Big Bend Arts Council
PO Box 1764, Alpine, TX 79831
Our world contains tremendous beauty, both in the extraordinary and in the common. In my quest to capture just a bit of what is around and put it on canvas, I have found that my life observation skills have expanded and intensified. This quest for beauty is my quest for life vision.
2012 Workshop with Milt Kobayashi, Scottsdale Artists’ School, AZ
2009 Five Month Life Drawing/Painting Study Program, The Ryder Studio NM
2008 Anatomy for Artists, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Nine Month Life Drawing/Painting Study Program, The Ryder Studio NM
2007 Figure & Portrait Drawing, Portrait Painting with Anthony Ryder, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Plein-air workshops with Timothy Wells,
1996 Pastel Portraiture with Perrin Sparks, Dallas, TX
1992 – 1999 Individual instruction with Alexandra Georgeon-Colin, Paris
Teaching2010- 2012 Adult Education Art Program, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine TX
2009 – Tutoring, The Ryder Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2002 – 2010 Individual lessons, Ashby & Allison Fine Art Gallery, Alpine, TX
2005 Palette Club, Midland, TX
1998 – 2000 Old Vicarage Plein-air workshops,
Exhibitions Solo Shows
2012 – “Putting on a New Face” CatchLight Art Gallery
2010 – “Portraying the Light in a 5x7” CatchLight Art Gallery
Alpine, TX
2009 – Ashby & Allison Galleries, Alpine, TX
2008 – Kchisos Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 – Martin’s Fine Jewelry, Odessa, TX
2003, 2006 – Ashby & Allison Galleries, Alpine, TX
2002 – Spirit of the West Gallery, Alpine, TX
2000 – Colleyville, TX
2000 – Euless, TX
1998,1999 – Place St. Michel Paris
1996 - Place de la Bastille Paris France
2010 – present CatchLight Art Gallery, Alpine, TX
2009 – Contemporary Realism, The Canyon Road Contemporary Art Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
2008 – “Vernissage” Ryder Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2008 – Ryder Studio Show at Harry’s Roadhouse, Santa Fe, NM
2007 – Kchisos Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 – 2007 Twin Souls Café Ft. Davis, TX
2003 through 2006 – Ashby & Allison Fine Art Galleries Alpine, TX
2004 – 6th Street Bakery, Alpine, TX
2004 – Oak Street Gallery Pecos, TX
2001 – 2002 Main Street Bread Baking Co., Grapevine, TX
Book Illustrations
2007 – “The Trip of a Lifetime” by Beth Leone Peabody, AuthorHouse
2007 – “Valerie” by Darrell West (proposal)
Public Art2007 – Exterior Mural, Alpine Medical Center Alpine, TX
2006 – Interior Mural, Alpine Valley Care Center Alpine, TX
2004 – Interior Mural, Alpine Christian School Alpine, TX
2001 – Interior Mural, Mantis Urban Market Grapevine, TX
Memberships
Portrait Society of America
Big Bend Arts Council