- EDUCATION:
- California State University, Los Angeles, BA, Art, 1983
- WORKSHOPS:
- Scott Tallman Powers - Oil Painting
- Ann Frantzen Oil Painting
- Clayton Beck III Oil Painting
- William Schnieder - Oil Painting
- David Lefel Oil Painting
- Sherrie McGraw Life Drawing
- The National Portrait Seminar
- Daniel Green Oil and Pastel Portraiture
- Ann Manray Kenyon Oil and Watercolor
- Timothy Clark Watercolor
- Frank Webb Watercolor
- Charles Reid Watercolor
- The Scottsdale Artists School Anatomy
- Albert Handel Oil
- Karl Dempwolf Oil
- Ralph Oberg Oil
- Dan Goozee Oil
- John Budicin Oil
- Jeff Horn Oil
- Art Center College of Design
- GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:
- Beverly McNeil Gallery, Destin, Florida
- Upper Bay Gallery, Houston TX 77058
- JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
- 2009, Platinum Exhibition, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago
- 2007, Silver Medal Water Color Exhibition, Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago, IL
- 2006, Figure show Arts Alliance Center, Clear Lake Texas
- 2005, Sixth Annual Texas City Art Festival, Texas 1st Place Oils
- 2004, Laguna Plein Air Painters Figurative Show, California
- 2004, Montrose-Verdugo Chamber Show, California
- 2003, Mountainside Gallery, Monrovia, California
- 1998, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
- 1996, Third Floor
City Hall, Ventura, California
- 1996, California Gold Coast Watercolor Spring Exhibition
- 1996, Buenaventura Art Association Fall Exhibition, Ventura, California
- 1995, Grayton Beach Fine Arts Festival, Grayton Beach, Florida Award
- 1995, Woman 2 Woman, Soho Gallery, Pensacola, Florida
- 1994, Grayton Beach Fine Arts Festival, Grayton Beach Florida
- 1994, Ft Walton Beach Art Museum Thirteenth Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Ft Walton Beach, Florida Award
- 1993, Grayton Beach Fine Arts Festival, Grayton Beach, Florida
- 1993, Arts and Design Society Spring Fling, Okaloosa Community College, Niceville, Florida Award
- 1992, Grayton Beach Fine Arts Festival, Grayton Beach, Florida
- 1991, 17th Annual Transparent Watercolor Show, Panama City, Florida
- GROUP SHOWS:
- 2011, Gold Medal Exhibition, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago
- 2010, Two Artists Two Visions, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago
- 2010, Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago (Award)
- 2009, Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago
- 2009, Gold Medal Exhibition, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago
- 2008, Fourth Annual PAPC Exhibition, Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago, IL
- 2008, Sculpture & Drawing, Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago, IL
- 2007, The Spirit of Winter, PAPC-SW, Tavern Club, Chicago IL.
- 2006, Figurative Invitational Show, Arts Alliance Center, Clear Lake, Texas
- 2004, Locals Only, Beverly McNiel Gallery, Destin, Florida
- 2004, Ebell Women's Club Invitational Show, Los Angeles, California
- 2003, Artists Celebrate the Cosmos, Carnegie Observatories, California
- 1997, Metamorphosis Figure Show, Ojai, California
- 1996, Faces and Figures, Ojai, California Award
- 1996, Four Person Exhibition, Ojai Center for the Arts, Ojai, California
- ONE WOMAN SHOWS:
- 2009, New Paintings and Drawings, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art
- 2008, Change is Good, Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Art
- 2006, Upper Bay Gallery, Houston Texas
- 2005, Internet Cafι/Gallery Fall 2005 Exhibition Clear Lake City/County Freeman Branch Library
- 2003, East Coast Meets West Coast, Beverly McNiel Gallery, Seaside, Florida
- 1990, Featured Artist of the Month, Gallery at Grayton, Grayton Beach, Florida
- ORGANIZATIONS:
- Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Art
- Portrait Society of America
- California Art Club, Painting Patron
- Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
- Houston Watercolor Association
- Oil Painters of America
- Plein Air Florida, Invitational Member
- Chicago Plein Air Painters-Southwest Suburbs
- PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- The Walsh Group, Chicago, Illinios
- Providence Saint Joseph Hospital, Burbank, California
- Ft Walton Beach Medical Center, Ft Walton Beach, Florida
- AmSouth Bank, Ft Walton Beach, Florida
- Children's Advocacy Center, Niceville, Florida
- Bay Medical Center, Panama City, Florida
- Ann Baranco Center for Women's Health, Pensacola, Florida