Awards and Acceptances
AWARDS and ACCEPTANCES:
2026 - First Place in the Watercolor Category in the “Power of Color” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Best in Theme in the Drawing & Pastels Category in the "Power of Color" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Best in Theme in the Watercolor Category in the "Power of Color" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Best in Theme Overall in the "Storms and skies" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Honorable Mention in the "Storms and skies" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Best in Show in the "Reflections" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Best in Theme in Oils Category in the "Reflections" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - First Place Overall in the "Playful" theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Third Place in Watercolor Category in the "Playful" theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Honorable Mention Pastels/3D Category in the "Playful" theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - First Place Drawing/Pastels Category in the “Light Vs Shadow” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Second Place Watercolor Category in the “Light Vs Shadow” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Second Place Oils Category in the “Light Vs Shadow” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - First Place Watercolor Category in the “Art of Everyday life” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2026 - Honorable mention Watercolor Category in the “Art of Everyday life” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - Honorable mention Watercolor Category in the “Best of your Best” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - Third Place Oils Category in the “Best of your Best” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – First Place Overall in the “Wild Life” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – Best in Theme Overall in the “Wild Life” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – First Place in Oils Category in the “Wild Life” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – Second place Overall in the “Green” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – Third place in Watercolors in the “Green” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – Best of Theme Overall in the “Joy/Cute/Happy” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – First place in Drawing/Pastel in the “Joy/Cute/Happy” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 – First place in Watercolors in the “Joy/Cute/Happy” theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - Best in theme in Drawing/Pastels in "Corona" theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - First Place in Oils category in, "Corona" theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - Best in theme overall, "Cityscape/ Urban" theme show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - First place in Watercolor category the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - Best in theme in Watercolor category at the Arts Colony of Corona
2025 - February - Featured Artist at the The Arts Colony of Corona.
2025 - Juried into the 16th Annual Signature Watercolor Show in the Fallbrook Art Center in Fallbrook, CA. with two paintings.
2025 - Third Place overall in "Beaches /Shore" show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - Commissioned to paint the artwork for Provident Bank's calendar
2024 - First Place in Watercolor category in "Transportation" themed show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - Second Place in Standard Photography category in "Transportation" themed show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - Second Place Overall in "Still Life" themed show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - Third Place in Pastel/Drawing category in "Still Life" themed show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - First Place in Watercolor category in "Shapes and shadows" themed show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - Honorable Mention in Watercolor Category in "Shapes and shadows" themed show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - First Place in Watercolor category in "Flower" themed show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2024 - Accepted into the Watercolor West 56th Annual Juried International Show
2024 - Best in Show, in the "Eyes" theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2024 - First Place, in the Drawing/Pastels category in the "Eyes" theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2024 - First Place in Redlands Plein Air Festival 2024, Redlands, CA, organized by Citrograph Printing Company
2024 - Received Gail Brownfield Memorial Award for "Two Persimmons" in juried Multi Media Mini show at the Redlands Arts Association in Redlands, CA
2024 - Honorable Mention in 6th Still life International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2024 - Certificate of VIA (Very important Artist) awarded by Peggy Arbenz, for "The city yonder" in the City/Urban theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2024 - Best in Theme, in the Watercolor category in City/Urban theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2024 - Second Place, in the Watercolor category in City/Urban theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2024 - First Place, in the Watercolor category in Open theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2024 - Honorable Mention in 2nd Nature International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2024 - Honorable Mention in 9th Open International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2023 - Two paintings juried into the 6" x 6" online show and sale of the Randy Higbee Gallery through Online Gallery Shows
