EDUCATION
1993 M.S. in Painting, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL (2003,1996)
Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
2007 Brio Gallery, Galena, IL
Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
2006 Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2005,04,03,02,01)
2003 Richland Community College, Decatur, IL
Anderson County Arts Center, Anderson, SC
2002 North Charleston City Gallery, North Charleston, SC
2001 Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
1999 Red Door Gallery, Anderson, SC
1998 Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC
1997 Masterguild Gallery, Punta Gorda, FL
Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
1996 Ströblen Gallerie, Springfield, IL
1995 Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield, IL (1990,89,87)
1993 Chicago Street Gallery, Lincoln, IL
Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
1992 Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL
1991 Springfield College in Illinois, Springfield, IL (1986)
1990 State Street Gallery, Jacksonville, IL
1989 300 Gallery, Bloomington, IL
Mobil Art Gallery, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Art at the Mill, Millwood, VA (2008,07,06,05,04,03,02,01,00)
2008 Professional Art Exhibition, Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL (2006,05,04,03,1998,97,96,92,91,90,88,87)
5x7 Exhibition and Sale, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2007 Summer Landscape Exhibition, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
31st Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibit, Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL
2006 All Terrain: Perspectives on Landscape, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Collectors’ Showcase, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Fifth Biennial National Art Exhibit, Charlotte County Art Guild, Punta Gorda, FL
2005 Illinois Artisans Program Members Gallery, Rend Lake, Whittington, IL
7th Annual Summer Landscape Exhibition, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Civic Art Collection, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Nature a Cure for Stress, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2004 Magic Realism, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL 6th Annual Summer Landscape Exhibition, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Pickens County Through the Artist's Eye, Pickens County Museum, Pickens, SC
5th Annual Summer Landscape Exhibition, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
So Square, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
2002 Pickens County Museum 25th Annual Juried Arts Competition, Pickens, SC
Summer Salon, Mclean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbia, SC
5th Anniversary Exhibition, CityArt Gallery, Columbia, SC
4th Annual Summer Landscape Exhibition, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
2001 3rd Annual Summer Landscape Exhibition, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Anderson County Arts Center, Anderson, SC
10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
2000 South Carolina State Museum Traveling Exhibition
South Carolina State Fair 2000 Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbia, SC
1999 Pickens County Museum 22nd Annual Juried Arts Competition, Pickens, SC
Downtown Artists, Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington, IL
1998 Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences,
Evansville, IN (1989,88)
Arts in Celebration, Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition,Carbondale, IL (1996,94)
1997 National ‘93 Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY (1995,92)
1996 Eight Decades of Teaching at the Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
1995 New Year/ New Art, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Southern Illinois Artists Exhibition, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
1991 Forty-Eight Miles, Gallery Nine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
San Diego Art Institute National Juried Art Ehibition, San Diego, CA
11th Annual National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita, KS
1990 Graduate Student Biennial, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Illinois Trade Show, Barcelona, Spain
Pastel 90 Invitational Exhibition, West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, West Bend, WI
Pastels ‘90, Midwest Pastel Society, Chicago, IL
Art and Ecology: The Artist’s Response, Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL
Aesthetics ‘90, McPherson College, McPherson, KS (1989)
Pastel Society of West Coast National Open, Carmichael, CA (1989,88)
1989 Pastel Society of America Annual Open Exhibition, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, 300 Gallery, Bloomington, IL
2D at r100, Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL
22nd Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL
1988 Group Exhibition, 300 Gallery, Bloomington, IL
Kansas Pastel Society Annual International Exhibition, Wichita, KS
Midwest Pastel Invitational Exhibition, Evanston, IL
Midwest Pastel ‘88, Midwest Pastel Society, Arlington Heights, IL
Annual Tri-State Juried Art Show, Quincy, IL
Oil Pastel Association International Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
SELECTED AWARDS
2008 Best of Painting, Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford, IL (2007)
Best of Category (Oils/Acrylics), Midwest Salute to the Arts, Fairview Heights, IL
First Place (Painting), Professional Art Exhibition, Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL
