Bio and Resume

Born and raised in Northern Virginia, my exposure to art began early - being in close proximity to the abundant resources of the Nation's Capital provided the opportunity for many school field trips to various museums and galleries. My encouragement goes back in time to my high school art teacher, Ray Wilkins. With his help, I applied for and received a semester scholarship at the Corcoran School of Art in 1973 where my painting instructor was Gene Davis. As all of the students around me were pouring paint on raw canvas on the floor, I was creating landscapes and figure paintings.

The plan was that after high school, I would attend a few years at the community college and then see about possibly transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University to finish my art studies. But you know what they say about the best laid plans...

And so it was that I married in 1974 at the age of 19, had our first daughter at age 21 and the second at age 25. I worked full time for the local county government from 1976 until my retirement in January of 2006. I am now able to do my art full time.

As you will see from my resume, through the years I strived to keep my art as active a part of my life as possible. I hope to be creating art and growing as an artist for many years to come and look forward to sharing my artwork with you.   

Resume

Education
Degrees:
            1990 – Associate in Arts, Fine Arts – Northern Virginia Community College – Suma Cum Laude

Studies:
            1973 – Painting – Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. – Gene Davis, Instructor
            1976 – Painting – Us Too Studios, Fairfax, Virginia
            2004 – Current – Independent Painting – The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia – John Blee, Instructor

Galleries

Gallery West
1213 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Organizations

• Associate Member of the Workhouse Artists Association, Lorton, Virginia
• Member League of Reston Artists
• Member Art League, Alexandria, Virginia
• Member The Arts Council of Fairfax County
  

Solo Shows and Displays:
            2007 - "From Brush to Canvas" - Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, Oakton, Virginia
            2008 - Display of Work at the offices of Integrated Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy, Lansdowne, Virginia

Group Shows:
            2008 - LRA Members March Exhibit at the University of Phoenix, Reston, Virginia
            2008 - "BIG WORKS! small too!" - League of Reston Artists, Penzance Companies, Reston, Virginia
            2008 - "Garden in the Gallery" - Capitol Arts Network Juried Show, Bethesda, Maryland
            2008 - Gallery West at River Farm - Alexandria, Virginia
            2007 - "Small Works" - Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg, Virginia 
            2007 - "art de-fined" - League of Reston Artists, Penzance Company, Reston, Virginia
            2007 - "Paint and Beyond" - National Center Gallery, US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
            2007 - "Summertime" - Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg, Virginia
            2007 - "artReston" - League of Reston Artists Annual Juried Exhibition, Jo Ann Rose Gallery, Reston, Virginia 
            2007 - "Embrace Art" - League of Reston Artists, Jo Ann Rose Gallery, Reston, Virginia
            2007 - "The Art League School Student/Faculty Show" - The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
            2007 - "League of Reston Artists All Media Membership Show" - The Art Institute of Washington Gallery, Arlington, Virginia 
            2006 – “Fall into the Arts” – Leesburg, Virginia – Juried
            2006 – “Sunday Seven” – Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, Oakton, Virginia
            2006 – The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
            2004 – “EAC Art Show” – Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia
            2003 – “EAC Art Show” – Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia
            2002 – “EAC Art Show” – Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia
            2001 – “EAC Art Show” – Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia
            2000 – “EAC Art Show” – Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia
            1999 – “EAC Art Show” – Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia
            1998 – “EAC Art Show” – Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia
            1985 – Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, Virginia
            1976 – Us Too Studio, Fairfax, Virginia