About the Artist

Biography of Sterling Hoffmann

Sonoma County plein air painter

Awards-

 -Sonoma Salute to the Arts 2006 (2^nd Place)

-California Art Club Wild Things Show (2007 Juror’s Choice Award)

-Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Best of Plein Air (2008-2^nd Place)

-Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Event 2008 (Emerging Artist) and (Honorable Mention)

-Carmel Art Festival 2009-(Best Quick Draw) and (Honorable Mention)

-Estes Park “Painting the Parks” Plein Air Competition and Show 2009 (Best of Show)

-Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Event 2011 (Honorable Mention)

-Frank Bette Center for the Arts 2011 (PAPO Award)

-Estes Park “Painting the Parks” Plein Air Competition and Show 2011 (Best Quick Draw)

-Dana Gallery “Icons of the west” Wyoming 2011 (Honorable Mention)

-Sebastopol Center for the Arts “Not Just a Landscape” 2013 (Merit Award)  

-Shelter Cove Plein Air at the Lost Coast 2014 (Best of Show)

-Shelter Cove Plein Air at the Lost Coast 2015 (People’s Choice Award)

-Shelter Cove Plein Air at the Lost Coast 2016 (Artists choice in 1^St Quick Draw) (Peoples Choice over all)  (Peoples Choice 2^nd Quick Draw)

-Carmel Art Festival plein air 2017 (Mayor’s Choice Award)

-Mendocino Open paint Out (MOPO) 2021 (Honorable Mention)

-Humboldt Open paint Out (HOPO) 2022 (4^th Place, awarded by “Paul Kratter”)

-Mendocino Open paint Out (MOPO) 2023 (Best in oil, warded by “Jim Mc Vicker”) (Early Bird award, awarded by “Juan Peña”)

-Humboldt Open paint Out (HOPO) 2023 (Best representation award, awarded by “Juan Peña”)

Publications-

Sterling has been featured as an Artist to Watch in -   ---Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine

October issue 2009 

(Outdoor Painter) Plein Air Magazine Newsletter September 7^th 2011.   

American Art Collector Magazine April 2015 - issue 114

Shows juried by Sterling-

"Prairies to Peaks" Cheyenne WY. 2011 

Gallery Representation- 

-Carmel Fine Art Gallery, Carmel by the Sea.

-John Hanes Gallery, Boonville CA.

Education-

-San Francisco Academy of Art summer semester 1986

-Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design / Emphasis on Animation,

  Minor in Industrial Design, San Jose State 2002.

Mentors-

 Alice Carter, Sheldon Borenstein, Barron Story, John Clapp, Camille Przewotek and Craig Nelson.