AWARDS AND EXHIBITS
2023. "Hold Your Horses" Invitational Exhibit at the Phippen Museum, Prescott, Arizona.
2022. The Governor's Art Show, Loveland Colorado.
2022. "Above the Clouds" exhibit at The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming.
2022. "Hold Your Horses" Invitational Exhibit at the Phippen Museum, Prescott, Arizona.
2021. "Hold Your Horses" Invitational Exhibit at the Phippin Museum, Prescott, Arizona.
2019. Featured in 2020 Colorado National Monument Annual Art Calendar
2018. Juried in to Colorado Showcase in Parker, Colorado.
2018. "Sunrise Burst at Bosque" invited to hang at American Association for the Advancement of Science headquarters in Washington, DC.
2016. Best Acrylic in FASO Bold Brush Competition. September, 2016. Gliding Home.
2016. Juried into National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society Online International Exhibit. Back to Bosque.
2016. Juried into the 35th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Sale. Coyote on the Kiva.
2015. Profiled in Colorado Life Magazine; March/April 2015 issue.
2015. Participating painter in 3-artist show: Fly Away Home. Main Street Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado. March, 2015.
2014. Third Place, Women Artists of the West Annual Show. San Diego, California.
2014. Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Exhibit. University of Colorado Museum of Natural Science. April 19-September 25,.
2014. Profiled in Southwest Art Magazine, March issue.
2014. Profiled in Western Art Collector Magazine, March issue.
2014. Profiled in Colorado Country Life, February issue.
2013. Featured artist in Western Art Collector Magazine, November issue.
2013. Feature article in Visual Language Magazine, September 2101.
2013. Featured in special section “Women In Art” in August issue of Southwest Art Magazine.
2013. Featured in article on WAOW annual show in the July issue of American Art Collector Magazine.
2012. 2nd Place Professional. Brush and Palette Club Member Show. Lilies on the Windowsill.
2012. First Place. Mesa County Fair Art Show. County Fair.
2011. Honorable Mention, Artist’s Magazine International Competition. Under the Surface.
2011. First Bloom Exhibit, Brushstrokes Gallery, Denver, CO. Late Afternoon Sun.
2010. Paint America Top 100. A Fine Day in Meeker.
2010. Paint the Parks Top 100. Little Brown Bird.
2010. Lincoln Center 19th Annual Art Exhibition, Fort Collins, Colorado. October Afternoon on the Redlands.
2010. Paint America Top 100. Up!
2010. Meeker Classic Annual International Art Contest, Meeker, Colorado. A Fine Day in Meeker.
2009. Paint America Top 100. Sunrise Burst at Bosque.
2006. Meeker Classic Annual International Art Contest, Meeker, Colorado.
Working the Release Pen. People’s Choice Award.
2006. International Animals in Art Competition, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA. Geese at Corn Lake.
2005. Finalist, American Artist Magazine Cover Competition. From Meeker to Sleepy Cat.
2005. Meeker Classic Annual International Art Contest, Meeker, Colorado. Crossing the Chalk Line. First Place.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND TRAINING
2015-Present. Member, National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society
2013-Present. Member, National Guild of Science and Nature Illustrators
2011-Present. Member, Women Artists of the West.
2005. Studied wildlife painting with Terry Isaac, Daniel Smith, Paco Young, and John Banovich at BearTooth School of Art, Big Sky, MT.
2007. Studied oil painting techniques with Robert Johnson at Fechin Institute, Taos, NM.
2010. Studied landscape painting techniques with Matt Smith, Grand Junction, CO.
2011. Studied plein air techniques with Guido Frick, Grand Junction, CO.
Member Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Member Daily Painters of Colorado.
Member of Contemporary Fine Artists International.
Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Art from Western Illinois University.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Blue Pig Gallery, Palisade, CO
