EDUCATION
1978 BFA in Painting
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

AWARDS
         2021  Joined Watercolor USA Hour Society
         2019  Best Watercolor, Gloucester Arts Festival, a Plein Air Event, Gloucester, Va

• 2016 Best Landscape Award 
  ​International Guild of Realism 11th Annual International Exhibit
• 2015 Election to Signature Membership 
  International Guild of Realism
• 2013 Honorable Mention 
  MD Art at College Park Sponsored by the Maryland Federation of Art
• 2012 Artistic Excellence
  Top 70 List Competition Southwest Art Magazine
• 2012 First Place 
  Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association Members' Show
• 2011 Second Place
  Laurel Art Guild Open Competition 
• 2007 Third Place
  Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition
• 2003 Grand Prize Winner Still-Life Competition
  International Artist Magazine
• 2003 Election to Signature Membership
  American Watercolor Society, New York, NY
• 2003 Election to Signature Membership
  Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters

EXHIBITIONS

2022 One-Man-Show  Green Spring Valley Hunt Club

2021 Spring Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism
         One-Man-Show, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
         Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO

2020 One-Man-Show, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC

2019 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried competition
​         Gloucester Arts Festival, Plein Air Event, Gloucester, VA, invitational
         Two-Person-Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD
​         Winter Salon, International Guild of Realism, On-line juried exhibition

2018 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried competition
         Bath County Plein Air Festival, ​Warm Springs Gallery, VA, juried competition
​         Group Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2017
           Hudson Valley Art Association 84th Annual Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
​           Zion Plein Air Art Invitational
           12th Annual International Juried Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
           National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2016

• One-Man-Show, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
• Published in Watercolor Artist, April issue
• Published in Splash 17, Inspiring Subjects, by North Light Books
• 11th Annual International Juried Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO 
• 36th International Exhibit, San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, CA.

2015

• Valentine Group Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
• Elkridge Club Group Show, Baltimore, MD
• One-Man-Show and Group Show, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL
• Elected to Artist membership in the International Guild of Realism
• Masterworks Museum Tour, International Guild of Realism
• Three-Man-Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD
• National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
• Art for Lands Sake, Valley’s Planning Council, Invitational

2014                    

• All That Art, Maryland Hall for the Arts, Annapolis, MD, Juried Benefit
• Paint the Town, Chestertown, MD, Plein Air Event
• Valentine Group Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
• Watercolor USA 2014, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Juried Competition
• Three Person Summer Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD
• National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
• Published in 100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic by Schiffer Publishing
  
  

 2013                   

• One-Man-Show, Hamilton Street Club, Baltimore, MD
• Paint the Town, Chestertown, MD, Plein Air Event
• Easels in Frederick, Frederick, MD, Plein Air Event, Juried Competition
• Work on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Juried Competition
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
• Watercolor USA 2013, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Juried Competition
• National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
• Two-Man-Show, the Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, MD
• MD Art @ College Park, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Juried Honorable mention
• Small Works Show, the Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, MD

 2012 

• Artistic Excellence Southwest Art magazine, Top 70 List
• Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Juried Competition
• Paint Chadds Ford, Chadds Ford, PA, Plein Air Event, Juried Competition
•  Paint Chestertown, Plein Air Event, Chestertown, PA
• National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
• Keystone National Works on Paper, Mechanicsburg, PA, Juried Competition
• Published in the December Issue of Southwest Art
• Small Works Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  
  

2011

• Laurel Art Guild, Open Competition, 2nd Place
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
• All Members Show, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Juried Competition
• Strokes of Genius Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Juried Competition
• 11th Annual American Landscapes Exhibit, 2nd Place, MFA Annapolis, MD
• Paint Chestertown, Chestertown, MD, Plein Air Event
• Paint Chadds Ford, Chadds Ford, PA, Plein Air Event
• National Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2010

• One-Man-Show, Zoll Studio, Timonium, MD
• Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition

2009

• Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition
• National Realist Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa. OK
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition

​2008

• Annual Small Works Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
• Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition

2007

• Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition; 3rd place, MD
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
• Art For Land Sake Valley's Planning Council, Invitational
• Contemporary Oklahoma Realists, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
• Annual Small Works Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2006

• One Man Show, Holland Hall School, Tulsa, OK
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Strathmore Arts Center, Bethesdsa, MD

2005

• Two-Man-Show, Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA, Cape Cod
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore Watercolor Society

2004

• Published book Make Your Watercolors Shine 
• Feature Article, February Issue The Artist's Magazine
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition

2003

• American Watercolor Society International, Salmagundi Club, NY
• Grand Prize Winner, International Artist Magazine, Oct/Nov. Issue
• Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition