EARL GRENVILLE KILLEEN
Selected Awards 
2025     ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society.   "Spring Awalening".  First Prize.
               ▪ Lyme Art Association.   "Four Acts: Abstracted".  Katherine Luddington Award.
              ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  "Unusual Views".  Third Prize.
              ▪ Lyme Art Association.   "A Warm Glow".  Award of Merit.

2024   ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society.   "Sparkle and Glow".   Honorable Mention.

2023   ▪  Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  "Painting the Blues".  Honorable Mention.
             ▪   Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  "Negative Spaces."  Best in Show in use of the Watercolor Medium.
           ▪  Teravarna.  10th Annual Abstract International Juried Competition.  Merit Prize.   
             ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  "Complementary Colors".  First Place Award. 
           ▪ Lyme Art Association.  "Expanding Visions".  Third Place Award.
             ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  "The Limited Palette".  First Place Award.
             ▪ Lyme Art Association.  "Four Acts -- Stillness" exhibit.  Viewers' Choice Award.
             ▪ Lyme Art Association.  “Four Acts -- Abstracted” exhibit.  First Place Award.

2022  ▪ Lyme Art Association.  “True Blue” exhibit.  Award of Merit.
             ▪ Kehler-Liddell Gallery (New Haven).  "Lost/Found" exhibit.  The Frame Shop in Westville certificate award.
             ▪ San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center (CA).  "In the Abstract" exhibit.  Honorable Mention.
             ▪ Lyme Art Association.  “First Impressions” exhibit.  Award of Merit.
           ▪  Rhode Island Watercolor Society.   "Celebrating Color" exhibit.  Honorable Mention.
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2021   ▪ New Haven Paint & Clay Club.  120th Annual Juried Art Exhibition.  Elizabeth L.  Greeley Prize for a
                Watercolor.
           ▪ The Contemporary Art Room Gallery.  "Open" exhibition.  Merit Award for two  pieces.
             ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT).  “First Impressions” exhibit.  First Place Award.

2020   ▪ Norwich Art Center (Norwich, CT). “Into the Darkness: Mysterious Images for Fall.”   Third Place.
              ▪ Connecticut Office of the Arts $3,000 Artist Fellowship Award.
              ▪ Lyme Art Association “First Impressions” exhibit.  Award of Merit.

2019   ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society Autumn Exhibition.  CWS Third Place Award.
             ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society 78th Annual Exhibition. Jerry’s Artarama Gift Certificate.

1995-96   ▪ Individual Artist Grant to continue L4-5 series in acrylics, awarded by the Elizabeth Foundation for the 
                       Arts (New York, NY).

1995     ▪ The Artist’s Magazine Annual National Art Competition. Finalist in Experimental category.

1993-94   ▪ Individual Artist Grant to continue Totemics series in acrylics, awarded by the Connecticut
                       Commission on the Arts (Hartford, CT).

1994     ▪ Arts-Connecticut 47th Annual Juried Exhibition (Guilford, CT). First Prize.

1993      ▪ Arts-Connecticut 46th Annual Juried Exhibition (Guilford, CT). First Prize.
                ▪ Connecticut Palette ’93 (Guilford, CT). Guilford Art League Award.

1992    ▪ The Artist’s Magazine Annual National Art Competition. First Place in Still Life Category.
                ▪  New Britain Museum of American Art Members Show (New Britain, CT).  Educational Prize.
                ▪ New Haven Paint and Clay Club 91st Annual Exhibition (New Haven, CT). Minna Walker Smith Watercolor
                   Prize.

1991      ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society 51st Annual Exhibition (New Haven, CT).  Paier College of Art Award.

1984     ▪ Beth-El Temple Exhibition (West Hartford, CT). Award for a Connecticut Artist Under 35.

1983      ▪ Choices ’83 Statewide Juried Show (Guilford, CT). Second Prize.


