EXHIBITIONS

2007                           

Southwestern Watercolor Society 44th Annual Membership Exhibition; Miles Batt, Juror
Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas – Exhibit of VAST Winners
Calendar Competition Visual Arts Society of Texas – Entry Chosen to Illustrate December 2008
Visual Arts Society of Texas Second Annual 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition; Katherine Liontas Warren, Juror
Visual Arts Society of Texas 19th Annual Juried Members Exhibition; Maureen Brouillette, Juror; Prismacolor Award II

2006                           

Visual Art Society of Texas Annual Membership Exhibition; Richard Ash and Janet Shaw, Jurors; Strathmore Award
Calendar Competition Visual Art Society of Texas; Amie Adelman, Juror; Entry Chosen to Illustrate December 2007
Visual Arts Society of Texas 38th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition; Karl Umlauf , Juror; Chartpak Award
One Person Exhibit; Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas

2005

Visual Arts Society of Texas Annual Membership Exhibition; Joye Moon, Juror
Calendar Competition Visual Art Society of Texas; Entry Chosen to illustrate May, 2006
Visual Arts Society of Texas 37th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition; Jesus Morales, Juror; Windsor Newton Award
Southwestern Watercolor Society Signature Member Show; Irving Art Center; Honorable Mention

2004

8th Annual Rio Brazos Art Exhibition; Tarleton’s Langdon Center Western Federation Exhibit; Irving Art Center; Dean Mitchell, Juror
Southwestern Watercolor Society; Asel Art Supply Merchandise Award and Artist Magazine Award; Don Andrews, Juror
Calendar Competition Visual Art Society of Texas; Entry Chosen to illustrate October 2005

2003

North Texas Area Art League 35th Annual Fine Arts Awards Exhibition; Paper Route Award
One Person Exhibit; Goodrich Gallery, First United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas
North Texas Area Art League; Annual Members Show

2002

One Person Exhibit; Kemp Center for the Visual Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas
North Texas Area Art League; Annual Members Show; Award of Merit
North Texas Area Art League; 34th Annual Fine Arts Awards Exhibition; The Women’s Centre Award and Peoples’ Choice Award

2001

North Texas Area Art League 33rd Annual Fine Arts Awards Exhibition; F & W Publications Award
Texas & Neighbors 16th Annual Regional Exhibition; Irving, Texas
North Texas Area Art League; Annual Members Show
Southwestern Watercolor Society 38th Annual Exhibition
10th Annual Breckenridge Fine Arts Center Exhibition

2000

Southwestern Watercolor Society 37th Annual Exhibition
North Texas Area Art League 32nd Annual Fine Arts Awards Exhibition; Longhorn Gallery Award II
North Texas Area Art League; Annual Members Show

1999

North Texas Area Art League 31st Annual Fine Arts Awards Exhibition
Texas & Neighbors Regional Exhibition; Irving, Texas
Richardson Civic Art Society 33rd Annual Regional Juried Art Show; 2nd Place Watercolor
North Texas Area Art League; Annual Members’ Show
Fourteenth Annual Exhibit and Sale; Bosque Conservatory Art Council, Clifton, Texas
Dallas Visual Art Center Membership Exhibit
Seniors Through All Seasons Art Exhibition; Denton, Texas; Best of Show

1998

Southwestern Watercolor Society 35th Annual Exhibition; Windsor & Newton Award
North Texas Area Art League; 1st Place September Monthly Members’ Show
North Texas Area Art League; Annual Members’ Show; Merit Award
One Woman Show; “Byways and Backstreets”; Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, Texas
2 D Artist of the Year; North Texas Area Art League

1997

North Texas Area Art League 29th Annual Fine Arts Awards Exhibition; Talens, Inc. Award
Reflections on the Holy Scriptures, Arlington, Texas; 2nd Prize

1996

North Texas Area Art League Annual Members’ Show

1995

Festival of Trees Invitational Exhibit; Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
“Ten Women Artists Present Poetry in Paint”; Fort Smith Art Center, Arkansas
Bartlesville Art Association Show; Honorable Mention in Watercolor

1994

Southwestern Watercolor Society 31st Annual Exhibition
“Ten Women Artists Present Poetry in Paint”; Kirkpatrick Museum Complex, Oklahoma City
“France: On Roads Less Traveled”; One Woman Show; Colour Connection Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma               
Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art; Ten Women Artists of Tulsa

