Education
Old Dominion University
Bachelor of Science
 
 
Awards & Honors

Oil Painters of America, 2013 National Juried Exhibition Of Traditional Oils

American Impressionist Society 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition

Forgottern Coast Plein Air Invitational,  2012

Oil Painters of America, 2011 Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition Of Traditional Oils

Oil Painters of America, 2010 Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition Of Traditional Oils

Florida Museum of Natural History, The Blue Path Exhibit

Wekiva Springs Paint Out Invitational, 2010

Shands Corporate Collection, 2009

Salon International, 2009, Jury's Top Fifty

Wekiva Springs Paint Out Invitational, 2009

Salon International, 2008, Jury's Top Fifty

One Person Show, 2008, Thornebrook Gallery, Gainesville Florida

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, 1999
Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado

West Virginia Watercolor Society Regional Aqueous, 1999
Ohio Valley Artists Award, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, West Virginia
 
Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, 1999
Juried exhibition, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, North Bethesda, Maryland
 
Virginia Watercolor Society, 1999
Juried exhibition, Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginnia 
   
One Person Show, 1998
Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, Virginia
 
Roanoke Festival in the Park, 1998
Best of Show, Roanoke, Virginia
 
Winter Park Art Festival, 1998
Second place award, Winter Park, Florida
 
Virginia Watercolor Society, 1998
Juried exhibition, Shenandoah Valley Watercolor Society Award
Arts Center of the Portsmouth Museums, Portsmouth, Virginia
 
Virginia Fall Foliage Festival, 1997
Best in Show, Waynesboro, Virginia
  
Centerfest, 1997
Best in Show, Durham, North Carolina 
 
National Watercolor Society 77th Annual Exhibition, 1997
Juried exhibition, Brea Civic Cultural Center Gallery, Brea, California
 
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 18th National Juried Exhibition, 1977
Gallery 444 LTD., Hershey, Pennsylvania
 
Virginia Watercolor Society, 1997
Juried exhibition, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
  
Commonwealth Collects, 1997
Juried exhibition, Virginia Center For Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia
 
One Person Show, 1994
WHRO, Norfolk Virginia, 
 
 Measuring Up, 1992
 Juried exhibition, Virginia Center For Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia
 
 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, 1990
 Juried national exhibition, Niagara Falls, New York
 
 Georgia Watercolor Society, 1990
 Juried national exhibition, Georgia
 
 State University of New York, 1989
 Regional show, Best of Show award
 
 Central Adirondack Art Show, 1989
 Masters category, second place award, Old Forge, New York
 
 
 
Memberships
American Impressionist Society 

Oil Painters of America

Personal Statement

I paint for the thrill of the process itself.  To capture the emotion a scene brings to me makes it all worth everything.