Occupation: Painter Media: Oil, Watercolor. Born Muskegon, Michigan, December 12, 1950.
Education Hope Coll, BA (summa cum laude), 91. Western Michigan Univ, MA, 94.
Teaching Positions Plein Air Watercolor, Plein Air Oil, 2006-2008; Instr private lessons, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Michigan, 2008.
Exhibitions Solo exhibs, A Variety of Work, Gallery Upstairs, Grand Haven, 95, Israel: Art of the Journey, 96; Trinity Presbyterian Church, Denton, Texas, 97; Children At Play, Moynihan Gallery, Holland, 97, Art of the Journey II, 97; Trunk Show, El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, 2003; Michigan Avenue Cafe, Holland, 2004; Group exhibs, America Artists Professional League, New York, 2002; Annual Nat Exchange Oil Painters of America, Taos, New Mexico, 2003; Annual Open Exhib, Allied Artists of America, 2004; Six Person Show, El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, 2005, Miniatures in the Mountains, 2005, Christmas Show, 2005; Biennale Int Dell'Arte Contemporary, Florence, Italy, 2005; Oil Changes, Gallery Uptown, 2005, From Ghost Ranch to Grand Haven, 2006; Faith, Artiques, 2006; Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, National Arts Club, New York, 2006; Small Works NA, Greenwhich Workshop Gallery, 2008; America Women Artists, Scottdale, Arizona, 2008; Button Gallery, Douglas, Michigan, 2008; Celebration of Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008; Nomadas Del Arte, Dallas, Texas, 2009.
Bibliography Terri Dodd, The Best Kept Secret of Plein Air Painters, Int Artists Mag, April 2004; Contemporary Art Still on the Easel, America Art Collector Mag, April 2006.
Publications Contrib, The Best of Watercolor, Rockport Publ, 95; contribution, A Passion for Landscape, Artists Mag, May 2004; contribution, How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint the Landscape, Int Artist Mag, 2004; contribution, How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens, Int Artist Mag, 2004; contribution, America Art Collector Mag, Int Artist Mag, 2006.
Honors and Awards Merchant's Award, Lakeland Painters Members Exhib, 96; Merit Award, Arizona Watercolor Association Fall Membership Exhib, 97; Merchant's Award, Northern Arizona Watercolor Association, 99 & Dianne Parssinen Memorial Award, 2001; Artist's Mag Annual Competition, Animal Category, 2004.
Memberships Oil Painters America; Tucson Plein Air Painters Soc; Allied Artists America; Nat Watercolor Soc; Great Lakes Plein Air Painting Soc; Northern Arizona Watercolor Association (Merchant's Award, 99, Dianne Parssinen Memorial Award, 2001); America Women Artists; Arizona Watercolor Association.