Selected Exhibitions
​2025     ▪ 
                ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  Work included in "Illumination" and "Spring Awakening" exhibits.
                ▪ Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.   Work included in "Abstract Sanctuary" and "Tributary II" exhibits.
                ▪  Slater Museum.  Work included in 79th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition.
​                ▪ Lyme Art Association.  Work included in "A Warm Glow", "Four Acts", and "Sunflowers Bloom" exhibits.

2024    ▪  Emotions Matter.  Two works included in "Riding the Waves" exhibit.
               ▪  Madison Art Society.  Work included in 49th Annual Juried Exhibition.
​               ▪  Cultural Center of Cape Cod.  Three works included  in "Out of the Blue" exhibit.
               ▪  Marin Society of Artists.  Work included in "World Untamed" and "The Artist's Eye" exhibits.
               ▪  New Haven Paint & Clay Club.  Work included in 123rd Annual Juried Art Exhibit.
               ▪ Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.   Work included in "Abstract Sanctuary" exhibit.
             ▪ Lyme Art Association.  Two works included in "Nostalgia" exhibit; works in "Four Acts: Phases of Light and
​                  Strictly Abstract"; three works in "Expanding Visions"; three works in elected Artists Exhibition; work in
                  "Taking Flight"
               ▪  Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  Work included in "Zoom In",  "Pattern & Abstraction", "Sparkle and 
​                   Glow", and "Inside/Outside" exhibits.
               ▪ San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center (CA).  Two works included in "Passion" exhibit.       
               ▪  Hummingbird & Dragonfly Gallery.  Five works included in "Beauty and Splendor" exhibit.
               ▪  Kehler Liddell Gallery (New Haven, CT).  Work included in "Renewal" exhibit.

2023   ▪  Hummingbird & Dragonfly Gallery.  Four works included in "Small Wonders" exhibit.
              ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society.  Work included in the Autumn Exhibition.
              ▪  Pennsylvania Watercolor Society.  Work included in 44th Annual International Juried Exhibition. 
                ▪  Inter-Society Color Council.   Work included in “2023 Completely Color Virtual Exhibition".
              ▪  Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art.  Work included in "Sense of Place" exhibit.
              ▪ San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center (CA).  "In the Abstract" exhibit.
              ▪  Site: Brooklyn. Two works included in "Layers - Material and Meaning" exhibit.
              ▪  Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT).   "Congratulations" - Newly Elected Artists exhibit;
​                  "Elected Artists 2023";  "Expanding Visions"; "New England Landscape"; "Bon Appetit"; Our Fragile Planet
            ▪  Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.   Work included in "Abstract Sanctuary", "Strata",  "Abrazo",  "The Living 
​                  Mark", and "A Generous Kingdom" exhibits.
            ▪  Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  Work included in "Winter Blues",  "Spring Break",  "Follow the Light", and 
                 "Negative Spaces".
              ▪  Marin Society of Artists.  Work included in "Water" and "Expressions 2023" exhibits.
              ▪ North Wind Fine Arts.  Two works included in 2023 Juried Show, and the "Autumn" Show.
        
2022    ▪  California Art League.  Two works included in "Mankind/Nature" exhibit.
               ▪ Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts.  Work included in 111th Annual Exhibition.
               ▪ Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.   Works included in "Strata",  "Liminal II", and "Chasing Ghosts 7" exhibits.
               ▪  Mile Brook Gallery at Lyme Art Association.  Solo Exhibit (Apr. 15 - June 2)
               ▪  Marin Society of Artists.  Work included in "Expressions 2022" and "Fresh Art" exhibits.
               ▪  O'Hanlon Center for the Arts.  Work included in "It's OK to Laugh" exhibit.
               ▪  New Haven Paint & Clay Club.  Work included in 121st Annual Juried Art and Active Members Exhibitions.
               ▪  Bruce S. Kershner Gallery (Fairfield, CT).  "Color Play".  Three-artist exhibit (Feb. 5 - Apr. 2)
               ▪  North Wind Fine Arts.  Two works included in "Annual Spring Exhibit".
               ▪  Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  Works included in "Celebrating Color" and "Vision 2022".
               ▪  Colors of Humanity Art Gallery.  Four works included in "Red 2022" and "Skies" exhibits. 
               ▪ San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center (CA).  "Artopia" exhibit.
               ▪  Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Three works included in “First Impressions”;
                  Works included in "Poetry of Motion", "Expanding Visions", "True Blue", and "Deck the Walls".            
              
