Resume

"...what I paint is a direct response to what I see. For me, the appreciation comes first, immediately followed by a zest and enthusiasm about the subject. I use whatever medium I find necessary to get my first impression down on paper..."

- Sandra Kunz

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Professional Background
Awards
Book Publishings
Memberships & exhibitions

Professional background

Early training at Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Associate of Arts Degree at Principia College.
Further training and work at the Art Students League and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Traveled abroad - painted at Montmartre and the Tuileries of Paris, France.

Awards

2004 First in watercolor - Anchor & Palette Gallery (Painting: Summer Breezes II)
2003 Long Beach Island Watercolor Award
2002 The Nieman Marcus, Paramus Award - New Jersey Watercolor Society
2000 Da Vinci Paint Co. Award - New Jersey Watercolor Society Members Exhibition
1999 Watercolor Award - Longbeach Island
1997 The Triangle Award - Garden State Watercolor Society
1996 The Presidents Award - Garden State Watercolor Society (for "Harbor Down East")
1995 The Kent and Helen Day Coes Award - New Jersey Watercolor Society
1993 First in Watercolor - East Lyme Art League, Summer Festival
1992 Watercolor award - Long Beach Island
1992 Triangle Award - Garden State Watercolor Society
1992 Best in show - Medford Arts Festival
1991 The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Award (for "Misty Whites")
1991 The Commodities Corporation Award - Garden State Watercolor Society
1990 Adele Hepbron Award - New Jersey Watercolor Society (for "Cobscook Bay")
1989 Watercolor Award - Guild of Creative Art
1989 Anneliese Award - New Jersey Watercolor Society
1985 First Fidelity Bancorp Award - New Jersey Watercolor Society
1985 New Jersey Watercolor Society's Award (for "Rockport's Nor' Easter")
1985 New Jersey Watercolor Society's Members' Show Award ("Pat's Place")
1984 Perkins Center for the Arts - First Award
1983 Rhodes Purchase Award
1981 Ocean County Artist's Guild Award
1980 First Award - Plainfield Annual Festival of Arts
1980 Elected member of NJ Watercolor Society
1979 First Award - Plainfield Annual Festival of Arts
1979 The Shrewsbury State Bank Award - NJ Watercolor Society (for "Judy's Kitchen")
Lyndhurst Cultural Arts Award
Monmouth Scenes Winner -Guild of Creative Art
1973 Guild of Creative Art
The Merit Award - Garden State Watercolor Society
Shrewsbury State Bank Award -New Jersey Watercolor Society
The Tucker, Anthony and R.L. Day Award -Garden State Watercolor Society