HOPE B. REIS, originally from the Northeast, received an Interior Design degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She works mostly in oils, and is continually inspired by the richness of the work of the Old Masters such as Joaquin Sorolla,  Anders Zorn, and Frank Benson.   She is member of Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America, American Women Artists, National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, American Impressionist Society, Women Painters of the Southeast, and Landscape Painters International.                      

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                                                                                             2020 Oil Painters of American 19th Annual Exhibition - Juried in "Melinda's Drawing Room"                                                                       2020 American Impressionist Society Small Works Exhibit-Juried in “Chateau Bedroom”                                                                                 2020 American Women Artists Booth Museum Juried Show - “Fifty Shades of Blue”                                                                                         2020 12th Biennial National Art Exhibit - Juried in "La Solana View to Sunroom"                                                                                              2019 OPA Online Fall Showcase - Juried in Chateau Sunny Morning                                                                                                                   2019 NOAPS Fall On-line International - Juried "Queen Street Playhouse"                                                                                                         2019 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - American Impressionist Society 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition - "View to the Terrace"                      2019 Award of Merit, The Salmagundi Club, 41st Annual Open Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition                                                            2019  Honorable Mention, Oil Painters of America, Spring Online Juried Exhibition, The Gold Coast                                                               2019  Award of Merit, American Women Artists  Spring Online Juried Show, The Gold Coast                                                                           2018  Honorable Mention, "Melinda's Drawing Room", Oil Painters of America, Summer Online Exhibition                                                      2018  National Oil & Acrylic Painters of America - Best of America  Fall Exhibit                                                                                              2018  American Women Artists - Spring Online Juried National Show

2017  Women Painters of the Southeast - 5th Annual Juried Show

2016  Award of Excellence - Visual Arts 10th Biannual National Art Competition

2016  Women Painters of the Southeast 4th Annual Juried Show

2016  Oil Painters of America - Salon Show of Traditional Oils

2015  Women Painters of the Southeast Juried Show

2015  Finalist – Richardson Floral & Still Life Competition

2015  1st Place – Plein Air Painters Cornell Museum Show – Delray Beach, FL