Signature Memberships:
American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, and the Societies of Virginia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Western Colorado, Baltimore, & Philadelphia
Selected Honors:
2011 WCWS Rockies West National "Hotchkiss Fine Arts Assn. Award"
2010 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society "Cheap Joe's Art Stuff Award"
2010 WCWS Rockies West National "Winsor Newton Award"
2009 Virginia Watercolor Society "Award of Excellence"
2009 Western Colorado Watercolor Society National "Canson, Inc. Award"
2008 Nominee Virginia Governor's Awards for the Arts
2008 National Watercolor Society All Member Show "Phil Dike Award"
2008 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional "Richeson & Co. Award"
2008 Missouri National "Award of Achievement"
2007 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional "PVW Award"
2006 Chosen One of 20 Emerging Artists by Watercolor Magazine
2005 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional "Qoro Award"
2004 & 2005 Philadelphia Watercolor Society "Newman Galleries Award for Excellence in Watercolor"
2004 American Watercolor Society International Exhibition "MarioCooper/Dale Meyers Medal"
1999 National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition "Watercolor West Award"
1996, 2000, 2009 Potomac Valley Watercolorists Best-in-Show
Recent Major Juried Exhibitions:
2000, 2006, 2008, 2010-12 NWS Signature & Associate Member Exhibitions
2001, 2004, 2006-12 Western Colorado Watercolor Society Nationals
2011 Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors
2010 Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition, Shanghai, PRC
2002, 2005-08, 2010-12 Watercolor Missouri Nationals
2006, 2010 - 2011 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society's Internationals
2001-02, 2004-09 Philadelphia Watercolor Society’s Internationals
2000, 2004-05, 2007-09 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regionals
1999, 2005, 2007 National Watercolor Society's 79, 85 & 87 Annual Exhibitions
2001, 2004, 2006 American Watercolor Society’s 134, 137 & 139 Exhibitions
2004-05 American Watercolor Society's Annual Traveling Exhibition
2000 National Watercolor Society's Travel Show Exhibition
2001, 2003-10, 2012 Virginia Watercolor Society’s Annual Jurored Exhibitions
Publications:
Multiple works in Eyes on: Landscapes, Blaze Hill Press, 2012.
Multiple works in Best of America Watercolor Artists, Kennedy Publishing, 2012, pp. 66 - 67.
"Frond Flow No. 2," The Artistic Touch 4, Creative Art Press, 2010, p. 114.
Who's Who in American Art, Marquis, 2010 - Present.
Multiple works in "Elements of Play" by Evelyn HT Gardett in élan, November, 2008, Cover & pp. 50 – 52.
"Glory Bound No. 3," Watercolor, Fall, 2006, pp. 110 - 111.
"Glory Bound No. 3," American Artist, May, 2006, p. 9.
"Palm Sun Day," International Artist, August/September, 2004, p. 17.
"Palm Sun Day," American Artist, July, 2004, p. 4.
"Congratulations," Splash 5: Best of Watercolor The Glory of Color, North Light Books, 1998, p. 106.
"Battenburg Roses," Best of Watercolor Painting Composition, Rockport Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 127.
"Sunset Pumpkin," Flowers in Watercolor, Rockport Publishers, 1996, p. 94.
Boards:
2003-04 & 2008-09 Virginia Watercolor Society
1993-03 Potomac Valley Watercolorists & 1992-94 Vienna Arts Society
1993-98 VA Chapter/Council ΔΚΓ International Honor Society of Professional Women Educators
Judge/Juror/Speaker:
2011 Gallery Talk - Central VA Watercolor Guild, Charlottesville, VA
2011 Workshop - Painting on Imprinted Gesso, PVW, Arlington, VA
2011 Selection/Awards Juror - Springfield Art Guild Fall Show, Alexandria, VA
2011 Selection/Awards Juror - Central VA Watercolor Guild Annual, Charlottesville, VA
2010 Selection/Awards Juror - WV Mountain State Forest Festival, Elkins, WV
2008 Guest Speaker - Bon Air Artists Association, Richmond, VA
2007 Awards Juror - Washington Watercolor Society, Vienna, VA
2007 Awards Juror - Bon Air Artists Association, Richmond, VA
2007 Awards Judge - League of Reston Artists, Reston, VA
2006 Guest Speaker - Mu Chapter ΔΚΓ, Springfield, VA
2005 Annual Critique - Vienna Arts Society, Vienna, VA
2005 Awards Judge - Vienna Arts Society Spring Art Exhibit, Vienna, VA
2001 Awards Juror - Fairfax Art League Spotlight on Arts Exhibit, Fairfax, VA
1995 Awards Juror - 48th National Capitol Orchid Soc. Art Show, Washington, D.C.
Education:
A. B., Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Graduate Studies, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
20+ Master Watercolor Workshops
Watercolor Teaching:
1992–2012 Fairfax County Public Schools, Adult & Community Edu., VA
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