Masters of Fine Arts in Expanded Arts, Awarded two grants. Ohio State University, 1981.

B.A. in photography.  Deans list.  Completed B.A. in two years.  Ohio State University, 1975.

 
Awards and Recognitions

Best Watercolor, Arts in Harmony 2002, National Juried Art Show, Elk River Area Arts Council, Elk River, Minnesota.

Best of Show and First Place Professional Division, Second National Arts Program, Minneapolis, 2001.

Our Fair Carousel Board of Directors names carousel horse in my honor for the $35,000 in sales generated from poster made from my painting of the Cafesjian Carousel, 2000.  Governor Carlson awarded a commendation for this artwork, 1991.

First Honor in watercolor, gouache, casein and tempera division, Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, 1991. Second place 2001.  Third place 2011.  Honorable mention 1997.

Best of Show, Twin Cities Watercolor Society Annual Show, 1988, Honorable Mention 1989 and Merit Award (Blue Ribbon) 1990.

Merit Award, Bloomington Art Center, Juried Art Exhibition, 2002.  Fourth place 1992, honorable mentions 1990 & 2001.

Third Place, Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, 1976

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center, Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minnesota.  Wabi Sabi, a solo exhibition of paintings and drawings. January - February 2011.
 
Century College Art Gallery, White Bear Lake, MN, November - December 1998.

Bloomington Art Center at City Hall, Bloomington, MN, January - March 1996.

Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery, Minneapolis, July 1990.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Gallery, March - May 1990.

North Hennepin Community College Gallery, Minneapolis, April 1989.

Dakota Center for the Arts, South Saint Paul, MN, March 1988.

Selected Exhibitions, Museum Collections and Competitions

Coffman Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Two-person show.  (upcoming) December 2011-January 2012.

Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, permanent collection, 2011.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., permanent collection, 2010.

International Women’s Air & Space Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, permanent collection, 2009.

Deutsches Segelflugmuseum (National Soaring Museum of Germany), Wassserkuppe, Germany, permanent collection, 2003.

AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, permanent collection, 2003.

Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Foot in the Door Show, 2000, and The Other Foot in the Door Show, 1990, work on exhibition.

National Soaring Museum, Elmira, New York, permanent collection, 1999.

Minnesota State Fair, Annual Fine Arts Exhibitions, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2002.

Uptown Art, Minneapolis, 1994 to 2006, work on exhibition.

Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN, group exhibition, April - May 1990.

The Hadley House Galleries, Twin Cities Metro Area, work on exhibition, 1987-89.

Austin Community Gallery, Austin, MN, two-person show, 1985-86.

 
Selected Teaching, Jurying and Presentations

Judge.  Twin Cities Watercolor Spring Show, 1999.

Presentation.  The Safe Use of Pastels.  At Pastel Society, April 1998. 

Presentation.  Toxins in Watercolors.  At Twin Cities Watercolor Society.  January 1992; NorthStar Watercolor Society, November 1991; and Artists Del Norte, April 1991.

Televised Speech.  Artist Beware:  Toxins in Art Materials.  Two hour presentation at the Bloomington Art Center that aired on Bloomington Cable Channel, 1990.

Art Instructor.  Very Special Arts Minnesota & Independent School District 197, 1990.

Art Educator.  Bloomington Art Center.  Taught adults and children, 1987-10.

Instructor.  Austin Community College.  Taught introduction to design, 1985.

 
Publication

Cover illustration.  Soaring.  April 2004 & May 1994.  Watercolors published, April & May 1993.

Watercolors published.  Sailplane & Gliding.  England, April - May 2000 and February - March 2002.

Watercolor published.  Australian Gliding.  Autumn 2000. 

 
Reviews

WCCO TV and KARE 11 TV report on my painting.  August 2010

Park Bugle, article on my painting, May 2010

Soaring and Motorgliding Magazine, article, March 2010

Pioneer Press, article, March 5, 2010   

Roseville Review, front page article, February 2010

South Washington County Bulletin, front page article, February 2010

ArtCity, Minneapolis Cable Channels 34 and 14, January 2002.