You asked how I got the designation of “master artist”. I should be embarrassed to say it is “self-assigned”. I have the top signature status in the biggies: AWS-DF (Dolphin Fellow), NWS-M (Master artist, after being in 10 NWS international exhibitions), TWSA-MA (Master Artist, after being in 10 TWSA exhibitions), ISEA-NF (Nautilus Fellow), Watercolor Honor Society (WHS), and more if I wanted to keep paying their annual dues.