"It is with great sorrow that I report the death of Johnnie Liliedahl, extraordinary woman, mother, wife, busineswoman, artist and teacher, on Oct. 24, 2009 from metastatic uterine cancer.

While the business of teaching art and producing art instruction videos will continue in the hands of those capable of doing the job in a manner that would be satisfactory to Johnnie, those of us left behind can only mourn her passing and be grateful for having known her and been so enriched by her passion for painting and teaching art while she goes about the business of painting the beauty of heaven!

The following information remains in place out of respect for Johnnie's many years of hard work and efforts to pass on her great accumulation of knowledge to anyone wanting to learn how to paint and to enrich their lives in the process." - Ralph Liliedahl

* Juried into the 2004 regional Oil Painters of America show, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL

* Juried into the 2004 Taos Society of Portrait Artists, Taos, NM.
Award: Best of Show

* Juried into the 2004 National Oil Painters of America show.

* Juried into the 2005 National Oil Painters of America show, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL

* Juried into the 2005 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
Award: Honorable Mention.

* Juried into the 2007 National Oil Painters of America Show, Fredericksberg, TX.

* Juried into the 2008 National Oil Painters of America Show, Missoula, MT.

* Juried into the 2008 National Oil & Acrylic Painters of America Show.
Award: Award of Excellence.