Norma Herring
12502 Overbrook Rd.
Leawood, Kansas 66209
Phone: 913.661.9701
Email: normajherring@gmail.com
Website: www.normaherring.com
Personal Data
Proud to be part of the first wave of the famous/infamous “baby boomers,” I was born in Kansas City, MO and have lived on both sides of State Line most of my life. I am married to Joe Herring and between us we have four adult children and a beautiful four-legged daughter named Rosie. I graduated from Mount St. Scholastica College, Atchison, KS, in ’68 with a BS Dietetics degree followed by a one-year Administrative Dietetic Internship at Aetna Life and Casualty, Hartford, CT. My career as a Registered Dietitian was spent working in child and adult nutrition along with earning a Masters degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Kansas in 1990. A life-changing diagnosis of breast cancer in 2001 followed by months of chemotherapy and radiation brought a serious re-examination of my life’s priorities resulting in a decision to retire and pursue my true love ~ watercolor painting ~ as a second career. With a renewed sense of energy I’ve worked hard to improve my skills with each new painting. With the addition of metallic acrylics, iridescent watercolors, iridescent w/c medium, and archival gel pen touches to my paintings I’ve been able to achieve national and international recognition such as the MO Watercolor International Exhibition2018-Qingdao, China and 2020-Barcelona,Spain.
Juried Exhibitions, Solo Shows and Honors:
*Heritage Fine Arts Guild, 1981-82-83 HM~1982, Purchase Award~United Bank of Littleton~1983
*Solo Shows: Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery - 2004, R.G. Endress Gallery - 2008, ArtsKC First Fridays - 2016, Art at the Center Gallery - 2022.
*Sioux Narrows Ontario Canada Art Festival, 2005-07-08-09
*Paint the Parks, 2007 HM~2nd 100 winners
*Images Art Gallery Annual Juried Show, 2005 through 2021. Best~08, HM~2011, First-Painting~14
*Heartland Artist National Exhibition, 2003-04-06-07-2010 through 2020 HM~2014
*Kansas City Voices Literary/Art magazine, Published ~ Awards 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011
*The Artistic Touch #5 Art Book Competition. (2 paintings)~ Published 2013 (www.amazon.com)
*Johnson County Art Fest*, 2005-08-10-11 Best of Show~2008
*Prairie Village State of the Arts, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019
*Art at the Center ~ Overland Park, KS, 2007-08-11-14-18
*Visions of the Flint Hills, 2010-13-15-19-20-21
*Leawood Arti Gras, 2012-13-14-15-16-17-18 Best of Show~2013, First~2014, HM~2015, HM~2016
*Finalist ~ 2010 International Artist Magazine Challenge #56 “Florals & Gardens” Competition~Published
*Watercolor USA National Exhibition-Springfield, MO 2011-12-13-16-22 Museum / Patron Purchase Award(s) - 2011, 2013
*Watercolor Honor Society(WHS) 2011- 18 Board of Directors 2016-22
*KS Watercolor Society National Show, 2009-11-15-22. *Signature Status
*MO Watercolor National AND InternationalShow, 2010-12-16-18-20 HM~2016. *Signature Status
*IL Watercolor Society National Show, 2014 HM~2014
*Southern States Watercolor Society National Show, 2017
*Rocky Mountain 2017 National Watermedia Show (one of 75 out of 550 chosen by juror Stephen Quiller)
*Alabama Watercolor Society National Exhibition, 2018-19
*Red River National Watermedia Exhibition, 2019-20
*Kentucky Watercolor Society 2019 Aqueous Exhibition, 2019 0 HM
*43rd International Watermedia Exhibition (IWE), 2020-22
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