1997
Philadelphia Watercolor Society International 2001
    Holbein and Koh-I-Noor Award
Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Exhibition, MD 1999-2001,2003,2004
    Robert and Diane Gibson Award 2004, Dick Blick Award 2001,
    DaVinci Paint Company Award 2000, Baier Memorial Award 1999
Rhode Island Watercolor Society National Watermedia Competition 2001, 2003, 2004
    Honorable Mention 2001, 2003
National Art League, Douglaston, NY Open Exhibitions 1998-2004
    Arthur Alexander Memorial Award for Transparent Watercolor 2003, First Prize 2002,
George Delaney Award 2001, Third Prize 1998 & 2000, Silver Medal 2000, Bronze Medal 1999
Community Arts Association National Exhibition, Ridgewood, NJ 1998, 2000-2003

    CAA Special Award 1998
Ridgewood Art Institute Regional Open Show, NJ 1999-2003
    Judith Seidman Memorial Award for Transparent Watercolor 2001,
    Northlight Book Award 2000, New Jersey Frame and Molding Award 1999
Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA Open and Members Shows 1996-2006
    First Prize/Oil and Acrylic 2001, Second Prize Watermedia 1999,
    Third Prize/Oil and Acrylic 1999, Honorable Mention 2000

Other honors:

* Deployment and painting commissions for Coast Guard Art Program
* San Diego – Tactical Law Enforcement Team
* Signature Membership – Paint America Signature Society
* Elected Artists Membership – Lyme Art Association (Also Duo Show)
* Featured in American Art Collector and Western Art Collector articles about inaugural year of American Masters Exhibition

Signature Member status:

*American Society of Marine Artists
*Society of Animal Artists
*National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
*National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic
*Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Louisiana, and North East

Watercolor Societies:

*American Artist Professional League

Elected Member status:

*Audubon Artists, American Artists Professional League
*Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
*Salmagundi Club
*Providence Art Club

Feature articles have been written about Del in these publications:

Boat US
American Artist
International Artist
Watercolor Magic
American Art Collector

Gallery of Del-Bourree Bach
Some Enchanted Evening
Some Enchanted Evening
Rock Harbor Sail
Rock Harbor Sail
Foggy Work
Foggy Work
One if by Land
One if by Land
Tea For Two
Tea For Two
By Moonlight
By Moonlight
Night Flight
Night Flight
Checking the Line
Checking the Line
Evening Gold
Evening Gold
Good Buddies
Good Buddies
Inside the Reef
Inside the Reef
Iron Horse
Iron Horse
Island Time
Island Time
The Greenskeeper
The Greenskeeper
Light and Shadow
Light and Shadow
Shuttle Service
Shuttle Service



                   



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