2021      ▪  Grey Cube Gallery.  Four works included Painting and Photography Art Show;
                    two received Merit Awards.  Two works in "Waters" show.
                 ▪  North Wind Fine Arts (Saranac Lake, NY).  Two works in "Reimagine" exhibit.
                 ▪  Pennsylvania Watercolor Society.  Work included in 42nd Annual International Juried Exhibition. 
                 ▪  Art Fluent.  Work included in "Lumiere" and "True Blue" exhibits.
                 ▪  Verum Ultimum Art Gallery (Portland, OR).   Work included in "Liminal" and  "Abstract Catalyst" exhibits.
                 ▪  Kehler Liddell Gallery (New Haven, CT).  Work included in "Our DNA" exhibit.
                 ▪  Arts Benecia (CA).  Two works included in "That Which Surrounds You" exhibit.
                 ▪  Cabrillo Gallery (CA). Work included in "2020 Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through
                    Challenging Times" exhibit.
                 ▪  Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Three works included in “First
                    Impressions” exhibit; three works included in "Expanding Visions" exhibit;
                    one in  "Hello, Yellow!".
                 ▪  Marin Society of Artists (San Rafael, CA). Work included in "Artist's Vision" and
                   "Expressions" exhibits.
                 ▪  Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  Work included in "Painting Through the
                    Pandemic" and "Near and Far" exhibits and the National Watermedia show.
                 ▪  Norwich Art Center (Norwich, CT).  Three works included in "RED" exhibit.
                 ▪  Colors of Humanity Art Gallery.  Four works included in "Red" 2021 exhibit; four
                     works included in "Skies" exhibit.

2020     ▪ Verum Ultimum Art Gallery (Portland, OR). Work included in "A Generous
                 Kingdom" exhibit.
                ▪ Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA). Work included in “2020 Political Discord”
                   exhibit.
                ▪ Marin Society of Artists (San Rafael, CA). Work included in “Celebration of Art –
                  All Media 2020 Exhibition”  and "Fresh Art".
                ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society. Two works included in “It’s All About Color”
                  exhibit.
                ▪ Mystic Museum of Art (Mystic, CT). Work included in “Americana” show.
                ▪ Hudson Valley Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Work included in 87th Annual
                   Juried Exhibition.
                ▪ Rene Soto Gallery (Norwich, CT). Three works included in “Small is the New Big”
                   exhibit.
                ▪ Slater Memorial Museum (Norwich, CT). Work included in Annual CT Artists
                   Juried Exhibition.
                ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Three works included in “First Impressions”
                   exhibit; four works in “Yin & Yang” exhibit; one piece in “Birds and Bees” exhibit.

2019     ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Work included in “Four Acts” and “First
                 Impressions” exhibits.

2018     ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Work included in “Four Acts”,
                “Contemporary Look”, “Summer Painting and Sculpture”, and “Deck the Walls”
                 exhibits.

2017     ▪ The Cooley Gallery (Old Lyme, CT). Four works included in seasonal show.
               ▪ Spectrum Art Gallery (Centerbrook, CT). Three works included in seasonal show.

1995     ▪ The Aldrich Museum (Ridgefield, CT). Seven works included in the exhibit
                “Investing in Dreams”, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Statewide Museum
                 Collaboration.
               ▪ Gannett Galleries (Scituate, MA). “Novus ‘95” (invitational exhibition).
               ▪ ARTSPACE (New Haven, CT). “Gifts of the 21st Century” (invitational exhibition).
               ▪ WPKN Radio (New Haven, CT). “Art for Bread” (invitational exhibition).

