Named one of the Top Ten Emerging Artists by editors of American Artist Magazine, Kathleen Dunphy has successfully turned her passion into a new career. In the eight years since closing her floral design business to devote herself to art, Dunphy's work has garnered numerous awards and recognition.

Her career started with a 16th ranking in the 1996 Federal Duck Stamp Competition, the fist competition she entered. Five years later, she was juried into the Birds in Art competition, a showcase for wildlife art held annually at the Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin. Additionally, two of her wildlife paintings were accepted into Arts for the Parks in 2002.

American Artist Magazine selected Kathleen as the 3rd place winner in its “Emerging Artists 1998” competition. Her work was published in the October 1998 issue of the magazine and displayed at the Art Methods & Materials Show in Pasadena, CA. This piece appeared again in print in Rockport Publishers’ The Best of Colored Pencil 5.

Dunphy is also an accomplished landscape painter and was juried into the 2001 and 2002 Carmel Art Festivals. She has twice been accepted into Oil Painters of America’s Exhibition, where she received an Award of Excellence in 2003. Additionally, The Artists’ Magazine selected 3 of her paintings from over 13,300 entries as finalists in its Annual Art Competition, and published a feature article on her work in its October 2001 issue. She was also juried into the California Art Club in 2002, and exhibited in its Annual Gold Metal Show in 2004. Her work has been featured three times in Southwest Art Magazine, where she was named artist to Watch” in April 2004. Included twice in Greenhouse Gallery’s Salon International Exhibition, she was awarded Honorable Mention in 2005.

Since relocating to California in late 1999, Kathleen Dunphy has taken her art to a new level after receiving a full scholarship to the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. Her paintings received top awards in the Landscape and Still Life categories both years she participated in the college’s Annual Spring Show.