Artist, Studio in Hillsborough, NC
“How did these beautiful rainbow-tints get into the shell of our fresh-water clam, buried in the mud at the bottom of our dark river?” - Henry D. Thoreau
Art Exhibitions and Awards:
*Solo exhibit, 20 paintings, NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2008.
*NC Landscape juried exhibition “SCOPE,” Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2008.
*Juried Professional Membership awarded by Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC. 2008
*Dimensions 2008 national juried exhibit, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC. 2008
*Duke Health Hospital/Visual Art Exchange community exhibit, 16 paintings, Raleigh, NC. 2008.
*Somerhill Gallery Holiday Art Exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC 2007.
*Junior League of Raleigh juried“Carolina Scenes Art Exhibition,” two paintings accepted, NC 2007.
*Visual Art Exchange juried “N.E.W.” exhibition, Honorable Mention, Raleigh, NC 2007.
* Friends of Riverbend Park juried “paint-out” on the Potomoc River, Great Falls, Virginia 2007.
* Visual Art Exchange juried NC Landscape exhibition “Scope,” Raleigh, NC 2007.
* The Wilmington Art Association Annual Spring Art Exhibition, juried, two pieces accepted, Wilmington, NC 2007.
* “Holiday Art Exhibition,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
* “The American Landscape,” national juried exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, two paintings accepted, 2006.
* “Aquatica,” group show invitational, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
* Purchase of existing art, juried, Orange County Arts Commission, NC, selected the watercolor “Box Elder” for purchase, 2006.
* “hills.valleys.vistas.views.art,” invitational five-person landscape painting exhibition, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 2006.
* “Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands,” two paintings in juried exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC, 2006.
* “Holiday Art Exhibition,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005.
* ”Face Value,” juried exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, 2005.
* ”Art as If the Earth Mattered,” national juried exhibition, Asheville, NC Arts Council, 2005.
* “Best In North Carolina,” 2nd place Oil Painting, Best of Book Series, Kennedy Promotions, Juried Competition, 2005.
* Granted artist residency for September 2005, Glen Arbor, Michigan (Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore).
* Radius 250, juried exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, VA, 2005.
* Community Council for the Arts national juried exhibition, Kinston, NC, 2005.
* “Representing Representation,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005.
* Fifth Biennial Coastal Plains Juried Show, Arts Council of Wilson, Wilson, NC, 2005 (nine paintings shown).
* Juried Exhibition, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004.
* “Holiday Art Exhibition,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004.
* Associated Artists of Winston-Salem “State of the Art,” NC juried show, 2004; “Dimensions 2000,” national juried show, purchase award.
* Watercolor Society of North Carolina juried show (winner of Da Vinci Paint Company Award), Boone, 2004; Manteo, 2000.
* ”The New Familiar,” two-artist plein air landscape painting exhibition at the historic Burwell School, Hillsborough, NC, 2004.
* “Through Women’s Eyes, Chapel Hill (NC) Women’s Center statewide juried exhibition, 2004, 2000, 1995.
* North Carolina Arts Gallery, invitational group show, Carrboro, NC, 2004.
* “One Hundred Under Five Hundred,” invitational group show at Lee Hansley Gallery, 2004, 2003, Raleigh, NC.
* “Best in the Triangle,” juried exhibition, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2004.
* Orange County Open Studio Tour, NC, 1996-1998, 2000-2004.
* Awarded Emerging Artist grants from Durham Arts Council,NC, 1994, 1999.
* Centerfest arts festival (juried), Durham, NC, 2000-2003, three purchase awards, third place two-dimensional art award, 2002.
* Airlie Gardens arts festival (juried), Wilmington, NC, 2003.
* Chapel Hill “Arts ‘Round Town” arts festival, selected as a “featured artist,” 2003.
* Chapel Hill Museum group exhibition of paintings from the Coker Arboretum (invitational); painting included in book about the Arboretum, 2003.
* Artsplosure arts festival (juried), Raleigh, NC 2002, 2001.
* ”Eno River Paintings” solo exhibition, Hillsborough Artists Cooperative Gallery, NC, 2002.
* Durham Arts Council “Traditional Painters” exhibition, 2001; faculty exhibition, 2000.
* Chapel Hill/Carrboro ArtsCenter, NC, faculty show, 2001; watercolor artists group exhibition, 1999; solo exhibition, 1995.
* Blowing Rock “Art in the Park” juried arts festival, 2001.
* Chapel Hill, NC, Public Arts Commission shows 1995,1996, 1999.
* Solo portrait exhibition, Hillsborough Artists Cooperative Gallery, NC, 2000.
* ”Autumnal,” solo exhibition of landscape paintings, Green Tara Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2000.
* Bradiggins Arts & Crafts Gallery, solo exhibition, Hillsborough, NC, 1998.
* Orange County Historical Museum” solo exhibitions, Hillsborough, NC, 1995, 1998.
* Carteret Contemporary Art Gallery, Morehead City, NC 1995-1997.
* Horace Williams House juried group exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC, 1996.
* ”Peak Week” arts festival, Apex, NC, awarded blue ribbon, 1995.
* Art Connection,” Oxford Book Store, Atlanta, GA, 1994.
* 14th Annual Philadelphia Art Show, PA, 1994.
* Wake Visual Arts Association “N.E.W.” exhibition, juried, Raleigh, NC 1994.
* Corporate Collections:
BB&T, Hillsborough, NC, RTM Corporation, Atlanta, GA.
Other:
* Eno River painting selected for limited edition lithographic print for Eno River Association, Durham, NC, 2003, and another for calendar cover.
* Led public “Drawathon” at “Last Friday” arts celebration in downtown Hillsborough, NC, 2003.
* Painted 12 historical portraits in artist Michael Brown’s mural in Orange County courthouse, Hillsborough, NC 2003.
* Commissioned to paint oil portrait of Judge Walter Henderson, public hanging of portrait in Trenton, NC, courthouse, 2003.
* Featured in documentary “Troubled Waters,” UNC-TV, 2003.
* Co-founder of Hillsborough Arts Council’s “Last Fridays” monthly arts celebration, 1999.
* Painted 15 historical portraits in artist Michael Brown’s mural in the Greensboro Public Library, NC, 1998.
* Awarded commission to paint two judges’ portraits in oil by local bar association, portraits of Judge Patricia Love and Judge Stanley Peele hang in the Orange County Courthouse, 1996.
*UNC Athletic Association commissions to draw charcoal portraits of All-American wrestlers, 1995.
* Signal Books, Chapel Hill, commission to draw illustrations for book of poetry by Elisavietta Ritchie, 1995.
Gallery Representation: Somerhill Gallery, Durham, NC. www.somerhill.com.