Education
1982–1983 American Academy of Art, Chicago IL
Workshops with Romel De la Torre, Clayton Beck, Michelle Dunaway, Deborah Paris and Brian Stuart
Affiliations
American Impressionist Society, Signature Member, Board Member
Oil Painters of America, Signature Member
American Women Artists, Signature Member
Portrait Society of America, Associate Member
Museum Shows
2023 Brookgreen Gardens, American Women Artists, Pushing Forward, Reaching Back, Murrels Inlet SC
2022- Steamboat Art Museum, Oil Painters of America Juried Show of Traditional Oils, Steamboat CO
2021- California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Oil Painters of America National Exhibition
2020- Booth Western Art Museum, American Women Artists Making Their Mark Exhibit
2018 – Steamboat Art Museum Oil Painters of America National Juried Show of Traditional Oils , Steamboat CO
2018 – Rockwell Museum, American Women Artists, Corning NY
2017 – Cedarburg Art Museum, Solo Show, Cedarburg WI
Juried Shows
2023
American Impressionist Small Works Exhibition, District Gallery, Knoxville TN
2022
American Impressionist Small Works Exhibition, Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos NM
2021
Portrait Society of America Members show
Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Escondido Museum, Escondido CA
American Impressionist Society National Exhibition, Gallery 1516, Omaha NE
2020
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, Reinert Fine Art Gallery,
Charleston, SC
American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredricksburg TX
2019
American Impressionist Society National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club NY
American Impressionists Small Works Showcase,
Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, Michigan
2018
American Impressionist Society’s 2nd Annual “AIS Impressions Small Works Showcase, Greenwich House Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Oil Painters of America Salon Show of Traditional Oils, Crooked Tree Arts Center, located in Traverse City, Michigan
American Impressionist Society 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition,
Peninsula School of Art’s Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland Portraiture Award of Excellence
2017
American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Montgomery-Lee Gallery of Fine Art Park City UT
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI Award of Excellence
2016
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
American Impressionist Society National Show, Howard/Mandeville Gallery in Kirkland WA
Oil Painters of America Online Showcase
2015
Virtuosos of the Oil Painters of America, Salgamundi Club, New York, NY
Oil Painters of America Salon Show, Beverly McNeil Gallery in Birmingham, Alabama
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Eckert & Ross Fine Art, Indiana
16th National Exhibition of the American Impressionist Society, Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
2014
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington VT
American Women Artists 17th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, AbendGallery, Denver CO
2013
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, McBride Gallery, Annapolis MD
Plein Air Easton, Easton MD
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, InSight Gallery, Fredricksburg Tx
Oil Painters of America Salon Show, Petoskey MI
2012
Oil painters of America Eastern Regional Show, Bennington Art Center, BenningtonVT
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
2011
Door County Plein Air Invitational, Door County, WI
Salon International, Green House Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Wilmington, NC
2010
OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition, Wilmington, NC
Door County Plein Air Invitational, Door County, WI
Wayne Plein Air Festival, Wayne, PA
2009
Door County Plein Air Invitational, Door County, WI Telluride Plein Air Festival,Telluride, CO
Wayne Plein Air Festival, Wayne ,PA
Awards
2022
American Impressionist Small Works Exhibition, Second Place, Third Place Wet Wall
2021
Portrait Society of America Members show, 4th Place Commissioned Portrait
2020
Oil painters of America Eastern Regional Show, Award of Excellence
2019
American Impressionist Society National Exhibition, Portraiture Award of Merit
2018
American Impressionists National Exhibition wet Paint Honorable Mention Award
Oil Painters Of America Eastern Regional Show, Portraiture Award of Excellence
2017
Bold Brush Competition, Finalist
Northern National Art Competition, Award of Excellence
2016
Cedarburg Plein Air Festival, Honorable mention
2014
Cedarburg Plein Air Festival, Best in Show
Cedarburg Plein Air Festival, 2nd Place Quick Paint
2013
Between the Bluffs Plein Air, LaCrosse WI, Best in Show
Between the Bluffs Plein Air, La Crosse WI, 1st place quick paint
Cedarburg Plein Air, Cedarburg WI, Honorable Mention, Artists Choice
2012
Cedarburg Plein Air, Cedarburg WI, Honorable Mention
2011
Richeson 75 Wisconsin Plein Air Exhibit, Bergstrom–Mahler Museum, Best in Show
2010
Colorado Mountain Plein Air, Buena Vista, CO, 2nd Place
Red Wing Plein Air Festival, Red Wing, Minnesota, Best Quick Paint, Award of Excellence
Beloit Plein Air, Beloit Wisconsin, Best of Show
International Fine Art Painting Competition, Best Portrait/ Figurative
2009
Milwaukee Plein Air, Milwaukee WI, 1st Place Award
Wayne Plein Air June, Honorable Mention
Professional Experience, Teaching and Workshops
2018
The Poetry of Plein Air Painting, Cedarburg, WI
2017
Portrait Workshop, Stillwater MN
Plein Air Workshop, Lake Zurich IL
2016
Judge, Red Wind Plein Air Festival, Red Wing MN
Judge, Wisconsin Regional Art Program, LaCrosse WI
Judge, Plein Air Hudson, Hudson WI
Portrait Workshop, St Paul MN
Get Funky Get Loose! Viroqua WI
Intro to Oil Painting, LaCrosse WI
Portrait Workshop, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek WI
2015
Judge, Cedarburg Plein Air Festival, Cedarburge WI
Weekly Oil Painting class
2014
Judge, Between the Bluffs Plein Air
Weekly Oil painting Class
Plein Air Workshop, LaCrosse WI
Portrait Workshop, Viroqua WI