Art Education:
• BFA – American Academy of Art, Chicago Illinois
• Private study for ten years with avian artist Florence Guise and seascape artist Charles Vickery
Other Education:
• BS Computer Science/Math – Illinois Benedictine University, Lisle Illinois
Recent Exhibitions and Awards:
2019
• Juried into the 2019 Cumming FUMC Festival of the Arts, March 23-April 7
• Juried into the 2019 Metro Montage XVIII at the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, July 13 – September 8
2018
• Juried into the 2018 Cumming FUMC Festival of the Arts, April 15-29
• Juried into the Johns Creek Art Center 2018 Friends Exhibit, April 12-May 5
• Participated in the 2018 Summer Cherokee Arts Center Member Show
• Juried into the 2018 Metro Montage XVIII at the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, July 7 – September 9
• Juried into the 2018 Southern Appalachian Artist Guild National Juried Show, October 6-November 10
2017
• Awarded two commissions for 48″x36″ oil paintings Opal Sky I and Opal Sky II installed on permanent display in the Main Lobby of the new Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton, GA
• Juried into Heritage Sandy Springs Festival
• Participated in the summer Cherokee Arts Center Member Show
2016
• Juried into the premiere Gibbs Garden Monet Waterlily Festival September 24-25
• Juried into Acworth Art Fest, April 9-10
• Juried into Crabapple Art Fest, October 1 in Milton, GA
• Participated in summer and fall Cherokee Arts Center Member Shows
• Represented by Sedgewick Gallery in Alpharetta, GA
2015
• Watercolor Making Irish Music placed in the Cumming FUMC Permanent Collection during their annual Festival of the Arts in Cumming, GA
• Juried into Dunwoody Art Festival, May 9-10
• Juried into Crabapple Art Fest, October 3 in Milton GA
• Participated in summer and fall Cherokee Arts Center Member Shows
2014
• Juried into First Friday Art Walks, Marietta GA
• Juried into Marietta ChalkFest Art Show, October 11-12
• Finalist in Richeson75 International Figure/Portrait competition for oil portrait Brooklyn in Repose
• Participated in the fall Cherokee Arts Center Member Show