Resume

Education

1984 - 1981   Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawiing
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1981 - 1979   Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1969 - 1967   French and Spanish studies
Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas

1984 – 1982   Graduate Assistant in the Photography Lab
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1984 - 1982    Louisiana State University, Leisure class instructor
Painting and Drawing
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1983 - 1984   Graduate Assistant, Instructor in Drawing
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Awards

  • 2007   "Lallah Perry Most Innovative" Award Mississippi Art Colony Juror: Holly Roberts, artist New Mexico (spring)
  • 2006   "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (body of work executed while at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: David Horton, Professor of Art Nicholls State University Thibodaux, Louisiana
  • 2003   "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (for a body of work executed which at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: Ron Porkrasso
  • 2002   "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (body of work executed while at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: Bob Bergusen, Professor of Art, Louisiana Tech University (Spring)
  • 2002   "State of Louisiana, Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development Mini Grant" Recipient (October)
  • 2001   "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (for a body of work executed while at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: Hugh Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama (Fall)
  • 2001   "Honorable Mention" "Zigler Museum of Art Juried Competition Juror: Elmore Morgan, Jr., Professor Emeritus Louisiana State University at Lafayette
  • 2000   "Purchase Award" Mississippi Art Colony (Fall)

Residencies - Workshops - Conferences

Beverly, MA  6th International Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College

Costa Rica: Walter Bartman, Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park, Maryland  Plein-aire Workshop

Beverly, MA 4th International Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College                  

China,  Art Base, Shaanxi Province: Wan Ding, Professor at the Xian Art Institute "Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy"

Italy:  Hugh Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University "Painting the Landscape"

Biloxi, MS: Paula Roland "Encaustic mono- printing"

St. Francisville, LA: Elmore Morgan, Jr. "Painting the Landscape"                                                         

Mississippi Art Colony:

  • 2007-spring    Holly Roberts, New Mexico artist
  • 2006-fall        David Horton, Prof of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA:
  • 2005-spring    Holly Roberts, New Mexico artist
  • 2004-fall        Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Prof of Art, UC Berkley, CA
  • 2004-spring    Joseph A. Smith, Prof of Fine Art, Pratt Institute author and illustrator
  • 2003-spring    Ron Pokrasso, Mixed-media artist, printmaker and teacher, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2003-spring    David Horton, Prof of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
  • 2002-fall        Johnnie Winona Ross, Artist, Santa Fe, NM
  • 2001-fall        Hugh Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  • 2000-fall        Walter Crump, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
  • 2000-fall        Robert Berguson, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA