Exhibitions, awards, memberships, dates and places...

Selected Exhibitions/Awards

2006: Artist Residency, Centre d’Art  Contemporain (Cat’Art), Sainte Colombe sur l’Hers, France
Mixed Media Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX

2005: Dance with the Imagination, 3 artists,West End Gallery, Winston-Salem, NCSouthwestern Water Society Signature Members Show, Irving Art Center, Irving, TX, Marcie Inman juror of awards, Honorable Mention

2004: East Texas Regional Exhibit, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX; juror, David Band
Traveling the Carolinas, National Association Of Women Artists
 Mississippi Art Colony Travel Show, Spring, Joseph A Smith, juror

Artist Career Training 1st National Juried Exhibition, 2nd place Award, jurors, Geoffrey Gorman, Aletta de Wal

*Places, Remembered and Imagined  Ronald Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS
Texas Visual Arts Association Citation Show, Kenneth Craighead, juror
Art du Quai International Plein Air Show, Esperaza, France

2003: 43rd Annual Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX; juror, Suzanne Weaver, Assoc. Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art
International Mini-Art Exchange Porto Alegre, Brazil, Swan Valley,Western Australia
TVAA Regional Open Exhibition, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, TX; juror, Nancy Whitenack
Mississippi Art Colony Spring Traveling Show  juror, David Horton, Thibodaux, LA
Illuminations, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

2002: *New Paintings, Nordys Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Mississippi Art Colony Spring 2002 Traveling Exhibit, Byrd Associates Purchase Award, 2nd Place; juror, David Moore, Newton, MA
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 27th Annual Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Signature Award
Inspired By The Land, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Watercolor Without Boundaries, Irving Art Center, Irving, TX and Villa Pomini, Milan, Italy (invitational juried exhibit sponsored by Southwestern Watercolor Society and Northern Italian Watercolor Society), juror, Marcie Inman, Gallery Director, Irving Art Center
Images Within, Art Merge Gallery, Dallas, TX 
Peaceful Insights, Art Merge Gallery, Dallas, TX
National Association of Women Artists Exhibit, Jemison-Carnegie Museum, Talladega, AL
Mississippi Art Colony Traveling Show, Hugh Williams Purchase Award
Texas Visual Arts Association Citation Show, Dallas, TX, Don Taylor, juror. Signature Award

2000: National Association of Women Artist’s 111th Annual Exhibit, New York, NY
Southwestern Watercolor Society’s Signature Awards Exhibit, Plano,TX
Texas Visual Art Association Citation Show, Dallas, TX, Paul Harris, juror

1999: National Association of Women Artist’s 110th Annual Exhibit, New York, NY
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 24th Annual Exhibit, San Diego, CA, juror, Timothy J. Clark
Mississippi Art Colony Spring Traveling Show, juror, Jake Wagnon, Auburn University
Mississippi Art Colony Fall Traveling Show, juror, Larry Jens Anderson, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
Southwestern Watercolor Society’s 36th Annual Membership Exhibit, Dallas, TX, juror, Mary Todd Beam
Texas Visual Arts Association Citation Show ‘99, juror, Maria Teresa Garcia-Pedroche, Dallas, TX

*Solo exhibits

Selected Collections:

Longview Museum of Fine Art, Permanent Collection, Longview, TX
Terrebonne General Medical Center, Houma, LA
F. A. Richards Associates (FARA) collection, Mandeville, LA
DeLoitte Consulting, Dallas, TX
Lane-Bryant, Garland, TX
Kollman-Westerheim, Dallas, TX
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
May Company, Foley’s division, Houston, TX, The Woodlands TX , Willowbrook, Houston, TX, Beaumont, TX, Baton Rouge, LA, Lafayette, LA, Lake Charles, LA, Denton, TX El Paso, TX, McAllen, TX , San Antonio, TX
Byrd & Associates, Jackson, MS
Alliance Capital Management, New York, NY
Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS

Other collectors upon request

Publications

2007: The Dauber Wings, Theodore Worozbyt, cover art
Gacela of Narcissus City, J. P. Dancing Bear, cover art

2006: The New Creative Artist, Nita Leland, cover art
A Unified Theory of Light, Theodore Worozbyt, cover art

2005: National Poetry Review, Summer, 2005, cover art

2002: Depository Trust & Clearinghouse Corp. Annual Review (all interior art)

2001: International Artist Magazine, August-September issue, USA Master Showcase,
painting featured, pg. 24
Studio Notes, Journal for working artists, June-August issue, marketing article

2000:Sabine Magazine, spring 2000 issue; on line cultural magazine, featured artist
Watercolor Magic, autumn issue; Take Control of your Palette by Nita Leland, painting featured pg. 65

1997: Honors from Western Federation, ARTBEAT section, Longview News Journal, Longview, TX

Education

1986-present : Studied with Jerry V. Seagle, Anton Weiss, Leo Smith, Marilyn Hughey Phillis, Ann Templeton, Pat Deadman, Moe Brooker, Hugh Williams, Larry Jens Anderson, Ron Pokrasso

Intensive Studies Seminar ’97 & 98 with Katherine Chang Liu, Alex Powers, Christopher Schink, Fran Larsen, Skip Lawrence, Carole Barnes

Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Centre d'art Contemporain, Sainte Colombe sur l'Hers, France, artist residency

My self-guided education is ongoing through the discipline of painting, reading, visiting exhibits in galleries and museums and generally exploring and experimenting with my work.

Memberships/Affiliations

1998-2006: National Association of Women Artists, New York City, NYMississippi Art Colony, active member
Texas Visual Arts Association, Dallas TX Signature status 2001
2000-2006            Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX (ArtHouse)
1997-2000            Longview Art Museum Advisory Board
1995-2006            Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, TX
                        Signature status 1999, Western Federation Signature Status, 2002
1992-1997            Adult Education Coordinator for the Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX