Education
Masters of Arts Degree | Studio Art
University of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
Bachelor of Fine Art | Studio Art
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City Missouri
Exhibition Experience - Solo
Winter show Featured Artist December 2024 - Reserve Our Gallery
2024 Fall Studio Show - Artistic Endeavors Fine Art
26th Solo Art Exhibition-Mar 2024 - Hosted by Light Space & Time Gallery
2023 Winter Show-Featured Artist=December 2023 - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
Featured Instructor Show Reserve Our Gallery 2023 - Woodland Park, CO
Open Studio Show - 2013 - 2019 - Artistic Endeavors Fine Art
Featured Artist-2013 Non-Representational, Seven Arrows Gallery - Woodland Park, CO
Featured Artist-Landscapes-2012, Seven Arrows Gallery - Woodland Park, CO
Fall Studio Show - 2011 - Woodland Park, CO
Spring Studio Show - 2010 = Woodland Park, CO
Fall Studio Show - 2009 - Woodland Park, CO
Featured Artist-2009 Seven Arrows Gallery - Woodland Park, CO
Open Studio Show - 2008 - Woodland Park, CO
Featured Artist-2008 - Colorado PBS Art Auction - Denver, CO
Fall Studio Show - 2007 - Woodland Park, CO
Open Studio Show - 2006 - Woodland Park, CO
Paint Victor - 2006 - Victor, CO Plein Air Event
Open Studio Show - 2005 - Woodland Park, CO
Open Studio Show - 2004 - Woodland Park, CO
Studio Show-2003 - Woodland Park, CO
One Man Show-2003 Eddie Griffith Fine Art on Canyon Rd. - Sante Fe, NM
One Man Show-2003 Eddie Griffith Fine Art on Shelby - Sante Fe, NM
One Man Show-2002 Eddie Griffith Fine Art on Canyon Rd. -Sante Fe, NM
Featured Artist-2001 Mountain Artists Gallery - Woodland Park, CO
Missouri Natural Resource-1984 Missouri Historical Society - Jefferson City, MO
One Man Show-1977 Sarachecks Gallery - Overland Park, KS
One Man Show-1976 Johnson County Library - Overland Park, KS
Exhibition Experience - Group
17th Annual International ARC Salon - Art Renewal Center
2024 Mountain Artist Exhibition - Manitour Art Center - Hagnauer Gallery
14th Annual PleinAir Salon-Sept 2024 - Hosted by Plein Air. Magazine
2024 Still Life Competition - Art & Color 365
2024 Drawings Competition - Art & Color 365
14th Annual PleinAir Salon-July 2024 - Hosted by Plein Air Magazine
24th Annual VCTA Show & Sale - Victor Celebrates the Arts
Peak Art Adventure Plein Air Event & Competition - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
2nd Annual Peak Art Adventure - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
14th Annual PleinAir Salon-July 2024 - Hosted by Plein Air Magazine
14th Annual PleinAirSalon-June 2024 - Hosted by Plein Air Magazine
2024 OPA National Juried Show - James R Ross Fine Art
Art Masters Summer 2024 - Hosted by Top Art Awards
2024 Online National Juried Show - Oil Painters of America
2024 Online Spring Showcase - Oil Painters of America
2024 Collectors Choice International Exhibition - Hosted by American Art Awards
April 2024 Exhibition - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
Art Masters Spring 2024 - Hosted by Top Art Awards
10th Landscape Competition-2024 - Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
15th Annual Abstract Competition March 2024 - Hosted by Light Space & Time Gallery
2024 Colorful Abstract February 2024 - Hosted by Fusion Art
2024 March Show March 2024 - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
6th Still Life Competition-2024 - Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
2024 February Show February 2024 - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
11th Abstract Competition-2024 - Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
2024 January Show January 2024 - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
13th Annual PleinAir Salon December 2023 - Hosted by PleinAir Magazine
2024 Land, Sea & Sky January 2024 - Hosted by Fusion Art
