EDUCATION
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
BS Art Education 1974, Studied under George Cress
Graduate Study – University of Cincinnati
JURIED SHOWS
Sammamish Art Fair 2010, 2011, 2012, & 2013
Redmond Town Center 2012
Kirkland Uncorked Festival 2010 & 2011
The C Art Gallery: Juried Show – Seattle – 2009& 2011
Roswell Fine Arts Festival – Roswell, GA – 2007
Seasons Juried Show – Marietta, GA = 2006
Golden Isles Art Festival: St. Simon’s, SC – 2006
GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS
ArtEast New Member’s Show 2009
Issaquah Art Walks: Summer of 2009,2010,2011, & 2012
The Center Gallery: North Georgia –
Featured artist and juried artist 1998-2007
The Burton Gallery: North Georgia – 2005-2007
Visions Gallery: Marietta, Georgia – 2005-2007
Roswell Cultural Arts Center – Roswell, GA 2005
Mountain Arts Festival – East Tennessee 2005 & 2006
Swiss Hotel “Summer with Georgia Artists” 2000
Commissions & Public Art
Freeplay (animal rights non-profit in LA, CA) Logo Design
Group Portrait – Atlanta – 2006
Landscape – North Georgia – 2007
French Landscape – Tennessee – 2005
Mother & Child Portrait – Georgia – 2004
Child Portrait – Georgia - 2000
Atlanta Alzheimer’s Association (Lobby) “Pauline”
Clearwater Corporation (Boardroom) “Flying Turtle”
Roswell City Hall “Roswell Landmarks”
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
Seattle – 2009 & 2011 The C Art Gallery: Juried Show
Snoqualmie Paint Out – 2nd place
Roswell Fine Arts Festival: “Best of Show” 2207
Seasons Juried Show: Third Place - 2006
Genesis Juried Show: Honorable Mention 2006
Marietta Daily Journal – 2000
Georgia Festivals – 2000
Gainsville Times – 1999
Atlanta Journal & Constitution - 1992
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
President – Roswell Fine Arts Alliance
Board Member – Georgia Watercolor Society
Member of ArtEast – Issaquah, WA
Developed a fine art program for Seniors in Assisted Living funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fulton County Arts Council
Provided Art Therapy services to Alzheimer’s Patients
Used art as a tool to teach emotionally disturbed teens with learning disabilities to read.
Orchestrated a Seniors Intergenerational Art Festival focusing on the talents of residents of Assisted Living and Teen artists (Alpharetta Neighbor)
Directed a summer arts & music enrichment camp for children in coal-mining region of Tennessee
(Atlanta Journal & Constitution)
Operated Miss Betsy’s Art School for underserved populations of children to receive art lessons
