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SELECT AWARDS
  • Louisiana Watercolor Society Member Show, New Orleans, LA 2000, Third
  • Experimental Artists of Alabama, B'ham, AL 2002, Third
  • Experimental Artists of Alabama, B'ham, AL 2003, Third
  • Mixed Media, Guntersville Art Council, AL 2004 First
  • Mid-Southern Watercolor Society 2004 Jetletter Award
  • Wyoming 20th National Exhibition, 2005, Second
  • Georgia Watercolor Society Member Exhibition 2006
  • Open Show Oak Ridge Art Center 2006, HM
  • Knoxville Watercolor Society Scholarship Award, University of Tennessee 2006
  • Open Show, Oak Ridge Art Center, 2007, HM
  • Watercolor Society of Alabama 2007, Strathmore Paper Award
  • Newell-Hendershot Watercolor Exhibition 2007, Different Strokes Award
  • Watercolor Society of Alabama, 2008, Award
  • Georgia Watercolor Society, 2008, Award
  • Watercolor USA, 2008, Patron Purchase
  • Experimental Artists of Alabama, 2008, Award
  • Valdosta National Invitational, 2009, Third
  • Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, 2009 Patron Purchase

EXHIBTIONS
(currently or in the past):
  • Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans
  • Period Gallery in Omaha, NE
  • Dab-ov-al Jewels, Sedona, AZ
  • Blount Mansion, Knoxville, TN
  • Owl Tree Gallery, Lenoir City, TN
  • Susan Keys Gallery, Knoxville, TN
  • Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
  • Maghee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN
  • Arts & Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN
  • Oak Ridge Art Museum, Oak Ridge, TN
  • Three Flights Up Gallery, Knoxville, TN
  • University of Tennessee Library, TN
  • University of Tennessee Art Bldg
  • A1Lab Arts Gallery, Knoxville, TN
  • Rodman Townsend Gallery, Candy Factory
  • Arts & Culture Alliance, Rodman Townsend Gallery
  • Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
  • Artist of the Month in July of 1999, Arts Council of Greater Knoxville
  • Peter's Jewelers, Oak Ridge, TN
  • Co-Artist of the Month, December 2005, Arts & Culture Alliance
  • 1010 Gallery, November 2007 Knoxville, TN
  • A1LabArts, June, 2008
  • Three Flights Up Gallery, August, 2008
  • Knoxville Museum of Art, March, 2009
  • Oak Ridge Art Museum, January, 2009
  • Deka Bakari Gallery, June, 2009
  • Blount Mansion Visitor Center, June 2009
    Work in both corporate and private collections across the country

    Workshops under noted artists

  • Marilyn Hughey Phillis, AWS, NWS, SWS
  • Margaret Mary Miller, AWS, NWS
  • Polly Hammett, AWS, NWS, SWS
  • Maxine Masterfield, AWS, NWS, SWS, ISEA
  • Miles Batt, AWS, NWS
  • Anne Bagby, AWS, NWS
  • Cheng-Kee Chee, AWS, NWS
  • Mary Todd Beam, AWS, NWS
  • Paul Jackson, AWS, NWS
  • Carrie Burns Brown, SWS, NWS

    FORMAL EDUCATION

  • University of Tennessee, BFA, Studio Art, Painting, Art History, Magna Cum Laude

    The artist has lead workshops in experimental water media,
    curated and juried exhibitions in

  • Oregon
  • Texas
  • Tennessee
  • Mississippi
  • Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
  • Hill Country Art Foundation, Kerrville Art Association, Kerrville, TX
  • Newell-Hendershot Exhibition, TnWS, Katuaga Art Association
  • Bristol Art Association, Bristol, TN;
  • Athens Art Council, Athens, TN
  • Student High School Art Show, Athens, TN
  • Etowah Arts Council, TN
  • Student Hight School Art Show, Etowah, TN;
  • TN Scholastic Art Exhibition, Knoxville, TN;
  • Forest Grove Art Association, Forest Grove, OR;
  • Fairfield Glade Art Association,
  • Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville, curated several of their exhibitions.

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    ACRYLICS   OILS   COLLAGE   WEAVINGS  

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