About the Artist

Denise Horne-Kaplan

Fine Art in Miniatures and Small Works in Watercolors and Pastels

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

My style is realism; I've fine-tuned what I call a trained sensitive eye. My favorite subjects are candid portraiture, animals, landscape and antique architecture. My favorite subject matter is Western.

I was born is Framingham, Massachusetts. I started selling artwork in grade school. I am self taught with several inspirational artists workshops.

Beginning in 1983 I started my professional career with exhibits, over 74 national and International juried shows with 68 Awards and eight solo shows to date. I am in five international publications, including being a featured centerfold Artist including 13 paintings in the 1999 Winter Issue of Watercolor magazine, and a signature member, one of only 130 in the country, of the Miniature Artists of America. Eighteen past and present memberships and affiliations, 8 in N.Y. and 10 across the country.

In 2006 I felt it was time to reach outside my comfort zone of watercolors finally settling into pastels in 2008. Within the first year I was winning awards and in two years achieved the second level of status as Associate Member with my first submission to The Pastel Society of America.

Currently I have two private studios, one in our Florida home during the winter months and one in our North Carolina home where I work during late spring, summer and fall.

I enjoy creating art with great detail, beauty and emotion that draws you in and connects with your heart as it did when it first spoke to mine.

COMMISSIONS

If you would like to inquire about a commission, I would be happy to create something that would be exactly what would touch your heart. Animal portraits to a still life of your favorite things or a favorite memory, please contact me with your thoughts for your next beautiful painting.

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS, PAST AND PRESENT

Knickerbocker Art Club, New York
Salmagundi Art Club, New York
National Arts Club, New York
Allied Artists of America, New York
American Artists Professional League, New York
Watercolor Society of Alabama, signature, Alabama
Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, signature, New York
Blackstone Valley Art Association of New England, Massachusetts

Southwest Florida Pastel Society, Naples, Florida

Miniature Artists of Southwest Florida,

Pastel Society of America, associate member, New York

Pastel Painters of Maine, Kennebunk, Maine

International Association Pastel Society, IAPS

Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society, invited member, D.C.

Miniature Artist of America, signature member

Cider Painters of America, PA

Women Artists of the West, Associate member

ITERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

THE RICHESON 75 INTERNATIONAL SMALL WORKS PUBLICATION

2011, 2016

WATERCOLOR MAGAZINE 1999, FEATURED ARTICLE WITH 13 PAINTINGS

DARE TO DREAM BY URANIA CHRISTY TARBET, A FEATURED ARTIST

ITERNATIONAL ART SEARCH, 2011 PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT

ARTIST RESUME

Most Recent

2010-2026

2024 WOMEN ARTISTS of the WEST 54th NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, PHIPPEN MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART, DREAMWEAVERS SHOW, AZ

2024 Cherry Art Products Award for Excellence in Pastel

2025 WOMEN ARTISTS of the WEST 55th NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, CUSTOMS HOUSE MUSEUM, TN

2025 WOMEN ARTISTS of the WEST, THE LATE SHOW

2024 BOSQUE 39th ART CLASSIC, TX

2025 BOSQUE 40th ART CLASSIC, TX

2026 BOSQUE 41st ART CLASSIC, TX

2025 ART OF THE HEARTLAND SMALL WORKS SHOW, AR

ARTISTS PAINTING STORIES GROUP SHOWS, WITH Denise Horne-Kaplan, Debra Keirce, Brenda Dale Morgan

2020 SEASIDE ART GALLERY, FL

2022 FLORENCE THOMAS ART SCHOOL, NC

2023 VISUAL ART CENTER, FL

2023 WATERWORKS VISUAL ARTS CENTER, NC

2023 DEINES CULTURAL CENTER, KS

2023 RIVERVALLEY ARTS CENTER, AR

2024 ALBRECHT-KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART, MO

2025 MONDAK HERITAGE CENTER, MT

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
VISUAL ART CENTER, PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA, MINI MAX SHOW
2014 3rd Place Award
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PASTEL SOCIETY'S SMALL WORKS EXHIBIT
2010 Best of Show
2014 3rd Place
MINIATURE ART SOCIETY OF FLORIDA, INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART SHOW
2013, 2014
2015 1st Place Opaque Watercolor
2016 2nd Place Birds & Animals
2017
2018 1st Place Transparent Watercolor
2019 3rd Place Transparent Watercolor
2020 3rd Place Transparent Watercolor,

2021 1st in Animals

2023 1st Place Historical or Mythical

2024 BEST OF SHOW

2025 2nd Place Transparent Watercolor

2026 Sylvia Trundle Award, Best Portrait or Human Figure
MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS & GRAVERS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
2015 M. Hicks Memorial Award
2016 3rd Place Water Media
2017
2018 1st Place Water Media
2019 Honorable Mention in Animals

2020,

2022 Honorable Mention in Ivorine

2023

2024 Sylvia Trundle Memorial Award

2025
THE SEASIDE ART GALLERY'S INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART SHOW, NORTH CAROLINA
2015, 2017, 2018,

2019 Best in Transparent Watercolor

2020 Best In Transparent Watercolor

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

THE CIDER PAINTERS OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT, PENNSYLVANIA
2015 Best New Artist
2019 Best In Other Media

2020 Best In Objects

2021 The Julie Scott Memorial Award and Purchase

2023 The Cider Painters Americana Award

ALABAMA MINIATURE ART SOCIETY'S SPANISH MOSS MINIATURE ART SHOW
2015
SNOW GOOSE GALLERY'S INVITATIONAL INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART EXHIBITION, PENNSYLVANIA
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
ARTISTIC DESIGNS GALLERY MINIATURE FINE ART SHOW, INDIANA
2015, 2016

ELIZABETH SPECHT MEMORIAL MINIATURE SHOW, MINIATURES IN MARIPOSA,

SIERRA ARTISTS GALLERY, CALIFORNIA

2017 1st Place Animal and 2nd Place Animal

2020 3rd Place Animal and 3rd Place Portrait
HEARTLAND ART GUILD INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE SHOW, KANSAS
2017, 2019, 2022

2024, Honorable Mention

2024, Honorable Mention
PARKLANE GALLERY INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE SHOW, WASHINGTON
2016

2024 1st Place Award

MINIATURE ARTIST OF AMERICA

2018 Awarded Signature Membership

2026 Head of the Task Force to reorganize MAA

NOT SO RECENT

available upon request

1983-2009