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      1980-1984    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Arizona State University
                         
summa cum laude            “Outstanding Graduating Senior in Drawing,” 1984

     
E  X  H  I  B  I  T  I  O  N  S
     Dec 2011      Paintings of Rural Georgia, Joseph House Art Gallery, Columbus, GA (two-person show)       
     2011, 2012  
 Let There Be Art!, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
     July 2010      Featured Artist, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
     June 2009    
Summer Solstice, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina       
     2007, 2008   Featured Artist, Red Bird Gallery, Seaside, Florida        
     2006-2011    
Open Spaces, Green Places, Two Sisters Gallery, Columbus, Georgia
     2008             
Snapshots invitational show, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina        
     2006            
 Introductions[06], Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
     2004             
Southern Skies, Joseph House Art Gallery, Columbus, Georgia (solo show)
     2001, 2004   
Flying Colors, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
     2000             
Golden Hours, Gardner Galleries, Columbus, Georgia (solo show)
     2000             museum store Featured Artist, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC (solo show)     
     1998             
Maternal Instincts, Campbell House Gallery,  Southern Pines, North Carolina (solo show)
     1998             
A Coordinated Effort, The Arts Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina
     1996             
Women Artists Invitational, Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, North Carolina

     
J  U  R  I  E  D    S  H  O  W  S
     2012            Art of Trees 2012, Corse Gallery & Atelier, Jacksonville, Florida
     2010,2011   
Southworks national art competition, Watkinsville, Georgia
     2009            1st annual national
Trees in Art  exhibition, Trees Atlanta HQ, Atlanta, Georgia       
     2011            
Best of Spring into Art, Turner Center for the Arts,  Valdosta, GA
     2003-2005   Southwest Georgia Regional Art Competition, Albany Arts Council, Albany, GA
     2001-2005   Riverfest Fine Arts Exhibition, Studio of Garry Pound, Columbus, GA
     2001            21st Annual July National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery,  Southport, NC
     2001            9th International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC
     1999            
Boundless Expressions, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa
     1997            
Neolandscape, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
     1997,‘98,‘00 Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists,  Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
     1997            Southern Representational Painters, Comer Museum, Sylacauga, Alabama
     1995, ‘97     Recent Works by Cape Fear Area Artists,  Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC

     
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     Award of Excellence, Columbus Artists' Guild Annual Competition, Columbus GA 2011.
     Best of Show & First Place,  Georgia National Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Perry, Georgia, 2007
     Patron Award,  Columbus Artists’ Guild Annual Competition, Columbus, Georgia, 2006, 2007, 2009
     First Place,  Columbus Artists’ Guild Annual Competition, Columbus, Georgia, 2002
     Citation of Merit Award, The New Show, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, NC, 2000          
     Best of Show, 19th Ann. Arts Council Juried Competition, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1996
     Finalist,  The Artist’s Magazine’s 1996 Annual Art Competition, “landscapes” category
     Merit Award, 1997 CCA National Competition, Kinston, North Carolina    
     Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, 1997          

            
    C O L L E C T I O N S  (p a r t i a l    l i s t)  
        
       
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
     Bank of America corporate art collection, Atlanta, Georgia
     Wachovia Financial Services, Atlanta, Georgia
     Marriott Hotel, Columbus, Georgia
     hayes/howell architects, Southern Pines, North Carolina
     GEN & Mrs. Eric Shinseki, Washington, D.C.


    
 G A L L E R Y    R E P R E S E N T A T I O N

     Red Bird Gallery, Seaside, Florida                                Two Sisters Gallery, Columbus, Georgia
     Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia                              Joseph House Art Gallery, Columbus, Georgia
     Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina         Daniel's Wood Den at Coca Lake, Cataula, Georgia
     The District Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee