BRIEF CAREER NARRATIVE

I am a self-taught artist who uses experiences from my life to influence my work. From my memories of childhood summers in Arkansas, to the quirks and mishaps of my children and pets, they play a role in informing the subjects of my paintings. I have had several solo shows and one residency at Rutgers Center for Print and Paper in 2005. During my residency, I worked with the Master Printer and together we created “The Get Together,” an adaptation of my original painting “Chit Chat and Apple Martini’s.” “The Get Together” was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2006 and is in the collections of nine museums around the state of New Jersey. In addition, Pomegranate Press has published note cards using four images of my work. In September 2012, the University Health System of San Antonio purchased seven paintings for their new downtown facility; they are on permanent display.

EXHIBITIONS

UTSA, SEAS, Group Exhibition June 2013 - July 2013

United Health Systems, San Antonio, TX 2012, Permanent Collection

San Antonio Painters, Blue Star Art Contemporary Art Center, May - August 2012

African American Museum Dallas, Carroll Harris Simms National Competition, 2012

Carver Community Cultural Center, Solo Show May 2011

Charles A. Wright Museum, Detroit Michigan, December 2010 - April 2011

SAVA Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, April 2010

80th. Annual San Antonio Artist Exhibition, 2010

SAVA Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, October 2008

Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Solo Show May – July 2008

78th Annual San Antonio Artist Exhibition, President Contributor Award, June 2008

GAGA Art Center, Garnerville, NY, Outsider Show, July 2007

Trenton City Museum, November 2006

Ellarslie Open 2006 April-June

Bordentown Gallery, May 2006

Gallery on Lafayette, May – June 2005 Solo Show

Ellarslie Museum, April-June 2005, Annual Juried Show

Gallery 125, February – April 2005

William Grant Still Art Center, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Show, October-November 2004,
Gallery 125, September – November 2004
Gallery 125, June – August 2004
The Bordentown Gallery, April - September 2004
Ellarslie Museum, April 2004 Annual Juried Show, Presidents Award
October 2003, Friends of Goodstay Gardens, Evening of Art, second place
October 2003, selected as 1 of 14 artist out of 96 artist who submitted designs for Mount Holly New Jersey “Monkeys on Parade”

Artworks of Trenton, May 2003, Water Theme
April 2003, exhibited in “Best of the Best of 2003”, Trenton Museum
7th Annual Open Juried Exhibition 2002, Place Award, November– December 2002
Pemberton Library, 1st Solo Show, August 15 – October 11, 2002
Artworks of Trenton, Annual Auction, April 2002
Ellarslie Trenton City Museum, Juried Show April 2002
Robert Ransley Annual Juried Show, March 2002
Burlington County College Small Business Incubator, October 2001, Best in Show, “Her New Friend” WAA Annual Open Juried Exhibition

RESIDENCY AND WORKSHOPS

Creative Capital Workshop, San Antonio, TX 2010

Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper 2005, Artist in Residence

COLLECTIONS

University Health Systems, San Antonio, TX
Charles A. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI

“THE GET TOGETHER”, HAND PULLED LITHOGRAPH
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2008
Library of Congress Purchase “The Get Together,“ July 2006
Hunterdon Museum of Art
Jersey City Museum
Montclair Art Museum
Morris Museum
Newark Public Library
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
New Jersey State Museum
Noyes Museum of Art
Zimmerli Art Museum

Colonial Burlington Foundation, Inc. 2001 painting; “Somethin Ain’t Right”