ARTIST RESUME
Honors & Awards
2016 2nd Place NC Open Plein Air Festival Salisbury NC
2015 2nd Place NC Open Plein Air Festival Salisbury, NC
2014 1st Place Fall Plein Air Day Mt. Vale Vineyards Galax, VA
2012 Third Place Banner Elk Plein Air Competition Banner Elk, NC
2010 2nd Place Banner Elk Plein Air Competition Banner Elk, NC
2009 Best of Show 17th Annual Miniature Show Germanton Gallery, NC
2009 Second Place Banner Elk Plein Air Competition Banner Elk, NC
2009 Third Place & HM, Spring Plein Air Competition Mooresville Artists Guild, NC
2008 Finalist, Landscape Contest Feb-Mar Issue 59 International Artist Magazine
2007 Shirl Smithson Memorial Scholarship OPA, IL
2007 2nd Place, 1st Annual TRAC Paint Out Toe River Arts Council, NC
2006 Honorable Mention, “A Natural View” Exhibit Gaston County Art Guild, NC
2005 1st Place, Old Trucks and Art in the Park Cherryville, NC
2005 Jury’s Top Fifty, Salon International Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, TX
2004 1st Place, Observer Juried Exhibit Guild of Charlotte Artists, NC
Selected Exhibitions
2015 Plein Air Painters of the Southeast Exhbit, St. Simonds Island, GA
2015 Group Exhibit – Art Cellar Gallery, Banner Elk, NC
2014 Blue Ridge Realists Exhibit, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2014 Art on the Green Plein Air Exhibit Cashiers, NC
2013 American Impressionists Society - Exhibit, Charleston, SC
2012 Blue Ridge Realists - Group Exhibit Hickory Museum of Art, NC
2012 Annual Southeast Invitational Miniature Show Germanton Gallery, NC
2012 PAP-SE Group Exhibit, Smith-Killian Gallery Charleston, SC
2012 Art on the Green Plein Air Exhibit Cashiers, NC
2011 19th Annual Southeast Invitational Miniature Show Germanton Gallery, NC
2011 Western NC Plein Air Painters Exhibit Museum of Natural Hist. Raleigh, NC
2011 Painting NC Plein Air Exhibit Germanton Gallery, NC
2010 American Impressionist Society 11th Annual National Ex. Nashville, TN
2010 WNCPAP Group Exhibit, 16 Patton Gallery - Asheville, NC
2010 North Carolina Artists Exhibit, Juried Exhibit Raleigh, NC
2009 Annual Southeast Invitational Miniature Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2009 Art of the Blue Ridge Realists, Group Exhibit Gaston History Museum, NC
2009 Banner Elk Plein Air Paint Out & Sale The Art Cellar, NC
2009 Carolinas Salon des Refuses Elder Gallery, NC
2009 Annual Plein Air Show Group Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2008 Annual Southeast Invitational Miniature Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2008 OPA Eastern Regional Juried Exhibit Richland Fine Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 Annual Indiana Heritage Arts Juried Exhibit Brown County Art Museum, IN
2008 17th Annual OPA National Juried Exhibit Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
2008 Salon International Juried Exhibit Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, TX
2008 Annual North Carolina Artists Juried Exhibit Raleigh Fine Arts Society, NC
2007 Annual Southeast Invitational Miniature Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2007 "Color Harmony and Balance" Two Man Show The Frame Gallery, NC
2007 25th Annual Artoberfest Juried Exhibit Mooresville Artists Guild, NC
2007 "Plein Air Perspectives" Group Show The Art Cellar, NC
2007 Salon International Juried Exhibit Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, TX
2007 Miniature Fine Art Show Group Show Artistic Designs Gallery, IN
2007 Annual Plein Air Show Group Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2007 "A Natural View" Juried Exhibit Gaston County Art Guild, NC
2006 Annual Southeast Invitational Miniature Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2006 Queens University Juried Exhibit Guild of Charlotte Artists, NC
2006 25th Anniversary Group Show The Frame Gallery, NC
2006 OPA Eastern Regional Juried Exhibit Brazier Fine Art, VA
2006 Annual "Thing With Wings" Group Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2006 82nd Annual Hoosier Salon Juried Exhibit Indiana State Museum, IN
2006 Annual Indiana Heritage Arts Juried Exhibit Brown County Art Museum, IN
2006 Salon International Juried Exhibit Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, TX
2006 Annual Plein Air Show Group Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2006 "A Natural View" Juried Exhibit Gaston County Art Guild, NC
2005 Annual Southeast Invitational Miniature Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
2005 "Reflections" Solo Show The Frame Gallery, NC
2005 81st Annual Hoosier Salon Juried Exhibit Indiana State Museum, IN
2005 Salon International Juried Exhibit Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, TX
2005 Annual Plein Air Show Group Show Germanton Art Gallery, NC
Affiliations
Blue Ridge Realists - Group of 12
Plein Air Painters of the Southeast PAP-SE
North Carolina Plein Air Painters (founder)
Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters (signature member)
Publications
2008 International Artist Magazine Landscape Painting published in Feb-Mar Issue as Top Finalist Winner
Artist Workshops Attended
2007 Marc Hanson
2005 T. Allen Lawson
2004 Scott Christensen