AWARDS
KENTUCKY STATE FAIR, First Prize Printmaking (2012)
FLORAL FUSSION, Best Two Dimensional Art Award (2012)
KENTUCKY STATE FAIR, Best in Show Fine Arts & Craft, Purchase Award (2011)
FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR, Best of Show, Frankfort, Kentucky (2011)
KENTUCKY STATE FAIR, First Prize Printmaking (2010)
GEORGETOWN ART WORKS FALL ART HOP, First Place Printmaking (Juror Katherine Brimberry) (2009)
PRINT USA, Springfield Art Museum, Museum Purchase Award (Director Jerry Berger) (2007)
PRINTMAKING COMPETITION, Taylor Artist Guild, First Place Award (Juror Dan Grife)(2007)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012 TREES AND EXPLORATION, Grand Theater Gallery, Frankfort, Kentucky
2012 ART IN THE GARDENS, Liberty Hall, Frankfort, Kentucky
2012 Floral Fusion, Scott County Cultural Center, Georgetown, Kentucky
2012 FULL SPECTRUM, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Curated)
2012 EARTHDAY, Northern Prints Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota (invitational)
2012 NATURE ETCHINGS, Capital Sellers, Frankfort, Kentucky (solo)
2012 ABOUT FACE, Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, Berea, Kentucky (juried/invitational)
2011 CATOCTIN, ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE, Delaplaine Center, Frederick, Maryland (invitational)
2011 KENTUCKY STATE FAIR, Best in Show – Purchase Award, Louisville, Kentucky
2011 HAND PRINTED, Grand Hand Gallery, St Paul, Minnesota (invitational)
2010 COLLECTIONS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Frankfort, Kentucky
2010 STOP THE PRESSES, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota (group)
2010 KENTUCKY STATE FAIR, First Prize Printmaking, Louisville, Kentucky
2010 FRANKLIN COUNTY FAIR, Blue Ribbon Award, Frankfort, Kentucky
2010 FRANKFORT ART TOUR, Capital Gallery of Contemporary Art, Frankfort, Kentucky
2010 DOWNTOWN GALLERY HOP, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky
2010 PRINTMAKING, St. Benedicts College, Collegeville, Minnesota
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Amity Art Foundation, Inc, Woodbridge, CT Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY
Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, et al, Austin, TX Art Emporium, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Brown Manufacturing Company, Austin, TX Bluff Country Artist Gallery, Spring Grove, MN
Dain Bosworth, Minneapolis, Minnesota Collectors Art Group, Cincinnati , OH
Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri Completely Kentucky, Frankfort, KY
Kentucky State Fair, Kentucky Artist Collection Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota, Mining & Manufacturing, St Paul, MN Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, Berea, KY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
Regents Hospital, Wayzata, Minnesota Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Post Properties Collection, Dallas, Texas Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Sower Foundation, Kansas City , Missouri Northern Prints Gallery, Duluth, MN
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri Ripple River Gallery, Aitkin, MN
Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas Waters of Superior, Duluth, MN
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
University of South Dakota, Vermilion, SD
LECTURES/RELATED ACTIVIES
2012 Artist in Residence, Petrified Forest National Park, Relief Printing Workshop, Arizona
2012 Art in the Garden, Etching presentation, Liberty Hall Frankfort, Kentucky
2011 Soft Foam Printing Workshop, Josephine Sculpture Garden Arts Festival, Frank fort, Kentucky
2011 Artist in Residence, Catoctin Mountain Park, Presentation and Workshop, Maryland
2009 Artist in Residence, Joshua Tree National Park, Presentation and Workshops, California
2009 Working with Galleries, Women Printmakers of Austin Meeting, Austin, Texas
2008 Printing Demonstration, Annarella Home, Georgetown, Texas
2008 Presentation, Concept Development and Printing Technique, St Stephen’s Episcopal School, Austin, TX
2008 Printing Demonstration, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, Texas
2008 Working with Galleries, Presentation, Women Printmakers of Austin, Austin, Texas
2008 Arts Encounters, Benini Foundation & Sculpture Ranch, Presentation, Johnson City, Texas
2008 Visiting Artist, Lectures and Workshop, Midland College, Midland, Texas
PUBLICATIONS (contributing artist)
2008 Trail Guide to the Northland Experience in Prints and Poetry, Calyx Press
2006 Response, Calyx Press, Lake Superior Writers & Northern Printmakers Alliance
2005 Dust & Fire, Bemidji State University Publications, Maureen Gibbon
2004 Shared Visions, Calyx Press, Lake Superior Writers & Northern Printmakers Alliance
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art 1974; University of Minnesota, Duluth
Drafting Certificate 1976, St Paul Vocational School, St Paul, Minnesota
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering 1978; ICS Pennsylvania
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
I was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and after moving multiple times my parents chose Minnesota where I lived until relocating to Austin, Texas, and now reside in Frankfort, Kentucky. My college years were concentrated in Duluth attending St. Scholastica, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin, Superior. This was followed by a Drafting Certificate from St. Paul Vocational School leading to a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering during employment with Minnesota, Mining & Manufacturing. My work at 3M was focused on Product Development. I hold one patent for a wire holding devise. The need for a greater involvement with art resulted in a membership at Flatbed Press, a print publishing studio in Austin, Texas. Participation in the Serie Project at Coronado Studio and work at Slugfest Printmaking Workshop evolved into setting up my own studio. Focus on the intaglio process and stratograph, a monoprint technique have resulted in several bodies of work. "Personal Poems” is a series of small biographical etchings dealing with issues of adulthood. "Ideal Mechanical Advantage” presents the transition from the factual world of engineering to a sensory perspective. "Global Fables” is a collection of pieces that study of the tradition of a short story with a moral from diverse cultures. I am now focused on work which involves the perilous future of the natural world. The common factor in each of these series is the narrative theme which each piece presents.
