Education:
Green Mountain College 1952 AS in art
Saint Mary College, Leavenworth, Ks. 1979 BA in Art, minor in history
University of Kansas 1980, 81 postgraduate study in painting and drawing
Study: George Washington University, D. C, University of Maryland, Heidelberg, Germany, various histories, German language
The Torpedo Factory in Alexandria (Subsidized Art Center of the Washington area)
Extensive Figure study in open studio format, Pastel and Oil
Has studied in a workshop format with; Albert Handel (former head of the American Pastel society), Burt Silverman, Charles Read, Claude Croney, Robert Wade, Alex Powers, Chen Ki Chee
Award winning Artist Member of the Virginia Watercolor Society
Teaching:
Peninsula Fine Arts center; Lecture and demonstration
Watercolor/watermedia (continuing series format)
Figure in all media
Workshops: Life Drawing, Portraiture, “Flowers in Watercolor”
This Century Art Gallery: “Watercolor Plus”
Green Mountain College VT ’00, Visiting Faculty Workshop “Painting Vermont”
Bay School of the Arts; Nature and Flowers in Watercolor;
Calligraphy, Design Concepts, Drawing, Color in Abstraction
Blue Skies Gallery: Watercolor; Brush painting for children
Judge, Lecturer and Teacher (including workshops) to various art groups in the area to include Rappahannock Art League, Chesapeake Art League Suffolk Museum, Bay School of the Arts, Various Public Schools, and senior organizations
Galleries: Prince Royal Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia,: Blue Skies Gallery, Hampton, Virginia, , Rappahannock Art League, Kilmarnock, Virginia, Gallery on the York, Yorktown, Virginia
Shows: Virginia Watercolor Society: 94, 95, 96, 98,99*,00, 01’02, 03, 04 ,05, 06; Southern Watercolor Society 04: Bay Days 05* *(awards)