She has had numerous one person and group shows. Also, she has shown in selected National Exhibitions including the American Artists Professional League National Exhibition and the Pastel Society of America in New York and the Pastel Society of Japan in Tokyo.
She has received many awards including The Dianne B. Berhard Award in Pastel, American Artists Professional League, NY, and the Faber Castell Design Award and the Pastel Society of America Plaque.
Her works have been purchased by the State of Georgia and many corporations including the Southern Company, Continental Telephone, Kaiser Permanente, Prime Bank, Nations Bank, George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., and the Northwest Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
She is a Master Pastelist of the Pastel Society of America. She is also a member of excellence of the Atlanta Artists Club and the Southeastern Pastel Society, and a Fellow of the American Artist Professional League, New York, and a member of the Pastel Society of Japan.
Rothwell’s work has appeared in Best of Pastel (Rockport Publishers, 1996), Portrait Inspirations, (Rockport Publishers, 1997), Best of Flower Painting 2 (North Light Books, 1999) T. Sullivan, The Best of Sketching and Drawing (Quarry Books, 1999) and Pure Color (Northlight Books, 2006). She was one of four artists who were featured in the recent article "Unforgettable Landscapes: Different Approaches to Light and Texture" in The Pastel Journal, May/June 2000.
She illustrated a children’s book in Japanese: M. McLaughlin, Minna no koe ga kikoeru (Bungeisha, 2002)
Her article, “A Lesson from the East” appeared in The Artist’s Magazine, June 2004, and “Junko Ono Rothwell,” by Caroline Purtell appeared in The Pastel Journal, August 2004.
