Education
M.F.A. Marywood University
B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth University
Memberships
Signature Status Member of Oil Painters of America
Member of the PAPSE (Plein Air Painters of the Southeast)
Member of the NOAPS (National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society)
Residencies
Port St. Joe Residency - Port St. Joe, FL
Good Hart Artist Residency - Good Hart, MI
Herbert Hoover Historical Park – West Branch, IA
Glen Arbor Art Association – Glen Arbor, MI
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore - Chesterton, IN
Artist in Wilderness - Aspen, CO
Workshops
Booth Art Academy - Cartersville, GA
Waterfall Arts - Belfast, MEArtisan Village - Eatonton, GA
Two Rivers Workshops - Killarney, Ireland
Midlothian Art Academy - Midlothian, VA
Mill at Carter Hall - Millwood, VA
Loudoun Art Academy - Leesburg, VA
Botkins School - Botkins, OH
Troy /Dayton Art Group - Dayton, OH
Jarrett Thor Gallery - Colonial Beach, VA
Piqua Arts Council - Piqua, OH
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts (FCCA) - Fredericksburg, VA
Turner Center for the Arts - Valdosta, GA
Sandy Springs Workshops - Sandy Springs, GA
Montross Art Center - Montross, VA
Awards
2024 2nd Place Plein Air magazine's Plein Air Salon competition
2024 Honorable Mention - Richeson 75 Landscape competition
2022. Artists Choice - Olmsted Plein Air - Atlanta, GA
2021 Judges Award - Olmsted Plein Air - Atlanta, GA
2020 Top 20 Finalist for Plein Air magazine’s plein air salon
2020 Honorable mention High Cotton Paint out - Boston, GA
2020 Southwest Magazine honorable mention Artistic Excellence competition
2020 3rd Place Plein Air magazine June Plein Air Salon competition
2020 1st place (painting) Spring into Art - Turner Center for the Arts - Valdosta, GA
2019 Honorable Mention - Oil Painters of America National- St. George, UT
2019 Second Place - Spring into Art - Valdosta, GA
2019 Award of Excellence - Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional - Annapolis, MD
2018 Award of Excellence - Oil Painters of America Salon Show - Petosky, MI
2018 Third Place - Spring into Art - Valdosta, GA
2017 First Place - Valdosta Plein Air - Valdosta, GA
2017 Second Place - Airstream Invitational - Jackson Center, OH
2016 First Place and Artists Choice - Art at the Arnold - Columbus, OH
2016 Jean Stern Award - 6x6 at Randy HIgbee Gallery - Costa Mesa, CA
2015 Honorable Mention - Artistic Excellence Competition - Southwest Art Magazine
2015 Art Renewal Center Finalist
2014 Best Landscape Feb./March - Plein Air Magazine
2014 Best Nocturnal Feb./March - Plein Air Magazine
2014 Best of Show - Gateway Arts Council - Sidney, OH
2014 Third Place (Acrylics and Oil category) - Gateway Arts Council - Sidney, OH
2014 Third Place - Worthington Area Art League - Wothington, OH
2014 Best of Show - Richeson 75 Small Works Shows
2013 First Place - Piqua Arts Council
2012 Best of Show – Worthington Area Art League
2012 Mayor’s Award – Worthington Area Art League
2012 First Place (painting) – Piqua Arts Council
2012 Second Place - Potomac River Regional Art Show
2011 Crystal Kite award
2011 Park of Roses Plein Air Competition
2010 Ohio Plein Air Competition
2007 Phillip B. Meggs Design Award
Permanent Collections
Hilton Hotels
Columbus Convention Center
Capital One
National Parks Service - Herbert Hoover Historical Site
Glen Arbor Artist Association
National Parks Service - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
United States Air Force - National Museum of the United States Air Force - Wright AFB
St. Gertrude High School
Dominion Resources
Morton G. Thalhimer Inc.
United States Air Force - Bolling Air Force Base
Chairs to Cherish
American Heart Association Two Paintings for the American Heart Association’s “Go Red”
Fund raising event to help stop Heart Disease among women
Right at Home of Essex County
Boy Scouts of America
First Baptist Church of Southside