2006 Best of Media, Carmel International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN
Best of Show, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
First Place (Oil/Acrylic), The Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, IL
Second Place, Art in Your Eye, Batavia, IL
2005 Best of Show, Carmel International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN
Second Place (Painting), Illinois State Fair Professional Exhibition, Springfield, IL
First Place, 2D, Spring Bloom Arts Festival, Bloomington, IL
2004 Third Place (Painting), Illinois State Fair Professional Exhibition, Springfield, IL
Pantagraph Purchase Award & Pat Kaisner Purchase Award, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
First Place, 2D, Spring Bloom Arts Festival, Bloomington, IL
2003 Third Place (Painting), Illinois State Fair Professional Exhibition, Springfield, IL
First Place, 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
South Carolina Arts Commission Quarterly Project Grant
2002 Shirley Sarlin Commemorative Purchase Award,
Pickens County Museum 25th Annual Juried Arts Competition, Pickens, SC
Bon Air Artists Award, Art on the Lawn, Richmond, VA
Individual Artist Grant, City of Bloomington Cultural District, Bloomington, IL
Third Place (Drawing), South Carolina State Fair 2002 Fine Arts Exhibition,
Columbia, SC
First Place (Oil/Acrylic), The Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, IL
Third Place, Coca-Cola RiverPlace Arts Festival, Greenville, SC
South Carolina Arts Commission Quarterly Project Grant
Juror's Special Mention, 11th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Blue Ridge Arts Center, Seneca, SC
Merit Award, The Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, IL
Artist-in-Residence, Poinsett State Park, SC
2001 Best in Show, Arts on the Lawn, Richmond, VA
Second Place, Carmel International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN
Honorable Mention, 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Merit Award, The Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, IL
Artist-in-Residence, Poinsett State Park, South Carolina
2000 First Place (Painting), Third Place and Purchase Award (Drawing),
South Carolina State Fair 2000 Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbia, SC
First Place, Carmel International Arts Festival, Carmel, IN
Second Place, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
First Place (Oil/Acrylic) and Civic Purchase Award,
The Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, IL
1999 Best of Show, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
First Place (Oil/Acrylic), The Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, IL
1998 First Place (2D), Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair, Peoria, IL
Best of Show, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
1997 Purchase Award (Amoco), North Shore Art League, Northbrook, IL
1996 Purchase Award, Arts in Celebration, Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition,,
Carbondale, IL
Award of Excellence, Old Orchard Art Festival, Skokie, IL - jurors:
Holly Day, Curator, Indianapolis Museum of Art ,
Richard Quick, Director, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
First Place (Painting), Professional Art Exhibition,
Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL
1995 Award of Excellence and Grumbacher Award, Old Orchard Art Festival, Skokie, IL
jurors: Timothy Burgard, Assoc. Curator, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Charles Wylie, Asst. Curator of Contemporary Art, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Second Place, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
1994 Purchase Award, Arts in Celebration, Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition,,
Carbondale, IL
Second Place, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
1991 Elizabeth Stein Scholarship, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1990 First Place, Art and Ecology: The Artist’s Response, Up Front Gallery,
Bloomington, IL
Sierra West Developers Award, Pastel Society of the West Coast National Open, Carmichael, CA
Artist Advancement Award, Springfield Area Arts Council, Springfield, IL
1989 Herman Moore Purchase Award, Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville, IL -
juror: Richard Muhlberger, Vice Director of Education,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
Third Place, Pastel Society of the West Coast National Open, Carmichael, CA
Artist Advancement Award, Springfield Area Arts Council, Springfield, IL
Best of Show, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, IL
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN
Pickens County Museum of Art & History, Pickens, SC
Polo Ralph Lauren, New York, NY
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL
First Citizens Bank, Columbia, SC
Illinois State Library, Springfield, IL
Lincoln Library, Springfield, IL
SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, GA
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., Attorneys-at-Law, Springfield, IL
Barnes & Thornburg, Attorneys at Law, Indianapolis, IN
Growmark Corporation, Bloomington, IL
Feirich, Mager, Green & Ryan, Attorneys-at-Law, Carbondale, IL
Bone Student Center, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Richland Community College, Decatur, IL
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Brio Gallery, Galena, IL
Long View Gallery in the City, Washington, DC
Art Resources Gallery, Minneapolis and Edina, MN
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Berkley Gallery, Warrenton, VA
