• 2024 Artist Recognition Award, 2024 Winter/Spring Open Competition, Art & Color 365 Magazine
• 2024 1st Place Drawing/Pastel, 5st Annual Winter Juried Show, Duxbury Art Association
• 2024 “Glimmer” Exhibition, Copley Society of Boston
• 2024 Merit Award, “Glow” Small Works Exhibition Copley Society of Boston
• 2023 Members’ Exhibition, Philadelphia Pastel Society
• 2023 Juror of Selection Award, 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition “It’s Pastel”, Pastel Society of New Hampshire
• 2023 Honorable Mention, Signature Strokes Exhibit, Pastel Painters of Cape Cod
• 2023 Merit Award, 23rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition “Pastels Only”, Pastel Society of Maine
• 2023 43nd Open Division, International Association of Pastel Societies
• 2023 30th Annual National Exhibition, Connecticut Pastel Society
• 2023 2nd National Open Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Pastel Society
• 2023 Special Merit Award, Summer 2023, Art & Color 365 Magazine
• 2023 National Exhibition “Marks of Distinction”, Central Mass Pastel Society
• 2023 99 Voices in Pastel, 37th Annual International Open Exhibition, Pastel Society of the West Coast
• 2023 Vermont Pastel Society Award, 9th Annual Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition
• 2023 Vermont Pastel Society Award, 9th Annual Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition
• 2023 Best of Show, Annual Member’s Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Hampshire
• 2023 Members Show, Central Mass Pastel Society
• 2023 50th Annual “Winter Juried Show”, Duxbury Art Association
• 2022 42nd Open Division, International Association of Pastel Society
• 2022 Best in Show, 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition “It’s Pastel”, Pastel Society of New Hampshire
• 2022 Honorable Mention, 2022 National Online Exhibition, Great Lakes Pastel Society
• 2022 Royal Talens (Rembrandt) Award, National Exhibition “Marks of Distinction”, Central Mass Pastel Society
• 2022 “Enduring Brilliance”, Pastel Society of America
• 2022 Great American Art Works/Blick Art Materials Award, 26th Annual National Juried Exhibit “2022 For Pastels Only”, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
• 2022 Pastel Society of America Award, 29th Annual National Exhibition “Renaissance in Pastel”, Connecticut Pastel Society
• 2022 Marian Atkinson Memorial Award, Festival of the Arts, North River Arts Society
• 2022 2nd Place, Members Show, Central Mass Pastel Society
• 2022 3rd Place Drawing/Pastel Award, 49th Annual “Winter Juried Show”, Duxbury Art Association
• 2021 Great American Holy Cow Award, 13th Annual National Juried Show “It’s Pastel”, Pastel Society of New Hampshire
• 2021 Philip Danylik Memorial Award, 28th Annual National Exhibition “Renaissance in Pastel”, Connecticut Pastel Society
• 2021 8th Award, 21st International Juried Exhibition “Pastels Only”, Pastel Society of Maine
• 2021 35th Annual International Open Exhibition “Pastels USA 2021”, Pastel Society of the West Coast
• 2021 Pastel Society of Maine Award, National Exhibition “Marks of Distinction 2021”, Central Mass Pastel Society
• 2021 49th Annual International Exhibition “Enduring Brilliance”, Pastel Society of America
• 2021 25th Annual National Juried Exhibit “2021 For Pastels Only”, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
• 2021 2nd Place Drawing/Pastel, 48th Annual “Winter Juried Show”, Duxbury Art Association
• 2020 12th Annual National Juried Exhibition “It’s Pastel”, Pastel Society of New Hampshire
• 2020 Honorable Mention, 20th International Juried Exhibition “Pastels Only”, Pastel Society of Maine
• 2020 34th Annual International Open Exhibition “Pastels USA 2021”, Pastel Society of the West Coast
• 2020 “2020 National Exhibition”, Great Lakes Pastel Society
• 2020 48th Annual International Exhibition “Enduring Brilliance”, Pastel Society of America
• 2020 UART Award, National Exhibition “Marks of Distinction 2020”, Central Mass Pastel Society
• 2020 Chicago Pastel Society Award, 24th Annual National Juried Exhibit “2020 For Pastels Only”, Pastel Painters of Cape Cod

“Color, energy, and movement! What a dynamic painting! Water is hard enough to depict, but to do it in a way that is unusual, both in composition and color, makes for a wild ride here between the rocks. Add in the bright sunlight and cool shadows created by lush, captivating marks and this becomes a unique and exciting painting of what might otherwise be considered traditional subject matter.”

~ Lyn Asselta