2024 Unreal & Non-Representational January 2024 - Hosted by Gallery 4%
2024 Colorful Abstractions January 2024 - Hosted by Fusion Art
2023 Art Masters Year End December 2023 - Hosted by Top Art Awards
2023 Winter Show December 2023 - Hosted by Reserve Our Gallery
13th Annual PleinAir Salon November 2023 - Hosted by PleinAir Magazine
Stillife Exhibition December 2023 - Hosted by Art Room Gallery
Artist Choice Show November 2023 - Hosted by Grey Cube Gallery
13th Annual PleinAir Salon November 2023- Hosted by PleinAir Magazine
13th Annual PleinAir Salon October 2023 - Hosted by PleinAir Magazine
38th Annual Mountain Arts Festival 2023 - Woodland Park, CO
Broadmoor Traditions Fine Art Festival 2023 - Colorado Springs, CO
2023 Impressionism Still Life World Art Awards - Lake Arrowhead, CA
2023 Impressionism-Landscapes World Art Awards - Lake Arrowhead, CA
2023 Seascapes Light Space Time Gallery Juniper, FL
Water Show Colors of Humanity Art Gallery - Bedford County, PA
7th Landscape International Juried Art Competition 2023 - Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art - Los Angeles, CA
Peak Art Adventure 2023 Reserve Our Gallery - Woodland Park, CO
Art Masters Juried Competition April 2023 - Top Art Awards
4th Open Online Competition 2023 April - Hosted by Grey Cube Gallery
12th Annual PleinAir Salon 2023 March - Hosted by PleinAir Magazine
6th Abstract Competition March 2023 - Hosted by Art Room Gallery
14th Annual Abstracts Online Art Competition 2023 - Light Space Time, Jupiter, FL
Annual Holiday Open House-2012, The Gallery at Rich Designs, - Co Spr., CO
Annual Holiday Open House-2011 The Gallery at Rich Designs, Co Spr., CO
Plein Air Event-2011 Woodland Park Arts Alliance - Woodland Park, CO
Annual Holiday Open House-2010 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Annual Holiday Open House-2009 The Gallery at Rich Designs, - Co Spr., CO
Annual Holiday Open House-2008 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Annual Holiday Open House-2007 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Paint the Parks - 2007 - Estes Park Plein Air Event, Estes Park, CO
Annual Holiday Open House-2006 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Hospice Benefit+-2006 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Paint Victor - 2006 - Victor, CO Plein Air Event
Paint the Parks - 2006 - Estes Park Plein Air Event
Annual Holiday Open House-2005 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Paint the Parks - 2005 - Estes Park Plein Air Event, Estes Park, CO
Annual Holiday Open House-2004 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Faculty Show - 2004 - UCCS, Co Springs, CO
Paint the Parks - 2004 - Estes Park Plein Air Event, Estes Park CO
All Gallery Show-2004 Gallery 822 - Sante Fe, NM
Paint Manitou Springs-2004 L.I.W. Cargo Gallery - Manitou Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Art Guild Show-2004 - Pikes Peak Center, Co Spr., CO
13th Annual Miniature Show-2003 - Abend Gallery, Denver CO
All Gallery Show-2003 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Springs, CO
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters-2003 Loch Vale Fine Art - Estes Park, CO
Holiday Open House-2002 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
The Springs Seven & The Taos -Group-2002 Abend Gallery - Denver CO
SBK Foundation Show-2002 - DuBois, WY
Romance Show-2002 Abend Fine Art, - Denver, CO
The Annual Springs Seven Show-2002 The Pikes Peak Center, - Co Spr., CO
40th Annual Fall Art Festival-2002 - Glenwood Springs, CO
12th Annual Miniature Show-2001 Abend Fine Art - Denver, CO
The Springs Seven-2001 Abend Gallery - Denver CO
Victor Celebrates the Arts Invitational-2001 Mountain Artists Gallery - Victor, CO
39th Annual Fall Art Festival 2001 - Glenwood Springs, CO
All Gallery Show-2001 The Gallery at Rich Designs - Co Spr., CO
