Exhibitions:
2021 November-January NMC Adjunct Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center Traverse City MI
2016 August Surroundings: Michigan Inspired Landscapes Solo Exhibit
2016 February Watercolor paintings exhibited at Grand Traverse Distillery
2015 July 1st and 2nd place at Samels Farm Plein Air Paint out
2015 March-April 51st Annaul MEA Art Exhibit "Star Gazing" received MEA purchase award
2014 June 6-28 Art and the Garden, Botanical Garden at the Historic Barns Park
2014 May 24 "Leland Air", Leelanua Community Cultural Center
2014 March 14-March 23 Perspective Juried Art Exhibit, Baypointe Community Church
2014 March-April 50th Annual MEA/MAEA Exhibit
2014 January-March: Grand Traverse Art Bomb, Right Brain Brewery Traverse City Michigan
2013 April 5- June 1st: April Showers Art Exhibit, The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
2013 March 11th- April 24th: 49th Annual MEA Art Exhibit, MEA Headquarters in East Lansing Michigan
2012 December 1st- December 31st: Marks: Revealing, Concealing, Unveiling (with artist Cherie Correll), Traverse Area District Library
2012: October 5- October 31st: Really Big Art, Traverse City Art and Design Studio
2012 August 10- September 27: Artcenter Traverse City Members All Media Exhibit, Village at Grand Traverse Commons
2012 June: Plein Aire Paintout at the Barns, Artcenter Traverse City and TC Botanical Society
2012 April 13th: Perspective Juried Art Exhibit, Baypointe Community Church
2012 Jaunary 14th-April 1st: Northwest Michigan Regional Exhibit: A Juried Exhibition of Fine Art, Dennos Museum Center
2010 May 14-27 ARTEMYA 2010: An Exhibition of Art by Michigan’s Art Educators, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2003 October 6-10 “For the Moment,”- A BFA Painting Thesis Exhibition, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2003 July 19-August 22 68th Annual Cooperstown Art Association National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
2002-2003 Western Michigan University Juried Student Exhibition, Kalamazoo, MI
2001-2002 Western Michigan University Juried Student Exhibition, Kalamazoo, MI
Awards
2018 Best in Show Leland Air Annual Plein Air Paintout for painting "Fish Tails"
2017 2nd Place for Best Village Scene, Northport Art Association Plein Air Paint Out
2016 Honorable Mention, Art Rapids Plein Air in the Park
2016 Honorable Mention, Crooked Tree Art Center Plein Air Printout for painting "Wake Up Call"
2015 MEA Purchase award for the painting "Star Gazing" at the 51st MEA/MAEA art exhibition
2014 Honorable Mention for painting "Historic Doorway" at the 3rd annual Art and the Garden Plein air paintout
2014 1st Place National Cherry Festival Poster Contest for "Cherries Two"
2013 3rd Place Second annual Art and the Garden Plein Aire Paint Out Saturday September 14
2013 3rd Place National Cherry Festival Poster Contest for Cherry Splash
2013 Honorable Mention for painting Sunset at the Overlook, Minervini Group at the Grand Traverse Commons
2012 Honorable Mention for painting Enduring Cross, Baypoint Community Church Juried art Exhibit
2012 Viewers Choice Award for painting A Walk Through Montmarte, MAEA Conference at the Grand Traverse Resort
Collections
"Star Gazing" Collection of the Michigan Education Association, Lansing Michigan
"Sunset at Old Mission" Collection of the Peninsula Community Library
Education
Painting the Landscape 2 Day workshop with Paul Jackson
Plein Air Painting Boot Camp 3 day workshop with Mark Mehaffey
"How to Paint without Guessing" 4 day intensive watercolor workshop with Joe Fettingis
Masters of Education: Curriculum and Teaching, Michigan State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Art Education, Western Michigan University
2021 November-January NMC Adjunct Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center Traverse City MI
2016 August Surroundings: Michigan Inspired Landscapes Solo Exhibit
2016 February Watercolor paintings exhibited at Grand Traverse Distillery
2015 July 1st and 2nd place at Samels Farm Plein Air Paint out
2015 March-April 51st Annaul MEA Art Exhibit "Star Gazing" received MEA purchase award
2014 June 6-28 Art and the Garden, Botanical Garden at the Historic Barns Park
2014 May 24 "Leland Air", Leelanua Community Cultural Center
2014 March 14-March 23 Perspective Juried Art Exhibit, Baypointe Community Church
2014 March-April 50th Annual MEA/MAEA Exhibit
2014 January-March: Grand Traverse Art Bomb, Right Brain Brewery Traverse City Michigan
2013 April 5- June 1st: April Showers Art Exhibit, The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
2013 March 11th- April 24th: 49th Annual MEA Art Exhibit, MEA Headquarters in East Lansing Michigan
2012 December 1st- December 31st: Marks: Revealing, Concealing, Unveiling (with artist Cherie Correll), Traverse Area District Library
2012: October 5- October 31st: Really Big Art, Traverse City Art and Design Studio
2012 August 10- September 27: Artcenter Traverse City Members All Media Exhibit, Village at Grand Traverse Commons
2012 June: Plein Aire Paintout at the Barns, Artcenter Traverse City and TC Botanical Society
2012 April 13th: Perspective Juried Art Exhibit, Baypointe Community Church
2012 Jaunary 14th-April 1st: Northwest Michigan Regional Exhibit: A Juried Exhibition of Fine Art, Dennos Museum Center
2010 May 14-27 ARTEMYA 2010: An Exhibition of Art by Michigan’s Art Educators, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2003 October 6-10 “For the Moment,”- A BFA Painting Thesis Exhibition, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2003 July 19-August 22 68th Annual Cooperstown Art Association National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
2002-2003 Western Michigan University Juried Student Exhibition, Kalamazoo, MI
2001-2002 Western Michigan University Juried Student Exhibition, Kalamazoo, MI
Awards
2018 Best in Show Leland Air Annual Plein Air Paintout for painting "Fish Tails"
2017 2nd Place for Best Village Scene, Northport Art Association Plein Air Paint Out
2016 Honorable Mention, Art Rapids Plein Air in the Park
2016 Honorable Mention, Crooked Tree Art Center Plein Air Printout for painting "Wake Up Call"
2015 MEA Purchase award for the painting "Star Gazing" at the 51st MEA/MAEA art exhibition
2014 Honorable Mention for painting "Historic Doorway" at the 3rd annual Art and the Garden Plein air paintout
2014 1st Place National Cherry Festival Poster Contest for "Cherries Two"
2013 3rd Place Second annual Art and the Garden Plein Aire Paint Out Saturday September 14
2013 3rd Place National Cherry Festival Poster Contest for Cherry Splash
2013 Honorable Mention for painting Sunset at the Overlook, Minervini Group at the Grand Traverse Commons
2012 Honorable Mention for painting Enduring Cross, Baypoint Community Church Juried art Exhibit
2012 Viewers Choice Award for painting A Walk Through Montmarte, MAEA Conference at the Grand Traverse Resort
Collections
"Star Gazing" Collection of the Michigan Education Association, Lansing Michigan
"Sunset at Old Mission" Collection of the Peninsula Community Library
Education
Painting the Landscape 2 Day workshop with Paul Jackson
Plein Air Painting Boot Camp 3 day workshop with Mark Mehaffey
"How to Paint without Guessing" 4 day intensive watercolor workshop with Joe Fettingis
Masters of Education: Curriculum and Teaching, Michigan State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Art Education, Western Michigan University
