EDUCATION
B.A., Studio Art & Creative Writing, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
Certificate, Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101: University of Newcastle

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Recent Paintings. Sarasota Audubon Nature Center, December, 2021.
2020  Botanical Caprice, Venice Theatre, February, 2020-ongoing. Organized by the Venice Art Center.
2019-2020 #BringBirdsBack, Venice Library, Venice, Florida, October 1, 2019 - January 15, 2020. Organized by the Venice Art Center.
2019 My Florida Birds: Recent Paintings, Made in Italy Italian Restaurant, Venice, Florida, June 6 - September 30, 2019. Organized by The Venice Art Center
2017 Abstract Botanicals (and a Few Birds) at Burns Court Cafe, Sarasota, Florida Sept-Nov
2017 Florida Birds: Paintings. NuView lobby. February 1 - July 30. Organized by the Venice Art Center.
2016 Flights of Fancy: Recent Mosaics & Paintings. Jacaranda Trace lobby, Venice, Florida, April 15 - July 1. Organized by the Venice Art Center
2015 Fine Feathered Friends: Recent Mosaics.  Inn at the Beach lobby.  Venice, Florida, July 15 - October 15. Organized by the Venice Art Center

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Florida Flavor VI, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2016 Florida Flavor IV, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2016 Summerfest 2016, Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
2015 Go With the Flow, ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2015 Daily News, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2015 Summer Beauty, Art & Frame Community Art Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
2011, 2010, 2009 Annual World Wildlife Foundation Art Exhibition, New York, NY
2010 55th Anniversary Celebration Art Exhibition, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL
2009 Neighbors, Not Strangers, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2009 Altered Functions, ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL
2009 Artist Invitational, Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2009, 2008 Florida West Arts Gallery (two consecutive juried exhibitions), Estero, FL
2008 Almost Too Precious to Sell, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

JURIED OUTDOOR ART FESTIVALS
2015, 2014 Sun Circle Art Show, Sapphire Shores Park, Sarasota, FL

AWARDS
2008  First prize Second Annual Duct Tape Art Competition, 2008, Manatee Council of the Arts, Bradenton, FL
1974  Honorable Mention, Dumas Memorial Poetry Prize, Hiram Poetry Review

TEACHING
2012 - present  Instructor in Mosaic Art, Suncoast Technical College, Sarasota, Florida
2018 - present  Instructor in Creative Writing and Memoir Writing, Suncoast Technical College, Sarasota, FL
2014 Lecture, workshop; Surface Design Guild, Sarasota, FL
2010 Lecture, workshop, Claire Mitchell Gallery, Sarasota, FL

GALLERIES
Venice Art Center Sales Gallery, Venice, FL

COMMISSIONS
Corporate and private clients