Biography

Born Meridian, MS (B.S.) Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS  1967
Drawing, Mississippi Museum of Art School, Jackson, MS  1979-80
Painting, Mississippi College, 1981
Art Apprentice, Fibers, Washington D.C. 1986-88
Colored Pencil, Black & White study, oil painting, Drawing, The Art League School, 1995-2003

Solo Exhibitions

The Unhappy Life of a Plastic Bag, Wyatt Gallery, Arlington Arts Center, 2010
The National Institutes of Health, Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Center Galleries, Lillian Fitzgerald, curator, Bethesda, MD
Explorations, The Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Segments, Wyatt Gallery, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Perspectives: Inside and Out, Strategic Analysis, curated by Penelope Nunes, Arlington, VA
Flying High, Flying Home, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville Civic Center, Rockville, MD

Selected Group Exhibition

2011 November Small Works, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, juried by Jordan Faye Block
2011 October All-Media Exhibition, The Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center. Juried by Danielle O'Steen, Alexandria, VA
2011 Bi-State Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, juror, Niles Wallace, artist, professor, Memphis, TN
2011 May All-Media Exhibition, Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, juried by Lilllian Fitzgerald, independent curator and NIH curator
2011 Remains, Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, juried by J.W. Mahoney, artist, professor, former curator of Hirshhorn Museum
2011 All Media Exhibition, juried by Farar Elliott, chief curator, office of History and Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives
2010 Governors Island Art Fair, Umbrella Arts, New York City, NY
2010 "95 Artists," curated by Sean Corbett, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2010 Eye of the Beholder: The Fine Art of the Found Object, The Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, juror, Peter Leibert, professor, artist
2010 Greenspiration, Lorton Arts Center, VA, curated by Trudi VanDyke
2010 Personal Armor: Artists' Concepts of Aprons, curated by Trudi VanDyke, BlackRock Center for Arts, Germantown, MD
2010 Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, juror Marilyn Murphy, artist and professor, Vanderbilt University
2010 Found, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, juror, Jan Baum, professor Towson State University, MD
2010 In The Bag, Del Ray Artisans, Mount Vernon, VA, juror Karen Schmitz
2010 Colored Pencil Society of America International Exhibiiton, The Art Museum of Los Gatos, CA, juror Janet Bishop, curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
2009 Recycled As Art, Marymount University, curated by Judy Bass, Arlington, VA
2009 A Spatial Difference, Three Resident Artists, Arlington Arts Center, Wyatt Gallery
2009 Reuse/Recycle, The Art League Gallery, Juror, Joe Hicks, Alexandria, VA
2009 Real/Unreal, The Art League Gallery, Juror, Judy Jahinsky, Alexandria, VA
2009 Bi-State Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
2008 Small Works, National Assn. Women Artists Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Fragments, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2008 Penned, Artscape, Maryland College Institute of Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (traveling to Raleigh, NC and Arlington, VA)
2008 16th Annual International Colored Pencil Exhibition, Washington State Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2008 Letter Carriers: The Written Word in Art, Shooting Star Gallery, Suffolk, VA
2008 September and October All Media Exhibition, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2008 Space, Place, Life, Chautauqua Lecture Series, Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, juried by Arturo Sandoval.
2007 Rare Birds, Luise Ross Gallery, New York City, New York
2007 ANA 35 Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, juried by Willem Volkersz
2007 What F Word? Cynthia Broan Gallery, curated by Carol Cole Levin, New York, NY
2007 Equinox, Arlington Arts Center, curated by Lorie Mertes, Arlington, VA
2007 Explore This 4! Experimental Media, juror, Gloria Sander Williams, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2007 March All-Media Exhibition, The Art League Gallery, juror, Daniel Shay, Alexandria, VA
2007 January All-Media Exhibition, The Art League Gallery, juror, William Duffy, Alexandria, VA
2007 April All-Media Exhibition, The Art League Gallery, juror, Clifford Chieffo, Alexandria, VA
2007 Recycled Art, Arlington Central Library, juror, Arts Committee, Arlington, VA
2007 Resident Artists Show, Wyatt Gallery, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2006 Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, juror, Jed Jackson, Meridian, MS
2006 Signature Showcase, Cornell Museum of Art and History, Invitational, Delray Beach, FL
2006 Ninth Celebration of the Arts, Montpelier Center for Arts & Education, juror, Richard Crozier, Montpelier, VA
2006 September All-Media Exhibition, The Art League Gallery, juror, Joseph DiBella, Alexandria,VA
2006 All-Media Exhibition, The Art League Gallery, juror, William Kravitz, Alexandria, VA
2006 Colored Pencil, Sandy Springs Museum, Sandy Springs, MD
2005 Explore This 3!, Experimental Colored Pencil, juror, Scott Atkinson, LaJolla, CA
2005 Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, juror, Melody Guichet, Meridian, MS
2004 Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, juror, Katherine Degn, Little Rock, AK
2004 LaGrange National Biennial XXIII, Chattachoochee Valley Art Museum, juror, Eleanor Heartney, LaGrange, GA
2004 National Drawing, College of New Jersey, Art Gallery, juror, Thomas George, Ewing, N.J.
2004 Bi-State Art Competition,, Meridian Museum of Art, juror, Kelli Scott Kelly, Meridian, MS
2004 New Directions, Contemporary Art, Barrett Art Center, juror Tumelo Mosaka, Poughkeepsie, New York
2004 Winter Exhibition, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD
2003 Etchings And Drawings, Maryland Federation of the Arts City Gallery, juror, Katherine Blood, Baltimore, MD

Awards

2011 Selected Solo Artist, 2013, The Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2010 Best in Show, Found, The Board of Directors Award, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2010 Purchase Award, Bi-State Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, MS
2010 Five Year Merit Award, Colored Pencil Society of America
2005 Merit Award, Bi-State Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, MS
2004 - 2010 Resident Studio, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2002 Signature Award, San Francisco, CA exhibit, Colored Pencil Society of America
1998 Purchase Award, Bi-State Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, MS