AWARDS AND ARTISTIC MERIT

2015- Outstanding Booth Award- Port Clinton Art Festival, USA.

2015- Best of Painting Award- Buffalo Grove Art Festival, USA.

2015- Best of Painting Award- Arlington Heights, Promenade of Art / Festival, USA.

2015-  Outstanding Achievement Award-  Barrington Art Festival, USA.

2011- Outstanding Achievement Award- Eastside Millennium Art Festival, USA. 

2011- Best of Painting- Barrington Art Festival, USA. 

2010- Best of Acrylic, Art in the Barn, USA. 

2010- Merit Award- Gold Coast Art Fair, USA.

2010- Merit Award- Promenade of Art, Arlington Heights, USA.

2009- Merit Award - Buffalo Grove Fine Arts Festival , USA.

2009- Best of Show- Lincolnshire Art Festival, USA.

2008- Best of Show- Lincolnshire Art Festival, USA.

2008- Best of Painting- Joliet Fine Art, Festival of the Masters, USA.

2008- Best of Painting- Cantigny Fine Art Festival, USA.

2008- Honorable Mention - The Municipal Art League of Chicago, 2008 Biennial Midwest Fine Art Competition, USA.

2007- Merit Award - Joliet Fine Art Festival of the Masters, USA.

2007- Winner- Festival of Groundhog Art Contest, Woodstock, USA.

2005- Honorable Mention - Festival of the Arts- Lake Oswego Oregon, USA.

2005- People’s Choice Award - Annual Contest of Mobile, Alabama, USA.

1992- First Award of the National Wildlife Galleries.First Latin-American Award for the reproduction of prints and stamps for Conservation.National foundation of Wild Life of Costa Rica, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Ricaand National Wildlife Corporation of United States.

1991- Third Place Award - Rural Landscape Contest San Isidro del General,Costa Rican Museum of Art. 

1990- Second Place Award - Rural Landscape Contest Rincón de la Vieja,Costa Rican Museum of Art.

1986- First Best in Show Award, Contest of Animals of Costa Rica under extinction,National Museum. Costa Rica.

1986- First Place Award - Rural Landscape Contest of Orosi Cartago,Costa Rican Museum of Art.

1984- First Place Award - Rural Landscape Contest of Charrara Cartago,Costa Rican Museum of Art.

1983- First Place Award - Rural Landscape Contest of Aserrí San José,Costa Rican Museum of Art.

1983- First Place Award - Gonzalo Morales Contest, Costa Rican Museum of Art.

1982- Double First Place Award - Cultural Landscape Contest Golfito Puntarenas. Costa Rica.

1981- Second Award - Painting Contest- National Fair of Crafts San José. Costa Rica.

1981- First Place Award - Contest painting of the Rural Landscape Santo Domingo of Heredia, Costa Rican Museum of Art. 

1980- Publications Award - National Association of Teachers Contest. Costa Rica.

1980- First Place Award - Legislative Assembly Contest, Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports. Costa Rica.

1979- Second Place Award - Contest Brotherhoods of the Job San José Costa Rica.

1979- Publications Award - National Association of Teachers Contest. Costa Rica.

1979- First Place Award - Contest of The Town. San Jose Costa Rica.

1977- First Place Award -Contest of the Rural Landscape San Isidrio of Heredia, Ministry of Youth Culture and Sport. Costa Rica .