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Лорин Макракен съчетава много от уменията, които е добил като архитект, с опита си в изучаването на история на изкуството, рисуването, фотографирането и посещаването на много от водещите в света музеи.


Роден в гр. Меридиан, Мисисипи, учи в Университета Обърн и има бакалавърска степен по изкуства , също така бакалавърска степен по архитектура от Университета Райс и магистърска степен по архитектура и градоустройство от Университета в Принстън. В момента живее и рисува във Форт Уърт, Тексас.

Той е член на повече от дузина акварелни общества, включително Американското дружество по акварел, Национално акварелно дружество, Дружество на прозрачен акварел на Америка, Южно Акварелно Общество, Акварел Уест и Американско акварелно общество на честта. Той е избран за член на Съюза на художници на Америка в категория Watermedia.

 

Негови картини са включени в многобройни изложби в Китай:

- Международно биенале акварел в Шанхай 2010 и 2012 г.,

- Международно биенале на изкуствата в Пекин 2010; 2012 и 2015 г .;

- Международно биенале акварел в Шенжен 2013 и 2015 г .;

- Международен салон на акварела в Кингдао 2014 г.

 

Неговите картини са включени в постоянните колекции на Националния музей на Китай; на Азиатския музей на акварелното изкуство в гр. Хайкоу, провинция Хайнан, Китай и акварелния музей в Фабриано, Италия.

 

Работите му са публикувани в редица национални и международни списания и книги, включително: Watercolor, Watercolor Artist, Artist’s, Drawing, American Artist, International Artist and Southwest Art. Негови работи са включени в книги, като Splash 9-20; Strokes of Genius 2 & 3, Secrets of International Watercolor Masters, Volume #1 published in China, Masters of Realistic Imagery published in Germany and Masters of Watercolor published in St. Petersburg, Russia.

 

Негови работи са представени в галерия Саутсайд в Оксфорд, Мисисипи и галерия Касиди Баю в Самнер, Мисисипи.

 

НАГРАДИ:

 

2016 - Juror’s Award - Society of Watercolor Artists, 35th International Juried Exhibition

2015 - Honorable Mention - National Watercolor Society, China/NWS International Small Image Exchange Exhibit

2015 - Purchase Award - National Art Museum of China, 6th Beijing Biennale

2014 - Second Prize - Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, 39th Annual Exhibition

2014 - Third Prize - Watercolor Artist Magazine, National (Cover?) Competition
2014 - Jack Richeson Award of Merit - Transparent Watercolor Society of America, 38th Annual Juried Exhibition
2014 - Ann Thornton Memorial Award - Society of Watercolor Artists, Annual International Juried Art Exhibition

2013 - First Prize for Realism - International Art Contest

2013 - First Prize - Professional Artist Magazine, First Annual
2013 - Honorable Mention - Watercolor Artist Magazine, Watermedia Competition
2013 - Outstanding Watercolor – International Guild of Realism, 8th Annual International Juried Exhibition
2013 - Georgia Ann Newton Award - Transparent Watercolor Society of America, 37th Annual Juried Exhibition
2013 - Gurdon & Mildred Evans Memorial Award - The Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc., Adirondacks National Exhibit of American Watercolors
2013 - Merit Award - Greenville Arts Council (GAC), 5th Juried Biennial Invitational
2013 - Merit Award for Works on Paper - Delta Artist Association, The Dog Days of Summer: Delta Artists Along Deer Creek
2013 - M. Graham and Co. Merchandise Award - Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, 38th Annual Exhibition
2013 - J. W. Young Gallery Award - Mississippi Watercolor Society, 28th Grand National Watercolor Exhibition

2012 - Grand Prize  - Daniel Smith, 9th Annual Customer Art Contest

2012 - Best in Show - Mississippi Watercolor Society, Member Show
2012 - Best of Show  - Delta Artists Association, Annual Member Exhibit
2012 - 2nd Place in Watermedia  - Texas Watercolor Society, 63rd Annual Exhibition
2012 - 2nd Place in Watermedia  - Richeson 75, Landscape, Seascape and Architecture Competition
2012 - 2nd Place in Watermedia  - Richeson 75, Small Works Competition
2012 - Third Prize  - Society of Watercolor Artists, International Juried Exhibition
2012 - Honorable Mention - Louisiana Watercolor Society, 42nd International Exhibition
2012 - Honorable Mention - Watercolor Art Society–Houston, 35th International Exhibition
2012 - Honorable Mention - Mississippi Watercolor Society, Grand National
2012 - Honorable Mention - Fondren Renaissance Foundation, The Cedars Juried Art Show
2012 - Region III Award and Totally Transparent Award  - Tennessee Watercolor Society, 33rd Exhibition
2012 - Salis International Award  - Southern Watercolor Society, 35th Annual Exhibition
2012 - Nell Dorsey Memorial Award - Ohio Valley Art League and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife

2011 - Best of Show - Mississippi Watercolor Society Members Show 2011 

2011 - Dr. Donald and Helen Budd Burness Memorial Award - the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge, NY, for “Delta Sky”
2011 - Second Prize - Keystone National 2011: Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Art Center School and Galleries, Mechanicsburg, PA, for “Yellow Pears on Foil.” 
2011 - Pearl Appleby Memorial Award – Watercolor USA 2011, for “Apples and Pear on Foil” 
2011 - Honorable Mention – Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand Ntl. Watercolor Exhibition 2011, for “Banana Split Dish 

2010 - The Kent Day Memorial Award – Allied Artist of America, 2010 

2010 - Purchase Award – Tennessee Watercolor Society’s 32nd Biennial Exhibition, 2010 
2010 - Pleiades Gallery - New York, 2010 - Juried Show 
2010 - Paint America Top 100 – Top Still Life Award, 2010 
2010 - Vivian Chevillon Award - Transparent Watercolor Society Show, 2010 
2010 - First Prize in this year’s Members Show of the Society of Watercolor Artist of Fort Worth. I was pleased to give a 2010 - The Kent Day Coe Memorial Award for Watercolor- international show of the Allied Artists of America

2009 - Second Prize - Richeson 75: Still Life and Floral Competition: Water Media 2009.

2009 - Board of Directors Award at the Watercolor Missouri National 2009. 

2009 - Annual Membership Award in The Society of Watercolor Artists, Inc, 28th Annual Juried Exhibition 2009, Fort Worth, TX. 

2009 - Binders Art Supplies & Frames Award, 2009 Georgia Watercolor Society – National Exhibition.
2008 - Second Place - Richeson75: Still Life & Floral '08 Competition

2008 - Janet Milford Memorial Award, Watercolor West 40th Annual Exhibition
2008 - Beauty in Watermedia Award, (The Show’s 2nd Prize) - 31st Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Exhibition 
2008 - Hardie Gramatky Memorial Award - 137th Annual International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society