Resumé
Education
Formal education: Visual Communications and Fine Art at:
Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design 1976-1978,
Colorado Institute of Art 1989-1991
Studied fine art with Joseph Bohler, Michael Workman, Robert Spooner, Ken Valastro and Dennis Pendleton
Published in
Southwest Art Magazine, October 2009
Rocky Mountain News 2007,
Denver Post 2006,
The Daily Camera 2000,
Juried Exhibitions
2009 American Impressionist Society’s 10th Annual Juried Exhibition at Saks Gallery in Denver, CO
2009 "Paint, Shoot, Sculpt Exhibition" Evergreen Center for the Arts
2009 Denver Plein Air Exhibition at Denver Public Library
2003 - 2009 Lone Tree National Art Exhibition • Lone Tree, Colorado
2006 - 2009 “Plein Air Artists of Colorado” Annual Membership Show
2006-2007 “Paint America Top 100 Artists” National Competition & Show Galleries & Museums across America • November 2006 - November 2007
2005 Taos National Watermedia Exhibition • September through December 2004-07
Estes Park Plein Air “Painting the Parks” 2 weeks of painting the parks 2002 through 2009
Rocky Mountain PBS 2002 Anniversary Collection, chosen to show in the exclusive Annual Anniversary Collection in April of each year
2003 Phippen Art Museum, Prescott, AZ "Celebrating Eleven Years of Creative Excellence" American Academy of Women Artists, November thru Dec.
2003 Patrons Art Gallery, Denver, CO, American Academy of Women Artists Signature Show, September 2003
2002 American Academy of Women Artists "Annual Signature Show" Contemporary Gallery Southwest, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2002
2001 Expo 2001, "An Affair of the Arts", Jurors, Carol Dickenson (Executive Director, Foothills Art Center) Kathy Andrews (Arvada Center for the Arts)
2001 Merrill Johnson Gallery, "American Academy of Women Artists Signature Show"
1998 - 2005 Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibit, Denver, CO
1998, 99, 2000 "Colorado Visions" State Exhibition, Westminster City Hall, Westminster, Colorado
1999, 2000 "Own your Own" Exhibit at The Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
1998 "Holiday Invitational" Western Colorado Center for The Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
1997 Meet the Artists Festival in Breckenridge, Colorado / Featured Artist in "The Summit County Daily" Newspaper
Awards
2009 Calendar Award "Paint, Shoot, Sculpt Exhibition" Evergreen Center for the Arts
2009 Calendar Award "50 Years of Artists' Alpine Holiday" 2010 calendar
2008 Plein Air Artitsts of Colorado Annual Membership Show • 3rd place • Juror: Ramon Kelley • Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2007 Peoples Choice - Water Media • Lone Tree Art Exhibition • November
2006 First Place - Water Media • Juror: Maynard Tischler • Lone Tree Art Exhibition • November
2006-2007 Paint America Top 100 • One of two chosen in the State of Colorado to tour the Country in the 06-07 “Top 100 Exhibition”
2005 Arts Commissioner’s Choice Award for “Cassis Fishing Boats” • Lone Tree Art Exhibition • November
2003 "First Place for Watercolor", Lone Tree National Art Exhibition, Lone Tree, CO
2003 "First Place in Watermedia" Patrons Art Gallery, Denver CO, American Academy of Women Artists Annual Signature show
2001 Merit Award, "CWS 2001 Fall Exhibit" Westminster, Colorado, Juror, Susan Elliott
2001 Third Place, "Artists Alpine Holiday" 41st Annual Art Exhibit, Ouray, Colorado, Juror, Daniel Loge
2000 Sponsors Award, Arvada Art Guild "Membership Show", Front Range College Library, Juror: Theresa Vito
2000 Merit Award, Shows on Loan "Membership Show" Westminster City Hall
2000 Painting chosen for Art Students League "Art Market 2000" poster and all publicity pertaining to 2000 Art From the Heart, Front Range Community College, Judges Award, Ellie Weakly Juror
1999 Judges Award, Call for the Arts, Adams County, Gene Youngman, Juror
1999 Colorado Garden & Home Show Commemorative Poster Commission, available Feb. 1999
1998 Best of Jefferson County, received an Award of Merit
1998 Echters Fall Exhibition received an Honorable Mention Award
1998 Paletteers 36th Annual Membership Show received an Award of Merit
1998 Glenwood Springs 36th Annual Fall Art Festival received "Professional Honorable Mention" Award
1998 "This is Colorado" Exhibit, Temple Buell Theatre, Merit Award, Juror, Hollis Williford
1998 "Colorado Visions" Art Exhibit received a $500.00 Purchase Award by City of Westminster
1998 Arvada Fine Arts Guild Membership Show received a Judges Award
1997 Arvada Fine Arts Guild Membership show received a Merit Award
1996 Echters Show of the Garden received a Merit Award from The Mountainside Art Guild
1996 Paletteers 35th Annual Membership Show, Sponsors Award and 1996 Chosen Painting for The Adams County 1996 Historical Society Auction received a Purchase Award
Collections
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, Lafayette, CO
Almerica Financial Group, Denver, Colorado
Adams County Historical Society City of Westminster
Title America, Westminster, CO
Commissions & Awards
2009 Poster Artist for Lakehouse Summer Concert Series and Evergreen Presents
2008 Chosen to be one of 20 artists to paint a 5 ft. sphere for the "Mother Earth" exhibition and auction in Eagle, Colorado
2008 Commissioned to do paint landscape of Arvada for the Rotary Club Flag
2007 Commissioned to do plein air landscape for the Arvada Phone Book “Olde Town Water Tower”
2006 Commissioned to do various landscapes both historic and present day for the Arvada Historical Society
2005 Garden & Home Show floral design for Posters and Advertising
2000 Art Students League "Art Market 2000" poster and all publications associated with "Art Market 2000"
1999 Colorado Garden & Home Show Commemorative Poster
1999 Christmas Card for The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
1998 "Washington Park Home Tour" poster
Representation
Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Smith-Klein Gallery, Boulder, CO
Fieldstone Fine Art, Ramsey, NJ
Professional Associations
Signature Member of The Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Member of the Art Students League of Denver, "Signature Member" of The Colorado Watercolor Society, Associate member of American Impressionist Society
