FRANKIE BRACKLEY TOLMAN
Frankie Brackley Tolman is a full time painter
and a faculty member at the Sharon Arts Center
in Sharon, NH where she teaches Watermedia. Her vibrant
paintings have been accepted into many national, regional, and local juried
exhibits and she is a Signature Member of the New England Watercolor Society.
Frankie is represented by the Mill Brook Gallery (in Concord, NH), the Art 3 Gallery (in Manchester,
NH), the Sharon Arts Juried Member’s
Gallery (in Peterborough,
NH), and the redmond/bennet
Gallery (in Dublin, NH).
RECENT JURIED EVENTS
ARLNH Third Annual Juried Show, Bedford NH 2007
10th Biennial North
American Open Show – Gloucester, MA - 2006
The Great River – Turner Falls, MA - 2006
12th Annual National Water Media Competition – Pawtucket, RI -
2005
AWA National Watercolor Exhibition – Surprise, AZ – 2003
AVA NH-VT Annual Juried Exhibition – 2003
“8th Biennial North American Open Show” – Concord, MA – 2002
3rd National Miniature Art Exhibit – Peterborough, NH – 2002
“International Watermedia 12” – Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO – 2001
“International Watermedia 2000” – Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado
Springs, CO – 2000
“7th Biennial North American Open Show” – Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA –
2000
‘Regional Open Juried Exhibition – New England Watercolor Society” –
Marblehead, MA – 2000
“Small Works – A Juried Exhibition” – Mill Pond Center for the Arts, Durham, NH
– 2000
“Wilton Arts Festival” – Wilton, NH – 2000, 2001
AVA VT and NH Juried Exhibition – Lebanon, NH – 2001
Sharon Arts Biennial Juried Show – Peterborough, NH – 2001, 2002
Thorne-Sagendorph Biennial Juror’s Choice Competition – 2000
Keene Art Association’s Annual Juried Show – 2001, 2002, 2003
“9th Biennial North American Open Show” – Bennington, VT – July 31-September 5,
2004
AVA NH-VT Juried Exhibition – Lebanon, NH – July 16-August 28, 2004
National Watercolor Society Juried Shoe - Sherman Oaks, CA - 2005
Channel 11 TV Juried Auction – 2005
9th Biennial North American Open Show – Bennington VT 2004
AVA NH-VT Annual Juried Show – 2004
RECENT AWARDS
Art in the Park, Keene NH - 2006 - Honorable Mention
Keene Art Association 2003 Juried show – Third Prize
Art in the park, Keene NH – 2002 – Third Prize for “Big Field II”
Art in the Park, Keene NH – 2001 – First Prize (for body of work)
Keene Art Association 2001 Juried Show – Juror’s Recognition Award
Art in the Park, Keene, NH – 2000 - Second Prize (for body of work)
Wilton Arts Festival – Third Prize “Bright Light”
Stonewall Annual Juried Art Show and Auction, Honorable Mention - 2004
OTHER RECENT SHOWS AND EVENTS
A Celebration of Audubon Sanctuaries (Invitational),
Concord, NH 2006
Art in Fox Forest (Invitational), Hillsboro, NH 2006
Recent Works (Invitational solo show), Peterborough, NH 2006
NHPTV Channel 11 Auction (Invitational), Durham, NH 2006, 2005, 2004
Monadnock Art Auction (Invitational), 2006,2005,2004
"Endangered Landscapes" - solo show, Hancock, NH 2005
"Out-of-the-box
Watermedia", solo show, Madison, New Jersey, 2004
“The New England Summer” Powers Gallery – Acton MA – summer 2003
“Endangered Landscapes” Solo Exhibit – Conservation Center, Concord, NH –
summer 2003
Solo exhibit – Atelier Gallery, Madison, NJ – 2002
Monadnock in Art, Invitational – 2002
Not Your Grandmother’s Watercolors – The Center for the Arts – Natick MA –
October 2001
One Person Exhibit – Annual Chesham Invitational Art Show – 2001
Ten Points of View – Hancock Library, Hancock, NH – 2002
Solo Exhibit – Fiddlehead’s Café, Hancock, NH – 2001
Sharon Arts Member Shows – Peterborough, NH – 2001, 2002, 2003
Featured Artist – Nelson Artists’ Gallery, Nelson, NH – October 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003
Russell, A Teacher and Her Students, Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, NH –
2005
“Out-of-the-box Watercolor” – One person exhibit, Atelier Gallery, Madison, NJ
– 2004
“Hour-by-hour” – Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH – Spring, 2004
“Seeing Red” – Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH – December, 2003
JUDGE
Milford
Community Art Show