Victor Celebrates the Arts-2001 Mountain Artists Gallery - Victor, CO
38th Annual Fall Art Festival-2000 - Glenwood Springs, CO
Victor Celebrates the Arts-1999 Mountain Artists Gallery - Victor, CO
Art Students League Juried Show-1999 - Denver, CO
Juried Faculty Show-1999 Gallery of Contemporary Arts at UCCS - Colorado Springs, CO
37th Annual Fall Art Festival-1999 - Glenwood Springs, CO
Steamboat Springs Invitational-1999 Steamboat Springs Arts Council - Steamboat Springs, CO
Victor Celebrates the Arts-1998 Mountain Artists Gallery - Victor, CO
Mountain Arts Festival-1998 Mountain Artists Gallery - Woodland Park, CO
Five Featured Artists-1998 The Warehouse - Co Spr., CO
Celebrating One Year-1998 Cottonwood Gallery - Co Spr., CO
13th Mountain Arts Festival-1997 Mountain Arts Council - Woodland Park, CO
The Great List Canyon Mountain Festival-1997 - Bellvue, CO
Group Show-1997 Running Horse Gallery - Co Spr., CO
Missouri Western Faculty Show 1996 MWSC - St. Joseph MO
Missouri Natural Resource-1984 Missouri Historical Society - Jefferson City, MO
The Framery-1981 - Kansas City, KS
Olathe Art Fair-1980 American Heartland Gallery - Lenexa, KS
Graduate Show-1980 UMKC - KC, MO
Group Show-1979 Colony Bistro Gallery - Overland Park, CO
Olathe Art Fair-1976 American Heartland Gallery - Olathe, KS
30 Miles of Art-1976 Nelson-Atkins Museum - KC, MO
KCAI Senior Show-1976 Kansas City Art Institute - KC, MO
Awards
Finalist with Lunar Codex Time Capsule Inclusion - 17th Annual International ARC Salon Art Renewal Center
Artistic Recognition - 2024 Drawing Competition Art & Color 365
Artistic Recognition - 2024 Still Life Competition - Art & Color 365
3rd Place - Professional - 24th Annual VCTA Victor Celebrates the Arts
Miniature Winner Award - 24th Annual VCTA Victor Celebrates the Arts
People's Choice - 2nd Annual Peak Art Adventure Reserve Our Gallery Aug. 2024
Award of Excellence & Finalist Award - Art Masters Summer 2024 Top Art Awards
2nd, 3rd & 4th Place Awards - 2024 Collector's Choice - Realism Landscape Category American Art Awards
6th Place - 2024 Collector's Choice - Impressionist Landscape Category American Art Awards
3rd Place - 2024 Collector's Choice - Abstract Category American Art Awards
Curator's Award - April-Trees That Speak To You Reserve Our Gallery
Solo Exhibition-Featured Artist - 26th Solo Art Exhibition-March 2024 Light Space Time Gallery
Top Landscape Award - Art Masters Spring 2024 Top Art Award
Exhibition Finalist - 10th Landscape Show-Mar 2024 Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
Special Merit - 15th Annual Abstract-March 2024 Light Space Time Gallery
Exhibition Finalist - Colorful Abstracts-Mar 2024 Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
3 Honorable Mentions - 5th Water Competition-Mar 2024 Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
Special Merit - Artists Choice Competition Art and Color 365
Honorable Mentions & Finalist Award - 6th Still Life Competition-Mar 2024 Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
Honorable Mentions & Finalist Award - 11th Abstract Competition-Mar 2024 Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
Top 100 Award - 13th Annual PleinAir Salon-Dec 2023 PleinAir Magazine
Honorable Mention & Finalist - 2024 Land, Sea & Sky Fusion Art
Award of Distinction - 2024 Unreal & Non-Representational Gallery 4%
Honorable Mentions -2024 Colorful Abstractions Fusion Art
Best Water Winner - 13th Annual PleinAir Salon-Nov. '23 PleinAir Magazine
3rd Place Overall - 2023 Art Masters Year End Top Art Award
Finalist Award - 2023 Art Masters Year End Top Art Award
Top 100 Finalist - 13th Annual PleinAir Salon-Nov. '23 PleinAir Magazine
Honorable Mention Awards- Still Life Art Exhibition-2023 Art Room Gallery
Honorable Mention - Artist Choice Non-Rep Show-2023 Grey Cube Gallery
