FOUNDER of the Colored Pencil Society of America, an international organization of 1,600 members with 25 District Chapters around the United States.

AUTHOR OF BOOKS:

Signature Showcase (CPSA)
Coloured Pencil Bible – Quarto, London
Drawing Answers – Quarto, London
Creative Colored Pencil: A Step-by-Step Guide
Creative Colored Pencil Portraits
Creative Colored Pencil Landscapes
Best of Colored Pencil
Best of Colored Pencil 2
Best of Colored Pencil 3
Best of Colored Pencil 4
Best of Colored Pencil 5

ARTWORK PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

Coloured Pencil Bible
Creative Colored Pencil Workshop
The Painting Handbook
Colored Pencil Explorations
Fresh Flowers: The Best of Flower Paintings
The Complete Book of Colored Pencil
The Encyclopedia of Colored Pencil Techniques

ARTICLES and/or ARTWORK IN MAGAZINES

The Artist's Magazine (1991, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009)
American Artist (Feb. 2005)
Artist Sketchbook (Jan. 2003)
Daniel Smith Inkspot (2002, 2003)
Art Business News (Oct. 2001)
St. Anthony Messenger (Jan. 2002)
Getting Started in Art (Jan. 2002)
International Artist's Magazine (2000)

EXHIBITIONS:

Featured in solo exhibitions and accepted in national juried competitions such as the Audubon Artists and Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in New York. Most notably, she received the top award for graphics at New York’s Salmagundi Club and received 3rd Place over 823 entries in The Artist’s Magazine’s competition. Her award-winning colored pencil paintings are part of private and public collections, including that of the Fort Howard Foundation, First of America National Bank, Michigan Technological University, Ft. Wayne Muesum of Art.

GENERAL:

Curnow serves as juror for art exhibitions and conducts workshops nationwide. She is an elected Lifetime Member of the National Registry of Who's Who.