Don't miss these current publications:
July/August 2008 issue of American Artist - Cover image, Zion's Overlook, and 8 page article."Colleen Howe's 4 Steps to Building Stronger Paintings" as told to Collin Fry.

June 2007 issue of The Pastel Journal, article about my work

Awards:
Silver Award - International Association of Pastel Societies Exhibition in Naples, Florida,March 2007
First Place - Pastel Society of Utah statewide exhibition, Red Butte Gardens, November 1999
Best of Show - Intermountain Society of Artists’ Member of Merit, Red Butte Gardens, June 1998
First Place - Jurors’ Award for Painting, Alliance for Varied Arts, Logan, June 1998
First Place - Nature's Show, Monte L. Bean Museum, BYU, April 1997
First Place - ISA Spring Show, Salt Lake City, April 1997

Exhibitions/Shows
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, 2008
Solo Show, Springville Museum of Art, Jan, Feb 2008 International Association of Pastel Societies Exhibition in Naples, Florida, 2007
Deseret News “Color of Utah” statewide exhibition, honorable mention, October 2001
University of Utah “Winter” juried exhibition, February 2000
American Academy of Women Artists, Associate Membership awarded July 2001
Williams Fine Art, Salt Lake City, April 2001
Listed in Artists of Utah, published October 1999, and displayed at Artists of Utah exhibit
Feature article in The Pastel Journal, published November-December 1999
Bountiful/Davis Art Center, “View of Seven Artists” group show, May 1999
Bountiful Davis Art Center, Utah Competition, February 1999
Pastel Society of America Exhibition, New York City, September 1998
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, May 1998
Pastels USA International Exhibition, Roseville, California, May 1998

Special Projects
President, Pastel Society of Utah, 2003-2005 term; 1997 to 2000 founding term
President, Intermountain Society of Artists (ISA) 1992-1993; member of Board, 1988-1992

Lectures/Teaching Positions
Workshop Instructor: Nationwide including Illinois, Missouri, Utah
Pastel and Oil Painting Instructor: Salt Lake City area

Education
Plein Air Painters of America, September 1999 New England Intensive Outdoor Seminar
Scottsdale Artists School, Sally Strand “Color of Light” Symposium, March 1997 Workshops and intensive training from Michael Workman, Ted Goerschner, Doug Dawson
Scottsdale Artists School, Sally Strand Pastel workshop, February 1991, awarded merit scholarship
University of Utah (2001-2003), Fine Arts/Art History major, studio painting emphasis

Collections, various corporate and private including O.C. Tanner Recognition Company, Salt Lake Miskin Media Works, Layton, Utah Jack
Richeson & Company (Unison Pastels)
University of Utah permanent collection

Colleen K. (Pope) Howe was born in American Fork, Utah in 1953. Soon after, she and her family moved to the Big Hole Valley in southwestern Montana. A deep love for this beautiful valley developed and has become the basis for her love of being outdoors and painting the landscape

Colleen studied painting at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. She has also taken intensive painting workshops from Michael workman, Sally Strand, Doug Dawson, Ted Goerschner and Ken Baxter. Colleen continues to favor the subject of landscape, looking for the most expressive ways to convey the spirit and beauty of open space.

An important aspect of her life at present is teaching. "I will continue to dedicate part of my artistic time to passing along the information I have learned from others and my own experience. To become a painter basically boils down to a lot of hard work, with some 'Aha!' instruction and/or discovery along the way. If I am part of that, it makes me feel like I am contributing something to a very fine history of painters, past, present, and future." Colleen currently teaches in Salt Lake City and also teaches weeklong intensive workshops nationally. Her work has been featured in "The Pastel Journal"(Nov./Dec 1999) and "The Artist's Magazine" (Jan. 2000). She is president of the Pastel Society of Utah and past president of the Intermountain Society of Artists.

Artist's Statement

At present Colleen Howe is represented by:

For additional information about Colleen visit:
www.utahartists.com