1993

Oklahoma Art Workshops 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Southwestern Watercolor Society; Signature Members’ Exhibition
Ten Women Artists Exhibit; Sponsored by Arts Council of Lawton, Oklahoma

1992

Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 17th Annual Exhibit; Albuquerque  Museum
Southwestern Watercolor Society 29th Annual Exhibition; Electra Malone Award
Oklahoma Art Workshops 9th Annual National Juried Exhibition

1991

Two Person Exhibit; Navarro Council of the Arts, Corsicana, Texas
Southwestern Watercolor Society 28th Annual Exhibition

1990

Southwestern Watercolor Society 27th Annual Exhibition; Chosen for Traveling Show
Oklahoma Art Workshops 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Two Person Exhibit; Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, Texas

1989

Oklahoma Art Workshops 6th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Southwestern Watercolor Society 26th Annual Exhibition

1988

Louisiana Art and Artists Guild 19th Annual Exhibit, Baton Rouge
Oklahoma Art Workshops 5th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Corsicana Art League National Juried Show, Corsicana, Texas

1987

Oklahoma Art Workshops 4th Annual National Juried Exhibition; Purchase Award
Two Person Show; Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, Texas
Showcase Artist Brazos Center, Bryan, Texas
Corsicana Art League National Juried Show, Corsicana, Texas; 2nd Place Watercolor
Southwestern Watercolor Society Open Exhibition
Brazos Valley Art League; Brazos Valley Museum “Nature” Show; 1st Place Watercolor

1986

Brazos Valley Art League Exhibit on Aging
Brazos Valley Art League Exhibit; 4th Place Watercolor
One Person Exhibit; College Station Community Center, College Station, Texas
Zenith Art Gallery Spring Juried Fine Arts Competition, Bryan, Texas; 2nd Place
Texas and Neighbors Regional Exhibition, Irving, Texas
Corsicana Art League National Juried Show, Corsicana, Texas
Brazos Valley Art League; Brazos Valley Museum “Trees” Show; 3rd Place

1985

Brazos Valley Art League Musical Art Fest of the Nations; 1st Place Watercolor
Corsicana Art League National Juried Show; Corsicana, Texas; Best of Show

1984

“Creative Encounters” MSC Gallery; Texas A & M University
Corsicana Art League National Juried Show, Corsicana, Texas

Prior Years Available on Request

MEMBERSHIPS

1999 – 2000  Dallas Visual Art Center
1999 – 2000  Visual Art League of Lewisville
1996 – 2006  Board member of Visual Arts Society of Texas (formerly North Texas Area Art League)
1992 – 1996  Tulsa Artists Guild
1985 – 2006  Southwestern Watercolor Society; earned signature status in 1992

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
BFA Degree, 1978
                                   
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Night Courses 1956-1958
                                   
Midwestern University, Wichita Falls, Texas
30 Hours - Freshman Courses including Drawing and Design

WORKSHOPS

Oklahoma  Leo Smith, Naomi Brotherton, Libby Platus, Frank Webb, Jerry Seagle

Texas  Liz Yarosz, Sonya Terpening, Ted Nuttall, Darnell Jones, Jane Jones, Milford Zornes, Arne Westerman, Robert Schiffhauer, Al Brouillette, Judi Betts, Harry Ahysen, Dorothy Barta, A. J. Schexnayder, Warren Cullar, John Carter, Ed Haog, Julius Zsohar, Jim Powell, Ben Konis                     

Washington  Fred Griffin, Frank Dobbin, Bill McNae, Bill Cumming, Bill Radcliffe                  

TEACHING

I have taught art in the Texas public school system and also privately.  I have taught drawing and other art classes for the University of North Texas and Texas A&M continuing education programs.   I have also done programs and demonstrations for private organizations.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Sparks Engineering – Round Rock, Texas
Advanced Industrial Devices, Inc. – Tulsa, Oklahoma
School Board, Bryan Texas - Commissioned by Burris-Patterson Architects
School Board, Corsicana, Texas
Allesco, Houston, Texas
Compaq Computers, Houston, Texas
Provider Medical Pharmaceutical, Tulsa, Oklahoma