YEAR AND CITY OF BIRTH :         b. October 7, 1952   New Orleans , La.

PRESENT CITY OF RESIDENCE :    Boulder, Colorado

SCHOOLS OF STUDY:     Harris School of Advertising Art 1971 - 1974, Nashville, TN

SOLO EXHIBITS:

                The Willow Gallery, Scottsdale,  AZ  February 2009

                J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA February 2008

                May Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ September 2001

                Pitzer’s of Carmel , Carmel , CA October 1999

                Mountain Trails Galleries, Sedona , AZ October 1997

                The Knox Galleries at Denver , CO April 1994

                The Knox Galleries at Vail, CO February 1994

GROUP EXHIBITS (excluding group gallery shows):

                Quest for the West – Eiteljorg Museum , Indianapolis, IN – September 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

                The Heritage Show – presented by the Joan Irvine Foundation May 2007, 2008

                Crystal Cove Alliance Show – Laguna Beach , CA 2006

                "From Sea to Shining Sea " - 13 museum touring exhibition began at the Haggin Museum in May 2004

                Telluride Plein Air 2004 (including the show poster for the event) – July 2004

                "Yosemite and the Eastern Sierras" - Haggin Museum - October 2001

                Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Annual Show, 2003, 2004, 2005

                Desert Museum Plein Air Show, Tucson , AZ 2003

                "Grand Canyon Expressions" - Forbes Gallery Exhibition, New York , NY - Jan 2001

                Laguna Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum -1999 - 2008

                Oil Painters of America (OPA) national show - May 1999 - 2008

                Desert Plein Air Invitational, Palm Springs , CA - Jan. 2000, 2004

                Impressionaire Show at PGA West’s private country club in La Quinta, CA - 1999

               Carmel Invitational Plein Air Painting Competition - 1998, 1999

                The Arts for the Parks Show, Jackson Hole , WY - Top 100 – 1994 - 1998

            LPAPA Signature Show sponsored by 1st American Trust Co.  1998

                Taos Invites Taos - Invitational Shows - 1984 - 1995

                The Phippen Museum of Western Art - Invitational Show 1994

                Albuquerque Museum of Art - Invitational Miniature Show 1992, 1993

                Art du Monde Japanese Invitational Shows - 8 Exhibits in Japan ’s major cities - 1989, 1990

                The Wilderness Art Exhibit - Fort Collins , CO 1985

                The New Mexico Professional Art Exhibit - 1984

AWARDS & HONORS:

                Award of Excellence for Mater Signature Members at the National OPA show 2005

                Honorable Mention at the Crystal Cove Alliance Show 2006

                Show poster for the Sedona Plein Air 2005

Show poster for the Telluride Plein Air 2004

Honorable mention Painting the Parks RMPAP 2003

Guest speaker at Desert Plein Air Invitational 2003

Invited to show in the Sea to Shining Sea - a 13-museum exhibit tour for 3 years

Cover of American Airlines in flight magazine - August 2001

Featured on the PBS show, The Artists Workshop - 2001

                Directors’ Award 1999, Award of Merit 2004 - Oil Painters of America National Show

Awarded Master Signature Member status in the Oil Painters of America

                Book jacket cover art for ‘Physical Geology’

               Winner of the quick draw competition - Desert Plein Air Inv., Palm Springs , CA - 2000

                Painting commissioned for display in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington , DC - 1999

                Best of Show - 1999 Impressionaire Show in La Quinta , CA

                Best of Show Gold Medal - $50,000 Grand Prize - 1998 Arts for the Parks Show

                Cover artist for American Artist Magazine - December 1998

                Signature Member status - Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)

                National Park Stamp - Included on 1995 Stamp

                Best of Show Region II (Silver Medal) - 1994 Arts for the Parks Show                                                                                                                                          
                Invitation image for 1994 Arts for the Parks show and reception at Grand Canyon

                Arts for the Parks Show 1993 - Poster for the Show (Note card made of second entry)

                Show poster commissioned for the 1988 Wild Rivers Festival

                Book jacket cover art for ‘A Roadside Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park ’

                First painter chosen as Artist in Residence at Rocky Mountain National Park - 1986

                Show Poster for the 1985 Wilderness Art Exhibit

                Three Top Awards in 1984 New Mexico Professional Art Exhibit including Best of Show

1991 Ford Motor Company commissioned a painting as part of a promotion for the release of two new cars.

FEATURE ARTICLES:

                Western Art Collector Magazine – February 2008          

                Southwest Art Magazine - May 2006 and April l989

                The Artist’s Magazine - February 2005 (Cover Artist),

                International Artist Magazine - August 2004 (Cover Artist)

                American Artist Magazine - December 1998 (Cover Artist)

                Art of the West Magazine - November 1991

                Focus Magazine - April 1991

                Art Business News - October 1989

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

                The Knox Galleries - Beaver Creek Resort and Denver, CO

                The Willow Gallery - Scottsdale, AZ

                Sage Creek Gallery - Santa Fe, NM

                J. Willott Gallery - Palm Desert, CA