Featured Artist Award - Juried Winter Show - Reserve Our Gallery
2nd Place Award - 2023 Impressionism-Still Life World Art Awards
4th Place Award - 2023 Impressionism-Landscapes World Art Awards
Special Recognition Award - 2023 Seascapes Light Space Time Gallery
Juried Show Acceptance - 2023 Water Show Colors of Humanity
Talent Prize & Honorable Mention Awards - 2023 - 7th Landscape International Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
Best in Show Award - 2023 - Peak Art Adventure Reserve Our Gallery Woodland Park, CO
Second Place Award - Art Masters Juried Competition Top Art Awards
Finalist Award Art Masters Juried Competition Top Art Awards
Merit Awards - 2023 - 4th Open Online Competition Grey Cube Gallery
Special Recognition Award - 2023 - 14th Annual Abstracts Online Art Competition Light Space Time, Jupiter, FL
Honorable Mention Awards 2023 - 6th Abstract Competition Art Room Gallery
Mayors Choice Award - 2011 - Woodland Park Arts Alliance
Best in Show Award - 2011 - Woodland Park Arts Alliance
People's Choice Award - 2007 - Sunny Vista Annual Art Show
Selected Artist for Resort Fine Art - 2007 - Selected by Slifer Designs to Supply 125+ Original Colorado Paintings for The Arabelle Resort, Vail CO
Juror - 2005 - Paint the Parks, Estes Park
Mayors Choice Award - 2005 - Paint the Parks, Estes Park
Patron's Choice-Purchase Award - 2005 - Paint the Parks, Estes Park
Patron's Choice-Purchase Award - 2004 - Paint the Parks, Estes Parks
Third Place Award - 2004 - Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters
Honorable Mention Award - 2004 - Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters Show
PPPAP Benefit Auction - 2004-Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters
Honorable Mention - 2003 - Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Miniature Show
Inducted into the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters - 2003 - Loch Vale Fine Art
Collector Purchase Award - 2002 - Miss America-Katie Harman Eddie Griffith Fine Art, Sante Fe, NM
Third Place-Professional Division - 2001 - Victor Celebrates the Arts
Third Place-Professional Division - 2000 - Victor Celebrates the Arts
Juried Selection - 1999 - Denver Art Students League
Juried Selection - 1999 - Gallery of Contemporary Arts at UCCS
Best of Show - 1998 - Mountain Arts Festival
Second Place 1998 - Mountain Arts Festival
National Resource Award - 1984 - Missouri National Resource
Honorable Mention - 1976 - Thirty Miles of Art Nelson - Atkins Museum, KC, MO
Publications & Articles
Finalist - 17th Annual International ARC Salon - Art Renewal Center
Peak Art Adventure - Plein Air Event Announcement- PleinAir Magazine 2024
Michael Gault Studio - Fine Art Landscapes Promotion - Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine 2024 December
Michael Gault Studio Promotion - Plein Air Paintings - PleinAir Magazine 2024 Oct/Nov
Plein Air Marketplace - Lead to Artist Website with Painting Feature - Plein Air Artists Colorado - PleinAir Magazine 2024 Oct/Nov
Oil Painters of America - National Juried Show Feature- Fine Art Connoisseru Magazine August 2024
Semi-Finalist & Lunar Codex Time Capsule Inclusion - 17th Annual International ARC Salon - Art Renewal Center
Peak Art Adventure - Plein Air Event - PleinAir Magazine 2024 Jun/Jul
Artistic Recognition - 2024 Drawing Competition Art & Color 365 Magazine
Artistic Recognition - 2024 Still Life Competition - Art & Color 365 Magazine
13th Annual PleinAir Salon Announcement Nov - Best Water Award - PleinAir Magazine 2023 Dec/Jan
Peak Art Adventure with Michael Gault - Plein Air Event - PleinAir Magazine 2024 Jun/Jul
Award of Excellence & Finalist Award - Art Masters Summer 2024 Top Art Awards Press Releases
Artistic Recognition - 2024 Artists Choice Competition - Art & Color 365 Magazine
2nd Place Award - 2023 Impressionism-Still Life World Art Awards
