EDUCATION
Arizona State University AZ, Silvermine College of Art CT, DeCordova Museum School MA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. Workshops with John Pellew, Charles Gruppe, Tony Van Hasselt, Jeanne Mackenzie, Laura Robb and Koo Schadler.  

MEMBERSHIPS
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Artists Colorado, Signature Member Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, Society of Tempera Painters

AWARDS

• Best of Show, "Salt and Pepper", March 2013, "MAA Spring Juried Exhibition", Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
• Second Place, "Storm Clouds", December 2012, "NM Art in the Parks", Plein Air Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM 
• Randy Higbee Gallery Third Place Award, "Along the High Road", December 2012, "6x6 2012 Fall Show", Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 
• Best Oil Painting, "Lazy Morning", May 2012, "PAPNM Annual Paintout & Exhibition", Ruidoso, NM  
• Honorable Mention, "Blue Spruce & Red Berries", April 2012, "Plein Air Southwest Salon 2012", Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX 
• Best of Signature Artists, "Blue Horizon", September 2011, "PAPNM Annual Juried Exhibition", Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
• Source Tek Award of Excellence for a Miniature, "A Mighty Fine Boulder", August 2011, "Plein Air Rockies" Estes Park, CO
• Artists Choice Award, "Early Migration", November 2010, "NM Art in the Parks" Plein Air Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
• Artisan Award, "Still Water", November 2010, "NM Art in the Parks" Plein Air Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
• Artists Choice Award, "Autumn in Crestone", October 2010, PAPNM Juried Exhibition, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
• Artists Choice Award, "Wrangler Alley", August 2010, Wyoming Plein Air, Link Gallery, Cheyenne, WY
• Award of Merit, "Dry Grass and Russian Olives", April 2010, Nomadas del Arte Exhibition, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
• Honorable Mention, "Lingering Winter", April 2009, Nomadas del Arte Exhibition, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX 
• Best of Show, "Seco Sundown", 2008 Taos Invites Taos, Taos Fall Arts Festival
• Top 50, Southwest Art Magazine "21 Over 31" Competition 2010
• FAV 15, Fine Art Views, Bold Brush- Painting Competition, Sept 2009, Jan 2010, March 2010, June 2010, Oct 2010
• Marion de Sola Mendes Memorial Award, NSPC&A

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
Sedona Plein Air Festival,
     Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
"Land and Light", PAPNM Juried Exhbition,
     Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM Best of Signature Members Award
"Taos Select",
     Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM
Plein Air Rockies, 
     Estes Park CO - Sourcetek Award of Excellence for a Miniature
"New Work New Mexico" - Solo Exhibition,
     Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM
Telluride Plein Air 2011,  
     Telluride, CO
?PAAC 15th National Juried Exhibition',
     Saks Galleries, Denver, CO
"Land & Light of Northern New Mexico", 
     Invitational Exhibition with Teruko Wilde, Taos Inn, Taos, NM
"6 Inch Squared",
     Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Salon International Juried Exhibition, 
     Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
"9th Annual Miniatures Show and Sale",
     Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM

2010
"Art in the Parks", New Mexico State Parks and Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Annual Plein Air Exhibition
   New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM ? Artists Choice Award and Artisan Award
"The Spirit of Place", PAPNM Annual Juried Exhibition, 
   Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM ? Artists Choice Award
"Taos Invites Taos", Taos Fall Arts Festival, 
   Taos, NM
Wyoming Plein Air 2010 
   Link Gallery, Cheyenne, WY, August 15 - September 30 - Artists Choice Award
"Little Gems" Juried Show 
   Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM - September 4 ? October 28
Plein Air Artists Colorado Juried Show, 
   Saks Galleries, Denver, CO, June 25 - July 10
Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center Invitational Exhibition, 
   Pillar, NM, April - September
Nomadas del Arte - Invitational Exhibition
   Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX, April  - Award of Merit
Millicent Rogers Museum Miniature Show 
   Taos, NM
"Art Auction 2010"  Invitational Biennial Fundraiser
   Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL

2009
"Rebirth amid the Ruins", Invitational Exhibition
   E.L. Blumenschein Home &Museum, Taos, NM
"Art in Town Hall", 
   Taos, NM, October 23, 2009 - January 22, 2010
"Taos Invites Taos", 
   Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM
"Open Space - A View with Room" Juried Invitational, 
   Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
"High on Taos" ? Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Annual Juried Exhibition,
   Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM
Plein Air Artists Colorado Juried Show, 
   Abend Gallery, Denver CO
"Far Out, Landscapes Remembering the Summer of Love", Three Person Show
    Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM
Nomadas del Arte , Invitational Exhibition, 
   Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX - Honorable Mention Award
Millicent Rogers Museum Miniature Show 
   Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic 55th Annual, 
   Salmagundi Club, New York, NY,

2008
"Taos Invites Taos", 
   Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM - Best of Show
"Little Gems" Juried Show 
   Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Annual, 
   Sumner and Dene Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Plein Air Artists Colorado Juried Show, 
   Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Millicent Rogers Museum Miniature Show, 
   Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
2007
"Hearts and Stars" Miniature Show, 
   Wilder-Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM
National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic 54th Annual, 
   Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Art Round Up, 
   Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
Taos Open, 
   Taos Fall Arts Festival -, Taos, NM
Plein Air New Mexico Annual, 
   Mark Zoeller Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006
NSPC&A 53rd Annual, 
   Binney & Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, PA