Artistic History:

 

Workshops with: Joseph Fettingis, Jerry Smith, William Borden, Robert Eberle, Rob O’Dell, Ronald Mack, Joel Knapp. Robert Farlow, Randall Scott Harden, Robert Hoffman, David Slonim, Carolyn Anderson, John Michael Carter, Kenneth Cadwallader

 

Awards: 2001 Honeywell Center Nine County Art Show 3^rd Place Painting

                2001 Ventures in Creativity Exhibition(Fort Wayne Art Guild) juried into show

            2001 Indiana State Fair honorable mention in non professional art watercolor,  Manfred
                     and Jeanette Witt’s Director’s Choice Award

            2002 Ventures in Creativity Exhibition 1^st place watercolor

            2002 Artlink juried into annual regional show

            2002 Hoosier Salon 78^th Annual Exhibition at the Indiana State Museum juried into show

            2002 Heartland Art Show juried into show Plymouth, Indiana

            2002 Sunflower Festival Art Show Valparaiso, Indiana juried into show

            2003 Honeywell Center Nine County Art Show honorable mention

            2003 Ventures in Creativity Exhibition juried into show

            2003 IHA (Indiana Heritage Arts)25^th Anniversary show in Brown County juries into show

            2003 Whitley County Art Guild show 1^st place oil painting

            2003 Indiana State Fair juried into professional oil painting division

            2004 Honeywell Center Nine County Art Show honorable mention

            2004 Whitley County Art Guild  show peoples choice award, honorable mention oil, 2^nd            

                     place watercolor

            2005 Honeywell Center Nine County Art Show honorable mention

            2005 First Brush of Spring Plein Air Contest painting division honorable mention

            2005 IU Kokomo regional show juried into show

            2005 Artlink regional show juried into the show

            2005 IPAPA Juried Member Show merit award

            2005 Indiana State Fair juried into oil  and watercolor

2005 LIW Cargo Gallery Invitational Painting Historic Manitou Springs, Colorado paint

                     out and show

            2005 Participated in the Mastodon Project for K&K Insurance the mastodon was

                     displayed in front of the coliseum in Fort Wayne           

            2006 Watercolor Society of Indiana Annual Exhibit juried into show divisions

            2006 OPAS Juried Member Show at Schumacher Gallery in Columbus, Ohio honorable

                     mention

            2007 Elkart Juried Regional Show Warrick and Boyn Purchase Award

            2008 Honeywell Center Nine County Art Show 1^st place painting

            2008 Artlink Guitar Show showcased on web site

            2008 Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit juried into show

            2008 Ventures in Creativity Exhibition juried into show

            2008 Honeywell Black and White Show merit award

            2008 Indiana State Fair juried into drawing, pastel, watercolor and oil painting

            2008 LaFontaine Arts Council Regional Show and Huntington University best of show

            2009 Honeywell Center Nine County Art Show juried into show

            2009 OPA Juried into Oil Painters of America