2023 - Honorable Mention in 8th Animal International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2023 - Talent Prize in 8th Landscape International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2023 - First Place, in the Still life category in “Categories” theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2023 - Second Place, Watercolor category in “Storm” theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2023 - Second Place, Oils category in “Storm” theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2023 - Second Place, Best in theme in “Storm” theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2023 - Talent Prize in 4th Water International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2023 - Honorable Mention in 6th Color International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2023 - Talent Prize in Open International Juried show of Teravarna Gallery
2023 - Third Place Overall, in the “Water” theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2023 - First Place, Oils Category, in the “Water” theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2023 - Honorable Mention, Watercolor Category, in the “Water” theme show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2023 - First Place in Oils Category and Second Place in Watercolor category, at The Arts Colony of Corona in the Purple show
2023 - Second Place and Third Place, Watercolor category, at The Arts Colony of Corona in the Portrait show
2022 - Third Place Overall in the "Best of your Best" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2022 - First Place in the Watercolor category in the "Best of your Best" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2022 - First Place in Watercolor category in the "Travel" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2022 - First Place in Oils category in the "Travel" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2022 - Best in theme in Drawing/Pastel category in the "Leaves and Foliage show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2022 - Second Place in Oils category in the "Leaves and Foliage" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2021 - Second Place overall in the "Reflections" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2021 - First Place in the Watercolor category in the "Reflections" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2021 - Two paintings juried into the Annual 6" x 6" show run by the Randy Higbee Gallery and exhibited online at Online Gallery Shows.
2021 - Second Place in Oils in "A few of my favorite things" show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2021 - Best in Theme in Watercolor in "A few of my favorite things" show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2021 - Best in theme in oils and Best of theme in Watercolors
in The Arts Colony of Corona's "Sunrise, Sunsets" show.
2021 - 2 paintings juried into the National Orange Juried Art Show.
2020 - 5 paintings published in Inlandia on the theme of the Immigrant experience
2020 - Juried into California Art Club's "Welcome to California" exhibit
2020 - Excellence Award in Multi Media Mini show at the Redlands Art Association
2019 - Best in Show, in "Selfies and self portraits" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2019 - First Place in Watercolor category in "Selfies and self portraits" show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2019 - Juried into show celebrating 25th Anniversary of the California Desert Protection Act at the San Bernardino County Museum. Show is called "The Silver Lining Celebration of our Treasured Deserts".
2019 - Best in Theme in Oils, in "Naturally nautical" show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2019 - Second Place in Oils, in "Naturally nautical" show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2019 - Third Place in the "Celebrate Prospect Park" plein air competition event in Redlands, organized by the Redlands Art Association
2019 - Honorable mention in the Shadows and Silhouettes show the Arts Colony of Corona
2018 - Commissioned to paint the Annual Calendar for 2019 for Provident Bank, completed August 2018.
2018 - Best in theme in watercolors in "Metropolitan" exhibit at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2018 - Second place in oils in "Metropolitan" exhibit at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2018 - Best in Theme Watercolors in "Blue" show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2018 - Second Place in Watercolors in "Blue" show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2018 - First Place in Standard Photography category in the "Art of poetry" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2018 - Best of Show, "Dog and pony show", Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook.
2018 - Accepted into the National Watercolor Society and Oceanside Museum of Art show (December 2018 - April 2019)
2018 - Best in theme in the Drawing category in the "Americana" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2018 - First Place in the Drawing category in the "Americana" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2018 - First Place in Watercolor category, in the "Americana" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2018 - Juried into the National Orange Show 2018, San Bernardino.
2017 - Juried into the 6" x 6" exhibit at the Randy Higbee Gallery in Costa Mesa, California.
