(1974- )
Education:
- 1995-98 Bougie Studio (Atelier) MPLS.
- 1994 Parsons School of Art and Design (École Parsons à Paris) Paris
Select Shows and Awards:
- 2011 Hardy Gallery (Ephraim)- “Annual Collection Show” and Silent Auction – Invited Artist
- 2010 Mural Commission- Englebert-Larsen Plumbing Sturgeon Bay
- 2010 Miller Art Museum- “Sturgeon Bay- Past and Present” Co-Organizer/Featured Artist
- 2010 Cedarburg Plein Air Competition & Exhibition
- 2010 Hardy Gallery (Ephraim) “Collection Invitational” Invited Artist
- 2010 Art League New London- Annual Show- Juror of Awards
- 2010 WAHA State Conference – Live Demonstration followed by Raffle of Artwork
- 2009 Sturgeon Bay- Public Mural commission- Downtown 3rd Ave.
- 2009 The Hardy Gallery- ‘Invitational Show” Invited Artist
- 2009 Oconomowoc “Mid-Summer Plein Air Competition & Exhibition” Guest Artist
- 2009 Oconomowoc Plein Air Competition- Honorable Mention Award Winner-
- 2009 Cedarburg Outdoor Painting Competition & Exhibit
- 2008 Judon’s Journal- Plein Air Outfitter’s Newsletter
- 2008 Miller Art Museum- Annual Show
- 2008 American Artist Watercolor magazine- Finalist, Cover Competition
- 2008 International Plein Air Painters (IPAP)Estes Park, CO- Group Show
- 2008 Hardy Gallery- “Invitational Exhibition”
- 2008 Hardy Gallery ‘Mosaic Event’ and Auction to benefit for the CFA -Invitational
- 2008 Featured Artist- Door County Memorial Hospital-Solo Show
- 2008 Peninsula Art School “2008 Salon” -Annual Show
- 2008 Contemporary Landscape Artists (CLA), Hosting Artist, International Group Show
- 2008 Richeson 75 “Artist Choice”- Meritorious Entry into Publication-International Show
- 2007 Miller Art Museum “Home For The Holidays” Christmas Show- Invited Artist
- 2007 “People’s Choice” Cash Award- Miller Art Museum- Juried Annual Show
- 2007 International Plein Air Painters and Landscape Artists- “World Tour” Participating Artist
- 2007 Miller Art Museum-Annual Juried Art Show
- 2007 Richeson 75 “Landscapes and Exteriors”- Meritorious Entry into Publication-International Show
- 2007 Door County Art League – Painting Demonstration- Watercolor
- 2007 Door County Art League- ”Members Only Exhibition” – Judge of Awards
- 2007 Wallflowers Gallery- Canby, Oregon- Solo Show –
- 2007 Peninsula Art School- Faculty Show
- 2007 Plymouth Arts Center “Alive in the Arts- Juried Exhibition
- 2007 Richeson 75 “Figure/ Portrait”- Meritorious Entry into Publication-International Show
- 2007 On-line Art Competition- “Still Life”-
- 2007 Richeson 75 “Still Life”- Meritorious Entry into Publication-International Show
- 2006 Miller Art Museum “Annual Juried Show”- Special Merit, Cash Award
- 2006 Sturgeon Bay – “Beacons Around the Bay” — juried charity fundraiser and public auction
- 2006 Alla Prima International Event and Exhibit- Invited Guest Artist
- 2006 Plymouth Arts Center- “Christmas Exhibition”
- 2005 Tulip Time’s “75th Anniversary Jubilee”- Holland, Michigan- Artist
- 2005 City of Holland- Purchase of “The Dutch Windmill”- Windmill Island
- 2005 Bay Area Watercolor Guild- “Lecture: Composition” Keynote Speaker
- 2005 Hardy Gallery- Juried Annual Show
- 2004 Sturgeon Bay- “Sturgeon Around the Bay”- permanent collection at NWTC campus
- 2004 Hardy Gallery- Juried Annual Show
- 2004 Bay Area Watercolor Guild- “Live Demonstration” Keynote Speaker
- 2004 Miller Art Museum — Juried Annual Show
- 2003 Hardy Gallery- Juried Annual Show
- 2003 Key to the Door Illustrated- Cover Artist
- 2002 Sturgeon Bay- “Sturgeon Around the Bay” —Invited Artist- charity fundraiser and public auction
- 2001 Snowstar Gallery- Invited Artist 2001/2002 season
- 2001 Hardy Gallery- “Door County Collection 2001″
- 2001 Door County Art League Door County- Annual Show
- 2001 Peninsula Art School- “First Annual Emerging Artist- Cash Grant” Invited Artist
- 2001 Stone Harbor Resort “Romantics Group Show”
- 2001 Peninsula Art School-“Faculty Exhibit”
- 1999 Minneapolis Institute of Art- “Foot In The Door Exhibition”
- 1996-2001 (circa) West Bend Art Museum– Annual Juried Shows
- 1994 Studio 613- Group Show
- 1992 St. Peter’s United Church of Christ- Awarded commission for 21 stained glass windows
Teaching Experience:
- 1996- present Private Instruction
- 2000- 2008 Peninsula Art School
- 2004- 2008 Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art
- 2001- 2004 Barnsite Art Studio
- 2002- 2004 Miller Art Museum
- 1998-1999 Minnesota River School of Fine Art