Awards and Media Coverage

Media Coverage

Southwest Art Magazine  2016

• Featured in "Women in Art"

Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition 2015

• Finalist Award for “Inquisitive”

Southwest Art Magazine  2015

• 1/2 page feature for finalist placing for the Artist Magazine Annual Art Competition, January 2014 issue, “Solitude” and “Tired”

Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition 2013

• Finalist Award for “Tired”
• Finalist Award for “Solitude”

Visual Language Magazine, featured artist and cover, September 2013

http://issuu.com/visuallanguage/docs/heatherlarasept2013artspanvl

Southwest Art Magazine, Artistic Excellence 2012

• Third Place, full page feature in December Issue
• “A Glimpse of the Past”

Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition 2011

• Finalist Award for “Billy 2”

Awards

Irving Art Association's Wildlife and Domestic Animal National Juried Exhibit 2015

• Best in Show

Orange County Fair, Fine Art Competition 2015

Division Award

• First Place Drawing - Black & White
• People's Choice Award

San Diego County Fair, Fine Art Competition 2015

• Second Place Drawing - Color

San Diego County Fair, Fine Art Competition 2013

• First Place Drawing Color 
• Second Place Drawing – B & W 
• People’s Choice Award 

San Diego County Fair, Fine Art Competition 2012

• Best in Show
• First Place Drawing - Color
• Second Place Drawing - Color
• Second Place Drawing - Black & White
• Second Place Pastels
• Honorable Mention Drawing - Black & White
• People's Choice Award

Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition 2011

• Finalist Award

San Diego County Fair, Fine Art Competition 2011

• Second Place Drawing - Black & White
• Honorable Mention Drawing - Black & White
• Sponsor Award
• Peoples Choice Award

Orange County Fair, Fine Art Competition 2010

• Division Award
• Second Place Illustration

San Diego County Fair, Fine Art Competition 2010

• San Diego Award
• First Place Drawing - Black & White
• Peoples Choice Award

 Irving Art Association, 8th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition 2009

• Second Place Award

Orange County Super Fair,  Fine Art Competition 2009

• Second Place Award Pastels
• Third Place Award Illustration
• Honorable Mention Pastels
• Employee Choice Award

Pastel Society of San Diego, 26^th Annual Juried Exhibition 2009 

• Second Place Award

Audubon Artists, Inc. 66^th Annual Exhibition 2008

• Art Students League of New York Award

Atlanta Artist’s Center  National Juried Exhibition 2007

• Sponsor Merit Award

RFAL & NMMAS 24^th Annual Juried Show 2007

• People’s Choice Award
• Sponsor Recognition Award