About the Artist
Artist Statement
My love for art began when I was young because I had a mother and grandmother who were both adept at it and enjoyed doing it. They gained respect for their work and I gained an appreciation for their love of the challenge and rewards of creating. It is my passion and feel fortunate to be able devote my life to it. I earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Art Education and have been practicing and learning in a variety of different mediums ever since. From oils to pastels, drawing and watercolor, every painting is a challenge I cherish.
Being raised on a small ranch in Montana by one of the "old cowboys" gave me a love for the history of our country and an appreciation of the outdoors. It is outside that I do the majority of my painting learning nature through observation. Belonging to a plein air and life drawing organizations allows the opportunity to paint with some amazing artists.
Awards and publications
- Women Artist Art Collector Magazine March Edition 2024
- American Art Collector magazine June 2020 Midwest Artists
- American Art Collector magazine September 2020 Landscape Artists
- Southwest Art Magazine "Ones to Collect" section of the October 2018 issue
- White River Plein Air, Cotter, Arkansas Third place in works on paper 2015
- White River Plein Air, Cotter, Arkansas 2011 - Honorable Mention and 2012 received First place and Peoples Choice award in mediums on paper
- Purchase Award - Waverly House Gifts and Gallery "Tiny Treasures too" Show, Springfield, Missouri
- Three limited edition prints
- Two book covers
- Cover of quilting publication
Professional Memberships
- American Women Artists - Signature Member
- Mid-America Pastel Society
- Pencil Art Society
- Art Renewal Center
- Springfield Plein Air
- Springfield Life Drawing Group
- Watercolor USA Honor Society
- Pastel Society of America
- Oklahoma Pastel Society
- American Artists Professional League - elected member
- Portrait Society of America
- Red Rock Pastel Society
Juried Exhibition
- 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards - American Art Awards Placed in 5 different catagories
- Third place in Realism on the Hudson March/April 2024 Howland Cultural Center, Beacon N.Y.
- Realism on the Hudson Fall 2023 American Artists Professional League Beacon, N.Y.
- Watercolor Now August - October 2022 - Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas
- 94th Grand National Exhibit- November 2022 -Salmagundi Club of New York
- Art and Science of Botanical Illustration - Arts Guild of Old Forge - View - December 2022 - March 2023 Old Forge, New York
- American Art Awards 2021 Tied 2nd place Category 23 Tied 5th place category 32
- Watercolor USA 2021 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
- Red Rocks Pastel Society 2021 Online Show
- MidAmerica Pastel Society Online Show 2021
- American Art Awards 2020 Tied 5th place Portrait Category
- Oklahoma Pastel Society 2020 Online show
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- Mid America Pastel Society Online Pastel Show October 2020
- Solo Show at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri September/October 2020
- The Brick Lane Gallery - London, England "Works on Paper Show " September 18, 2019 - September 29, 2019
- Pastel Society of North Carolina International Juried Online Show "Pure Color" 2019
- Watercolor USA Honor Society "Watercolor Now 2018" exhibit October/November 2018 - Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
- American Art Awards - Juried by 25 top galleries in the United States -4th and 5th place in Category 10 2018
- "Trees" Exhibit - Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, Illinois 2018
- American Women Artist 2018 Online Show
- Manifest Gallery - "Arboreal " Show Cincinnati, Ohio, November - December 2017
- Watercolor USA 2012, 2015, 2016 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
- Uart Paper Online Show 2 pastels accepted 2016 and Honorable Mention 2017
- All Things Birds and Beautiful, Orcas Island, Washington - April/May 2015
- "Blues" - juried show Waverly House Gifts and Gallery, June 2015, Springfield, Missouri
- American Women Artist National Juried Show, November 2015, David Bonner Gallery, Scotsdale, Arizona
- Mid-America Pastel Society Show, Tim Murphy Gallery, Merriam, Kansas September 2014
- May 2014 invitational mentoring program with Albert Handell in Carmel, California with an exhibition July 2014 at Mountainsong Gallery, Carmel, California
- 2010 MOAK 4 State Regional Show, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
- 2008 - "Tiny Treasures Too" Waverly House Gifts and Gallery, Purchase Award, Springfield, Missouri
- 2009 Best of Missouri Show, Marceline, Missouri
- Cody Country Art League Show, Cody, Wyoming 1990, 1991
- CMR Russell Museum Benefit Art Show, Great Falls, Montana 1990
- 1991 Collector Society of Western and Wildlife Art Show, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Western Heritage Art Show, Great Falls, Montana 1982 - 1991