EDUCATION

BACHELOR of FINE ARTS, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA

CONTINUED ARTS EDUCATION with: Miles Batt - Spain, Skip Lawrence - ME & NY, Frank Webb - OH & NY, Ed Whitney - Nova Scotia

SHAMANIC & HEALING INTENSIVE TRAINING, Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Mill Valley CA

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

2023-Present EXHIBITING ARTIST, Marquee, River Arts District, Asheville NC

2019-Present EXHIBITING ARTIST, Trackside Studios, River Arts District, Asheville NC

2015-20 STUDIO ARTIST, Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League, Black Mountain NC

1983-Present PROFESSIONAL ARTIST: Private Sales & Commissions, Teaching & Workshops, Healing Art Instructor & Leader

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2023 ‘EMBRACING YOU’, One Woman Show, Zan Zan Gallery, Asheville NC

2022 ‘ATRIUM EXHIBIT’, Trackside Gallery, River Arts District, Asheville NC

2020 ‘WE FISH ONLY, FOR COLOR: SOLO SHOW’, Flood Art Gallery, Black Mountain NC

2006 SOLO SHOW, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville NC

2003 ‘NEW ON THE SCENE’, Gallery at Jefferson Center Roanoke VA

1996 ANNUAL EXHIBITION, International Transpersonal Association Conference, Manaus, Brazil

1996 SOLO SHOW, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA

1994 SOLO SHOW, Leenhouts Gallery, Milwaukee WI

1994 ‘GANG OF 40’, Milwaukee WI

1993 SOLO SHOW, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee WI

1991 ANNUAL EXHIBITION, International Transpersonal Association Conference, Atlanta GA

1990 ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Lahaina Arts Society, Maui HI

1985 ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Pennsylvania Society of Watercolor Painters, Kutztown PA

1985 ‘NIAGRA IMPRESSIONS’, Burchfield Center, Buffalo NY

1983 ‘WILLIAM PENN MUSEUM EXHIBITION’, Harrisburg PA

SELECT AWARDS

1994, 1987 PATRON AWARD, Pittsburgh Waterworks, Pittsburgh PA

1987, 1985 HONORABLE MENTION, Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Exhibits, Buffalo NY

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2019-Present MEMBER, River Arts District, Asheville NC

2006-Present CERTIFIED LEADER, InterPlay, Oakland CA/Asheville NC

1996-Present CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR, Chilel Wellness, Rocklin, CA/Asheville NC