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My Bio

Live and work in Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Education
 

1974-1975

Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: Painting

 

1973-1974

Louisiana Technical University, Ruston, Louisiana

 

1971-1973

Sullins College, Bristol Virginia

Associate of Arts Degree

 

 

 

Short Courses Completed
 

Arkansas Arts Center:

Outdoor Painting and Drawing 5 day Workshop; 

Summer 2007

Painting the Landscape; Winter 2007

Painting the Landscape; Fall 2006

Painting the Landscape; Spring 2006

Oil and Acrylic; Summer 2006

Professional Memberships
 
Oil Painters of America

National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society

Member of the Arkansas Arts Registry/Arts Council

Member of the Arkansas League of Artists

American Equine Artists Asssociation

 

Awards
First Place with the graphite, "Nicole" for the title  "The Artist of the Month," February. 2018 from The Arkansas League of Artist
Third Place with the graphite, "Erica" for the title  "The Artist of the Month" May, 2018 from The Arkansas League of Artist
Tied for First Place with the graphite "Erica"in May 2018
Third place with "Erica" November 2019
Tied for second with "Gidget" 

Professional Workshops

 

 

October, 2019 David Gray, InNstructor

Painting the Portrait, St Louis, MO

November, 2019 Jill Souk, Instructor

AAEA Workshop,  Lexington, KY

 

,April, 2018 Tim Tyler, Instructor

Painting Plein Air, 2-day workshop, Little Rock, AR

 Feb. and March 2018 Tim Tyler , Instructor

Painting, The Old Masters, 3-day workshop,  Little Rock, AR

 

2017 Tim Tyler, Instructor

Painting Plein Air, 1 day workshop, Hot Springs, AR

2017 Bruce Peil, Instructor

Painting the Landscape, 2-day workshop, North Little Rock, AR

2017 Tim Tyler, Instructor

How to Photograph a Model and then Transfer the Image to Canvas, 2-day workshop, Hot Springs, AR

2016 Robert Liberace, Instructor

Studies in Light: Exploring Sorolla, 5-day workshop, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA.

2016 Patrick Kirwin, Instructor

Landscape Painting Techniques: Water, Seascapes, Lakes and Waterfalls, 2-day workshop, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA.

2015 Anthony Ryder, Instructor

Drawing the Portrait, two-week workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2015 Guido Frick, Instructor

Painting Plein Air, Three-day workshop, Little Rock, Arkansas

 

2015 Tim Tyler, Instructor

"Painting Boot Camp," four-day workshop, Little Rock, Arkansas

 

2015 David Jamieson, Instructor

Drawing the Portrait, Online from the Vitruvian Studio, Chicago, Illinois

 

2014 Tim Tyler, Instructor

Painting Like the Old Masters, three-day workshop, Little Rock, Arkansas

 

2010 Rick Weaver, Instructor

Painting the Figure and Portraiture in the Techniques of the Old Masters, One-week workshop, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA.

 

 2009: Stephen Cefalo, Instructor

 Post-Baccalaureate Figure Painting with Live Models, Spring semester, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

 

2009: Frank Covino, Instructor

Painting the Figure and Portraiture in the techniques

of  the Old Masters, One-week workshop, Little Rock, Arkansas

 

2008: Frank Covino, Instructor

Painting the Figure and Portraiture in the Techniques of the Old Masters, One-week workshop, Little Rock, Arkansas

 

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