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Professional Associations
Pastel Society of America, Signature Member
Society of Animal Artists, Associate Member
International Guild of Realisam, Juried Member
Color Pencil Society of America
UK Coloured Pencil Society
Artists for Conservation, Signature Member
Southeastern Pastel Society, Member
The Pastel Society of North Florida, Member
Portrait Society of America, Member
Gainesville Fine Arts Association, President
Professional Training with
John Seerey-Lester, internationally recognized wildlife painter
Alan Flattmann, internationally recognized pastel painter
Julie T. Chapman, nationally recognized, award-winning wildlife painter
Terry Isaac, internationally recognized, award-winning wildlife and nature painter
Rock Newcomb, internationally recognized, award-winning painter of Native American pottery still life & American West wildlife
Doug Dawson, internationally recognized, award-winning pastelist
Michael Wilcox, internationally recognized color theorist
Ann Kullberg, internationally recognized color pencil portraitist
Wende Caporale, internationally recognized, award-winning portrait artist
Linda Lucas-Hardy, internationally recognized, award-winning color pencilist
Juried Exhibitions
2008 23rd Annual Bosque Conservatory Art Classic, Clifton, TX
2008 48th Annual Art & the Animal, Society of Animal Artists, The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
2008 The 2008 Spring/Summer Exhibition, American Juried Art Salon @ artjury.com
2008 8th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Thomas Center Galleries, Gainesville, FL
2008 57th Annual All Florida Juried Competition & Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2008 Art Splash National Competition, Art Splash on the Square, Graham, TX
2008 16th Annual Colored Pencil Society of America International Exhibition, @ The Gallery, The Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA
2008 31st Annual Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition for Non-Members, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2008 31st Annual Montana Interpretations Juried Art Exhibition 2008, Butte, MT
2008 Art of the Animal XIII, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
2008 Emerald Spring Exhibition 2008, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
2008 Faces X - Upstream People Gallery @ upstreampeoplegallery.com 4th Annual National Drawing, Painting & Printmaking Competition -- Palm Beach Community Collete, Lake Worth, FL
2008 Pastel National 2008 -- The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
2008 10th Annual Realism Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery@upstreampeoplegallery.com
2008 6th Biennial National Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL
2008 Winter Members' Show (juried), Gainesville Fine Arts Association, Gainesville, FL
2007-2008 5th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery @ upstreampeoplegallery.com
2007 5th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery@upstreampeoplegallery.com 2007 30th Montana Interpretations Juried Art Show, Butte, MT
2007 Art of the Animal XII, Bennington, VT
2007 15th Annual CPSA International Exhibition, Bethesda, MD
2007 6th Annual UK Coloured Pencil Society Open International Exhibition, Nottingham, UK
2006 The Human Element, Dunedin, FL
2006 Thomas Center Gallery Regional Juried Exhibition, Gainesville, FL
2006 UK Coloured Pencil Society Open International Exhibition, Cambridge, UK
2007 Favorite Things, 1st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Atlanta Fine Arts League, Atlanta, GA
Competitions & Awards
2007 Finalist, Animal/Wildlife Category,The Artist`s Magazine, for "Wood Stork Watch," 24th Annual Art Competition,
2007 Faber-Castell Award, "Wood Stork Watch," 6th Annual UK Coloured Pencil Society Open International Exhibition, Nottingham, UK
2007 Challenge #40 – Favorite Subjects, Finalist,for "Tasting the Breeze," International Artist,
2007 4th Place, "Wood Stork Watch," North Light Book Club 14th Annual Cover Competition
2007 Best of Show, "The Sentinel," Gainesville Fine Arts Festival at Oak Hall School
2006 Chairman`s Award for "Hear No Evil . . . ", Highly Commendable for "Butterfly Garden I", 5th Annual UK Coloured Pencil Society Open International Exhibition, Cambridge, UK