About the Artist

Gil Dellinger is the current president of P A P A; The Plein Air Painters of America. He is a retired Professor of Art at the University of the Pacific. He has inspired many young artists through his talent for teaching and his own artwork, having won the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence and Professional Contribution in 1990.

A Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, Dellinger excels in his pastel painting. Painting from life, his work captures majestic landscapes, peaceful pastoral scenes, the drama of the Pacific Ocean, dramatic vistas of the southwest, and any scene that catches his eye. His masterful technique is extraordinary. Gil is also a signature member of the California Art Club and the Plein Air Painters of America.  He works in the studio with acrylic paint and on location with oil, pastel and acrylic.  He teaches workshops in all three mediums.

He was selected as one of the 25 artists invited as guests at the Forbes Chateau in Balleroy, France to paint for 10 days in 1997. In 1996, he was selected by American Artist magazine as one of 12 artists to paint on the Forbes/Trinchera Ranch near Durango, Colorado which was featured in the January 1997 issue of American Artist Magazine. The works from the event were shown at the Forbes Magazine Building Gallery in New York at a special exhibition.

In 1999, Dellinger was one of fifteen artists chosen by the Grand Canyon Trust to raft the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon and paint for ten days. The resulting show of works resulted in an exhibition at Forbes Gallery in New York in January 2001. The exhibit became the centerpiece for articles in American Artist Magazine and Art of the West.

He has since curated five major museum exhibitions, 25 artists Paint Yosemite at the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California, and in 2003 Co-Curated, with John Cosby, the exhibit, "From Sea To Shining Sea"  which toured the country to 12 museums from 2003 to 2006 which featured 47 artists from around the country.  It was an artistic answer to 9/11, and was concieved just after the events in New York City.

Awards and Honors

• Four awards for landscape painting - Pastel Society of America - named a Signature Member and a Master Pastelist

• Three time inclusion in Top 100 Arts for the Parks.

• Award for Landscape Painting - California State Fair

• Carmel Artist’s Association Artist’s Choice Award in 2001 for the Plein Air Festival

• 1990 Distinguished Faculty Award - awarded for teaching excellence and contribution to his field - University of the 
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• 1991 Eberhardt Teacher/Scholar Award - University of the Pacific

• 2000 Stockton STAR Award for contribution to community art

• 2003 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Western Regional Award for Artists

• 2004 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Award for National Artist of the Triennium - 2004 to 2007

Events

• American Artist paints Colorado: 22 artists painting at the Forbes Ranch

• American Artist Paints France: 25 Artists at the Forbes Chateau in Normandy

• Chosen by the Grand Canyon Trust to raft the Colorado River and paint as an environmental fundraiser for the Trust.

• Curator for Twenty Five Artists Paint Yosemite - an exhibition at the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California in 2001

• Co-Curator for SEA TO SHINING SEA a museum traveling exhibit opening in May 2004 and traveling to 7 museums

Societies and Publications