Education
1979 University of Maryland, Art Department, College Park, MD, MFA Degree.
1972 East Carolina University, School of Art, Greenville, NC, BFA Degree.
1969 Louisburg College, Louisburg, NC, AA Degree.
Teaching
1991-2015 Alamance Community College, Design Instructor, Advertising & Graphic Design Department
1986-1991 Alamance Community College, Department Head, Advertising & Graphic Design Department
1986 Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts, Winston-Salem, NC.
1984 NC School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC.
1980-1983 East Carolina University, School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC.
1977-1979 University of Maryland, Art Department, Teaching Assistantship, College Park, MD.
Independent Programs
2014 Warm Heart Hope, Literacy and Teaching Art Mission Trip, Malawi, Africa
2013 Publisher’s Plein Air Invitational, Paul Smiths College of the Adirondacks, Saranac Lake, NY.
2001 Vermont Studio School, Summer Residency Program, Johnson, VT.
1983 Yaddo Corporation, Fellowship Award, Saratoga Springs, NY.
1981 National Endowment for Humanities Grant, Photographer, NC History Project, Martin County, NC.
1979 Skowhegan School of Painting, Scholarship Award, Skowhegan, ME.
1976 Studio School of New York, Summer Program, Paris, FR.
1975 Brooklyn Museum School of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
1974 Art Student League, Summer Residency Program, Woodstock, NY.
Solo-Exhibitions
2022 The Edge Gallery, Down East Light, Wilson, NC.
2021 Craven Allen Gallery, Chasing Light, 2-Person Show, Durham, NC.
2019 Lumpkin Gallery, Down East Paintings, Louisburg College, Louisburg, NC.
2019 Castalia at Meadowmont, Lobby Gallery, Curated by DAG, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 HagerSmith Design Gallery, Down East Paintings, Raleigh, NC.
2012 Saladelia Café, Durham, NC.
2010 Captain White House, Alamance County Arts Council, Graham, NC.
2009 Saladelia Café, Durham, NC.
2006 Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
2004 Fayetteville Art Museum, Fayetteville, NC.
2000 Greenville Art Museum, Greenville, NC.
1994 Sims Art Center Gallery, Brevard College, Brevard, NC.
1991 Marita Gilliam Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
1987 Theater Art Gallery, High Point, NC.
1982 Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, Porch Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
1976 Schinler Gallery, Richmond, VA.
1975 Northern New Jersey Art Center, Tenafly, NJ.
1973 Ghent Gallery of Contemporary Art, Norfolk, VA.
Group Shows
2022 Resolutions 2022, Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Juror: Linda Dougherty, NCMA, Hillsborough, NC.
2022 FALC 27thJuried Exhibition, Juror: Jennifer Dasal, NCMA curator, Cary, NC.
2022 68th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
2021 Craven Allen Gallery, Chasing Light, 2-Person Show, Craven Allen Gallery, Durham, NC.
2021 Frank Gallery, 10 Artist Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jennifer Dasal, NCMA curator, Chapel Hill, NC.
2020 Winter Show 2020 Invitational, NC Artist, GreenHill Gallery, Greensboro, NC.
2020 Resolutions 2020, Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Juror: Katie Ziglar, Hillsborough, NC.
2019 65th Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Arts Guild, Juror: Emily Stamey, Durham, NC.
2019 Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville Then and Now, Juried Competition Finalist, Greenville, NC.
2018 Pleiades Gallery, “Truth to Power 6”, Competition Finalist, juried by Sarah Schroth, Durham, NC.
2017 22nd Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts League of Cary, Honorable Mention, Cary, NC.
2017 Carrack Gallery, The Community Show, Durham, NC.
2016 Sims Art Center Gallery, "Mindful Places" Group Show, Brevard College, Brevard, NC.
2015 NC Artist Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Duke Energy Center, Raleigh, NC.
2014 Visual Arts Exchange, Group Show, Raleigh, NC.
2014 59th Annual Juried Art Show, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC.
2013 Barton Art Galleries, “Convergence” Group Show, Barton College, Wilson, NC.
2013 Pleiades Gallery, “Truth to Power” communicating messages of social justice, Durham, NC.
2013 Plein Air Invitational Exhibit, Paul Smiths College of the Adirondacks, Saranac Lake, NY.
2013 NC Artist Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Duke Energy Center, Raleigh, NC.
2013 Visual Arts Exchange, NC Landscape Competition, Raleigh, NC.
2012 Juried Art Show, “Environmental Degradation,” Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
2009 Elder Gallery, Juried Competition “Carolina’s Got Art,” Charlotte, NC
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