Woody Hansen Watercolor Web Gallery

Biographical Information

WOODY HANSEN …
Has over 40 years of watercolor painting experience. During that time he has won numerous awards, taught watercolor classes and workshops, juried art exhibitions and demonstrated his watercolor technique for many organizations. His work is in private and corporate collections throughout the world and on the World Wide Web.


HE HAS a home and studio/gallery in Sacramento, CA., where he lives with his wife, Marlene, and 145-pound dog, Rio. To send an e-mail click on the link below:


WOODY HANSEN is an invited member of the West Coast Watercolor Society (WCWS) for over two decades. After many years of success the WCWS, a professional organization seeking excellence and achievement in watercolor was officially dissolved in January of 2002. The West Coast Watercolor Society membership: Perry Acker, Gerald Brommer, Hubert Buell, Jane Burnham, Robert Kent, Dong Kingman, George Labadie, Katherine Liu, Carolyn Lord, Harold Mason, Judy Morris, Alexander Nepote, Douglas Parshall, Dan Peterson, Rollin Pickford, George Post, Kenneth Potter, Christopher Schink, Millard Sheets, and Morris Shubin (among several others).


WOODY HANSEN was born in California and grew up in the Northern California community of Mt. Shasta, a mountainous, rural town at the base of 14, 161 foot Mount Shasta.


WOODY HANSEN currently enjoys helping people with the art of outdoor painting. He conducts “No Bull” workshops featuring what one student described as “. ... useful demos and lectures, with no trivia and plenty of 'push.'"


EDUCATION
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
University of California, Berkeley, California


INSTRUCTOR INFLUENCES
Woodrow C. Hansen; George Post, Louis Myljarack, Erick Stern, Wolfgang Lederer, - CCAC; William W. Wurster, James Prestini - UC Berkeley; Patrick Gallagher - Santa Rosa JC; Edgar Whitney (Posthumous/Self-Study); Workshops with Jade Fon, Vernon Nye, Harold Gretchner, Rene Weaver, Richard Yip, Harold Mason, Kenneth Potter, Tony Couch, Frank Webb, Barbara Nechis, and Henry Fukuhara.


FORMER MEMBERSHIPS
West Coast Watercolor Society; Society of Western Artists; and Santa Rosa Art Association.


BOOK and INTERACTIVE CD ROM
Featured in Luckman's World Wide Web Yellow Pages of Best Web Sites (Page 34, 1999 Edition, Barnes& Noble Books, New York). Rated four stars in every category.

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|||| EDUCATION

California College of Arts and Crafts (George Post, Louis Myljarack, Erick Stern, and Wolfgang Lederer), Oakland, California; University of California (William W. Wurster, James Prestini), Berkeley, California; Santa Rosa Junior College (Patrick Gallagher), Santa Rosa, California. Woodrow C. Hansen. Workshops with Jade Fon Woo, Vernon Nye, Harold Gretchner, Rene Weaver, Harold Mason, Richard Yip, Kenneth Potter, Tony Couch, Frank Webb, Barbara Nechis, and Henry Fukuhara.

"Units, Degrees, Exhibitions, Galleries, Awards and Affiliations
No More Make An Artist ... Than Having Gone Into A Garage Makes One A Car."

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|||| EXHIBITIONS & COMPETITIONS (Partial Listings)

Since 1965. Local, Regional, National, International.

  • Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California (Instructor's Exhibition)
  • Village Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
  • The Quest, Sausalito, California
  • Godfrey Hotel Mark Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • Shorebirds Gallery, Belvedere, California
  • Swanson Art Galleries, Ltd., San Francisco, Sausalito, California
  • Sacramento Valley Academy of the Arts, Sacramento, California
  • Gilbert's Creative Arts Gallery, Santa Rosa, California
  • Mansion Inn, Sacramento, California
  • Stonestown Invitational, San Francisco, California
  • El Cerrito Art Festival, El Cerrito, California
  • Saratoga Rotary Annual,Saratoga, California
  • Mill Valley Art Festival, Mill Valley, California
  • Sacramento Festival of the Arts, Sacramento, California
  • Kiwanis Town and Country Art Fiesta, Sacramento, California
  • Western Merchandise Mart, San Francisco, California
  • Art for Heart, Redwood Empire Heart Association, Sonoma County, CA.
  • Accents Gallery, Sonoma County, California
  • City of Hope, Oakland, California
  • KVIE Art Auctions, Cal Expo and Downtown Sacramento, California
  • The Crossroads Center, Sacramento, California
  • King's Mountain Art Festival, Woodside, California
  • The Art Works, Fair Oaks, California
  • Planned Parenthood Art Auction, S.F. Fed. Savings, Walnut Creek, CA.
  • Planned Parenthood Art Auction, Historic Clock Tower, Benicia, CA.
  • Taylor's Art Center Trade Show, Red Lyon Inn, Sacramento, California
  • Ghirardelli Craft Gallery, Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, California
  • Bodega Gallery, Bodega Bay, California
  • The Showplace, San Francisco, California
  • Paint Brush Gallery, Saratoga, California
  • California State Fair, Sacramento, California [Gold Metal]
  • NCA Annual, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California
  • Santa Rosa Statewide Annual, Santa Rosa, California
  • Sacramento Camellia Festival, Sacramento, California
  • Fry Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
  • Auburn Annual, Aubrn, California
  • Marin Society of Artists Annual, Marin, California
  • SWA de Young Museum Annual, San Francisco, CA.
  • Las Vegas National Art Roundup, Nevada
  • Crocker-Kingsley Annual, Sacramento, California
  • Kaiser Center, Oakland; Zellerbach Building, San Francisco, California
  • Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, California
  • Modesto Community College, Modesto, California
  • Iowa State University, Iowa
  • Fresno Art Center, Fresno, California
  • Gallery deSilva, Santa Barbara, California
  • Tacoma Art Museum, Washington
  • Royal Watercolour Society, London, England
  • Augustine Museum, Holt Norfolk, England
  • Northern Montanna College, Havre, Montanna
  • Oregon State University, Corvalis, Oregon
  • University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
  • Gavilan College Art Gallery, Gilroy Rogue Gallery, Medford, Oregon
  • Anchorage Fine Arts Museum, Alaska
  • Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, California
  • Eccles Community Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah
  • San Jacinto College Art Gallery, San Jacinto, California
  • Gardiner Art Gallery, Oaklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • McCook Community College, McCook, Nebraska
  • Heritage Art Center, Wichita Falls, Georgia
  • Okefenokee Heritage, Waycross, Georgia
  • Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada
  • Southfaire Art Center, Del Mar, California
  • University of Montanna, Missoula, Montanna
  • Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
  • El Paso Museum, Texas
  • University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
  • Sierra College, Rocklin, California
  • Yakima Valley College, Washington
  • Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, Washington
  • Mesa College, Grand Junction, Colorado
  • Northern Calif. Arts Annual, Cal Expo/Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA.
  • San Mateo County Art Gallery, San Mateo, California
  • San Bernardino County Art Museum, San Bernardino, California
  • Hawaiian Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Wortsman-Stewart Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • Alan Hancock College, Santa Maria, California
  • Watercolor West Annual, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
  • Marin County Civic Center, Art Exhibition Galleries, San Raphael, CA.
  • 2004 Fukuhara Manzanar Exhibition, Fine Artist’s Factory, Pasadena, CA.
  • 2005 Fukuhara Manzanar Exhibition, Fine Artist’s Factory, Pasadena, CA.
  • 2006 Fukuhara Manzanar Exhibition, Fine Artist’s Factory, Pasadena, CA.
  • 2007 Fukuhara Manzanar Exhibition, APC Fine Arts Gallery, Torrance, CA.
  • 2005 Fukuhara Manzanar Exhibition, Manzanar National Historic Site
  • 2006 Fukuhara Manzanar Exhibition, Manzanar National Historic Site
  • 2007 Fukuhara Manzanar Exhibition, Manzanar National Historic Site
  • Elder Arts Celebrations, California College of the Arts (CCAC), S.F., CA.
  • 30th Annual TWSA, Elmhurst Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois
  • Southfair Galleries, San Diego, California
  • 2007 Expressive Visions of Manzanar, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.
  • Artist of the Month (Sept. 2007), University Art, Sacramento, CA.
  • Art Center of Estes Park,11th Annual Line Into Shapes Exhibit, Estes Park, CO.

Former member of West Coast Watercolor Society.
Former member of Society of Western Artists, San Francisco, California.
Former member of Santa Rosa Art Association, Santa Rosa, California.

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Woody Hansen Watercolor Web Gallery

|||| WATERCOLOR INSTRUCTION and WORKSHOPS

Privately, since 1975. More information here.

|||| DEMONSTRATIONS - CRITIQUES - JUROR

Since 1977.

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Woody Hansen Watercolor Web Gallery

|||| COLLECTIONS (Partial Listings)
|||| BUSINESS - INVESTMENT PURCHASES (Partial Listings)

  • Weinstock's - Sacramento, Sunrise, Citrus Heights, & Reno, Nevada
  • Emily's - Detroit, Michigan
  • Design for Living - Seattle, Washington
  • Interior Textiles - Denver, Colorado
  • Bob Peterson, Attorney - Sunset Whitney, Sacramento, California
  • Altura Design - Walnut Creek, California
  • Tower's - Santa Barbara, California
  • Browning Bros. - Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Clodall's - Seattle, Washington
  • Jim Pandolfi Design - Los Gatos, Callifornia
  • Russ Porter, Attorney - Santa Rosa, California
  • Design Five - Lafayette, California
  • Rowell-Olsen Inc - Palo Alto, California
  • California Cracker Company - Old Sacramento, California
  • College of Eastern Utah, Price, Utah
  • D.A. Byers Inc. - Incline Village, Nevada
  • Western Contract Furnishers - San Francisco, California
  • Richard Hirsch Associates - Beverly Hills, California
  • K. Sanford - Santa Rosa, California
  • Interior Systems - Portland, Oregon
  • Lloyd's Interiors - Portland, Oregon
  • Marriott Inn - Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California
  • Wilson's - Sacramento, California
  • Elliott Real Estate - Vallejo, California
  • Lloyd Rich, M.D., Inc. - Sacramento, California
  • Sacramento Department of Parks and Recreation - Sacramento, CA.
  • Taylor's Art Center - Sacramento, California
  • Ski Stalker - Sacramento and Citrus Heights, California
  • No Bull Design - Sacramento, California
  • McIntosh's Sports Cottage - Sacramento, California
  • Phillip Dixon, Architect - San Mateo, California
  • Welsh & McGilvrey, Attorneys - Sacramento, California
  • Glen A. Tueller, D.D.S., Inc. - Sacramento, California
  • David K. Knepshield, D.D.S. Inc. - Sacramento, CA.
  • Takata-Hansen, Architects - Sacramento, California

Work represented in private and corporate art collections throughout the United States and world, including (but not limited to) Venezulea, Taiwan, England, Germany, Canada, and Japan.

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|||| PUBLIC SERVICE ART & DESIGN (Partial Listings)

  • Sacramento Suburban Kiwanis Club, Sacramento, California
  • Thomas Jefferson School and McDonald's Corp, Sacramento, CA.
  • Girl Scouts, Tierra del Oro, Sacramento, California
  • Thomas Jefferson School Sly Park Program, Sacramento, CA.
  • Rio Del Oro AAU Swim Team, Sacramento, California
  • Sacramento Girl's Softball League, Inc., Sacramento, California
  • Sacramento Women's Basketball League, Sacramento, CA.
  • College Greens Swim Team, Sacramento, California
  • Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Sacramento, California
  • Suburban Swim League, Sacramento, California
  • Sacramento Marathon, Sacramento, California
  • Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California (Juror)
  • Center for People with Disabilities (CPWD), Boulder, Colorado

WOODY HANSEN, is a self-employed artist.

STUDIO GALLERY | Sacramento, CA 95826 | By Appointment
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