 Del-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
 
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