4th Place Award - 2023 Impressionism-Landscapes World Art Awards
Special Recognition Award - 2023 Seascapes Light Space Time Gallery
Juried Show Acceptance - 2023 Water Show Colors of Humanity
Talent Prize & Honorable Mention Awards - 2023 - 7th Landscape International Teravarna Contemporary Fine Art
Best in Show Award - 2023 - Peak Art Adventure Reserve Our Gallery Woodland Park, CO
Rising Star 2024 - Voyage Denver Feature Article
Best Water - 13th Annual PleinAir Salon Nov 2023 - PleinAir Magazine
Best In Show Artist - 2023 Peak Art Adventure Feature Article - Courier
Artist Spotlight - 2003 NM Guestlife Magazine
Featured Artist - 2003 - Estes Park Painting the Parks
Gallery Artist-Rich Designs - 2003 - Southwest Art Magazine
Springs Seven - 2002 - The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO
Gallery Artist-Rich Designs - 2002- Southwest Art Magazine
Featured Artist- Bader/Melnick Gallery- 2002 Vail Art Magazine
Featured Artist-Rich Designs - 2002- ArtScape Magazine
Gallery Artist-Rich Designs - 2003 - Southwest Art Magazine
Springs Seven Show-Fine Art Center - The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO
The Springs Seven-Abend Gallery - 2002 - Southwest Art Magazine
Featured Artist- Bader/Melnick Gallery- 2002 Vail Art Magazine
Gallery Artist-Rich Designs - 2001 - Southwest Art Magazine
Featured Artist - 2001 - Spring Gallery/The Gazette
Gallery Artist-Rich Designs - 2002 - Southwest Art Magazine
Featured Artist-Summerfield Fine Art - 2000 - Aspen Gallery Guide Magazine
Local Artist Feature - 1999 - Ute Pass Courier
Featured Artist - 1998 - Arts & Stage/The Gazette
Gault, Cottonwood Teacher - 1998 Arts & Stage/The Gazette
Featured Artist - 1998 - Arts & Stage/The Gazette
Featured Artist - 1995 - The Kansas City Star
Featured Artist - 1981 - Bethany Republican Clipper, Harrison County Missouri
Featured Artist - 1980 - Belton-Raymore Start Herald, Belton, MO
Featured Artist - 1978 - Gallatin North Missourian, Gallatin, MO
Professional Memberships
Oil Painters of America
Outdoor Painters Society
Plein Air Artist Colorado - Signature Member
Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters - Founding Member
Mountain Artists
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters
Art Students League of Denver - Former Member
Work Experience
May 1996 - to date
Studio Artist - Full Time
Creator of Fine Art
Studio generated Landscape Paintings, Still Life Paintings, Non-Representational Paintings, Abstracted Landscapes, Charcoal Drawings, and Drawings
Limited Edition Prints
Giclee Prints and Limited Edition Prints
Exhibit Work in Galleries in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona & Online Galleries
Award Winning Artist for Landscapes, Plein Air Landscapes, Abstracted Landscapes, Still Life, Non-Representational Work , and Drawings
May 1996 - to date
Instructor | Teacher | Mentor
Classes & Workshops for Adults & Older Teens
Open Studio Classes - Painting with Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Pastels
Plein Air Painting Classes - for All Mediums
Beginning Oil Painting Classes
Printmaking
Building a Portfolio
Art Appreciation
May 1981 - 2011
University & College Adjunct Faculty
Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, 1981 - 1983
Art History & Art Appreciation
Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1995 - 1996
Graphic Design & Computer Graphics
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado - 2004 - 2011
Art History & Art Appreciation
May 1983 - 1995
Owner - Gault Graphics
Graphic Design & Screen Printing Business
Advertising Specialities - Designer & Manufacturer
Athletic Team Apparel - Designer & Manufacturer
Regional Tourism Apparel - Designer & Manufacturer
Multi-State Association Apparel & Award Specialities - Designer & Manufacturer
Multi-State - Commissioned Airbrush Artist