Lowell Herrero Professional Biography

2007: Solo exhibition and retrospective at the Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, California.

2007: Artist of the Year for the Napa Valley Mustard Festival.

2006: Painting "Ava and Nonno at Harvest" hangs at the Napa Valley Museum and wins People’s Choice Award for Best of Show.

1998 to 2006: Six limited-edition harvest prints released.

1997: Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff commission three large paintings to hang at the Spago restaurant, in Beverly Hills, California.

1996: Solo exhibition at I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California. The show is a sellout. Three subsequent shows continue to sell out and generate a waiting list for Herrero’s work. Association with this gallery ended in May, 2007.

1995: Solo exhibition at the Franklin Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1994: Best in Class and Best in Show awards at the Franklin Mint annual show; both paintings entered, subsequently purchased by the Mint.

1993 to 2003: Joins the Franklin Mint, which reproduces his paintings on limited-edition plates, dimensional bell-jar sculptures, and sculptured eggs.

1993 to 2000: Represented by New Masters Gallery in Carmel, California.

1988: Begins an ongoing series of popular cow paintings used as the basis for the cow calendar series by Lang Graphics.

1986 to 2000: Solo exhibition at Sailor's Valentine Gallery on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. This association continues for fourteen years and includes many solo exhibitions.

1983 to 1993: First solo exhibition at the Bill Dodge Gallery, Carmel, California. This association continues for ten years and includes many solo exhibitions until the gallery is sold.

1981: Begins an ongoing series of cat paintings, which become the basis for a calendar date book; this evolves into the full-size cat calendar series by Lang Graphics.