2017 - Accepted in the August - September Plein Air Salon run by the Plein air magazine/Outdoor Painter Cyclonic Weather
2017 - Best in theme, Watercolors, in "Drip, Dribble, Splash" show at The Arts Colony of Corona
2017 - Second Place overall in the "Curves, Lines, Patterns" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2017 - Best in Theme in watercolor painting category in the "Curves, Lines, Patterns" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2017 - First Place in watercolor painting category in the "Curves, Lines, Patterns" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2017 - Second Place in Drawing category in the "Curves, Lines, Patterns" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2017 - Juried into the Open Art Exhibition of the San Bernardino Art Association
2017 - First Place in oil painting category in the "Tomfoolery" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2017 - First place in the watercolor painting category in the "Tomfoolery" show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2016 - Awarded Signature Membership of the National Watercolor Society
2016 - Accepted into the June/July competition of the 6th Annual Plein Air Salon
2016 - Accepted into the 96th Annual International Exhibition of the National Watercolor Society
2016 - 2nd Place in Watercolor category in the "Textures" show in The Arts Colony of Corona
2016 - 3rd Place in the Drawing/Pastel category in the "Textures" show in The Arts Colony of Corona
2016 - Merit Award in the Form/Shape category in Fallbrook Open Juried show
2016 - Accepted with two paintings juried into the National Orange Show.
2016 - Accepted with two paintings in the Spring Open juried show at The Fallbrook Art Association.
2015 - 1st place in Watercolor category in the “Abstracts” show in The Arts Colony of Corona
2015 - 2nd place overall in theme in the “Abstracts” show in The Arts Colony of Corona
2015 - 2nd place in Watercolor category in the “Miniatures” exhibit at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2015 - 1st Place in Watercolor category in “Best of your Best” show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2015 - 2nd. Place in Mixed Media category in “Best of your Best” show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2015 - Juried into the National Orange Show in San Bernardino. Two pieces of art.
2015 - 1st Place in Watercolor category in “Emotion” exhibit at the The Arts Colony of Corona.
2014 - Winner in 8th Annual Paint the Parks competition (full size category) - will be in a traveling exhibit.
2014 - 2nd Place in the drawing category in “Dawn to Dusk” show at the Arts Colony of Corona
2014 - 2nd Place in watercolor category in “Figurative” show at the Arts Colony of Corona.
2014 - Honorable Mention in the PAAR Paintout 2014 exhibit
2014 - 3rd place overall in the entire exhibit in the “Black gray and white” show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2014 - First Place in the Drawing / Pastel category in the “Black gray and white” show at The Arts Colony of Corona.
2013 - Juried into the “Riverside Legacy” exhibit at Riverside Art Museum of past and current paintings of Riverside and environs
2013 - Show Committee Award in Spring Show at The Art Colony of Corona
2013 - Second Place in Watercolor Category in Winter show at The Art Colony of Corona
2013 - Honorable Mention in Artavita 4th Art contest
2012 - First Place in the Watercolor category in The Arts Colony of Corona’s Small Works exhibit
2012 - Second Place in the Watercolor category in The Arts Colony of Corona’s first exhibit
2012 - Honorable Mention in the PAAR Paintout 2012 exhibit at the Riverside Arts Museum
2011 - Honorable Mention in Corona Art Association’s Library show
2011 - Honorable Mention in the Dominick Frascella show in Corona Art Association
2011 - Honorable Mention in Paint the Parks competition 2011
2011 - Finalist in Cover design competition of Watercolor Magazine
2011 - Honorable Mention, “Spring Fling” show in Corona Art Association
2010 - Winner of Holiday ornament design contest run by Habitat for Humanity for the Inland Valley
2009 - Honorable Mention, Plein Air Contest at the San Diego County Fair at Del Mar
2009 - Third Place at the 4th Annual PAAR Paint Out 2009 Event
2008 - Second Place for Watercolors, Winter show (The Art Group of Moreno Valley)
2008 - Honorable Mention, Special show at Mitla’s cafe (Through Fine Arts Institute, San Bernardino)
2007 - Honorable Mention, Fall show (Fine Arts Institute, San Bernardino)
ART EXHIBITS:
Geeta has exhibited her art work in San Pedro, Newport Beach, Riverside, San Bernardino, Redlands, Moreno Valley, Banning, Corona, Alta Loma and Dos Lagos (California).
Featured artist at Temecula Creek Inn: November 2009