1994     ▪ Connecticut Commission on the Arts (Hartford, CT). Two-artist show.
               ▪ Mill Gallery (Guilford, CT). Solo show.

1993      ▪ Signature Gallery (West Hartford, CT).

1990-91   ▪ Goldsmith Gallery (Madison, CT)
                     ▪ Wexford Gallery (Guilford, CT)

1989     ▪ Cooley Gallery (Old Lyme, CT). Featured in “Four Contemporary Artists” exhibit.

1984     ▪ Wakefield Gallery (Pound Ridge, NY)

1983-84  ▪ Art and the Law/West ’83 (nationally-touring invitational exhibit).

Publications
by, about, or including works of the artist

2023      ▪  "Meet Earl Grenville Killeen" interview, Stories & Insights, CanvasRebel.com
                 ▪  Nebel, Sara Drought.  "Creating Art, Recreating a Life - The Artist: Earl Grenville Killeen,"
                    ink publications, May, pages 34-41.

1996      ▪ Metzger, Phil. The North Light Artist’s Guide to Materials and Techniques (North
                  Light Publishing, Cincinnati).

1995        ▪ Killeen, Earl Grenville with Leah Raechel Killeen. The North Light Book of Acrylic
                    Painting Techniques (North Light Publishing, Cincinnati).

1994       ▪ Harrison, Hazel. The Encyclopedia of Acrylic Techniques (Quarto Publishing).
                 ▪ Wolf, Rachel Rubin, editor. Splash 3 (North Light Publishing). Showcases “105 of
                   America’s Best Contemporary Watercolorists.”
                 ▪ Killeen, Earl Grenville. “Unlock the Secrets to Acrylics,” The Artist’s Magazine,
                   April, pages 34-43 (special section.)

1992        ▪ Elliott, Sheila. “Power Up Your Watercolors,” The Artist’s Magazine, July. The
                   article deals with “the incredible effects Earl Grenville Killeen creates by taking a                     
                   power sander to watercolor.”
                ▪ Davidson, Martin. How to Draw and Paint Texture (Harper Collins Publishers,
                   London) features “Pendent” (watercolor) on the cover, and three watercolors 
                   included in the text.
                  ▪ The Artist’s Magazine Annual Competition Issue, December, pages 42-43,
                    features “Pelican” (watercolor) as First Place winner in Still Life.

1986        ▪Tennessee Bar Journal, January. Cover features “Order Endures” (watercolor).

1984        ▪ Killeen, Earl. “Pushing Watercolor to its Thickest,” The Artist’s Magazine, July-
                    Aug, pages 53-57 and “P.S.” page 104.

Arts Organizations and Activities

2022        ▪  Lyme Art Association Elected Member
                   ▪  New Haven Paint & Clay Club Active Membership

2020      ▪ Conceived, proposed, and donated a painting to support Future Voices, the
                    Shoreline Arts Alliance's new online exhibit of visual art, writing, and
                    performing arts in all genres, welcoming the work of artists of all ages, styles,
                    and levels of ability, and especially encouraging submissions on topical themes    
                    including social activism and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019         ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society membership.

2017         ▪ Established the annual Earl Grenville Killeen Founder’s Award for Future
                     Choices, to be shared between the teacher of the student who receives the Best
                     in Show Award and another art student of that teacher’s choosing.

1996-97  ▪ Wrote “In the Spotlight”, Shoreline Times (Madison, CT). Weekly arts review
                     column.

1994          ▪ Mentor for the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Inner City Cultural
                      Development Program.

1982-93   ▪ Donated art work for fundraising to benefit: SARAH, The Shoreline Alliance for
                     the Arts, Gateway Communities, ARTSPACE, New Haven Arts Council, among
                     others.

1982-94   ▪ Founded Future Choices Annual Juried Show (for regional high school students),
                      and sponsored the Best in Show Award for twelve years.

1982-83   ▪ Instructor at the Guilford Arts Center (then Guilford Handcraft Center).