Recent News and Events
October 3, 2009 - October 31, 2009
"Still Lifes," Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
September 2009
Purchase Award, Pastel Society of America 37th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
Published October 2009
"Strokes of Genius 2: The Best of Drawing Light and Shadow" - by Rachel Wolf, North Light Books
2009 Exhibitions and Awards
- Group Show, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
- Personal Territory, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
- In Praise of Physical Labor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Michigan Fine Arts Competition, BBAC, Birmingham, MI
- ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 Exhibitions and Awards
- Pastel Painters of Maine Award, Pastel Society of America 36th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
- The Fine Art of Drawing, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahasssee, FL
- Pastels on Paper: Recent Work, Solo Show, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
- Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
- Contemporary Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
- Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
- Great Lakes Pastel Society National Exhibition, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
- Gold Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
- Ann Arbor Art Center, All Media Show, Ann Arbor, MI
- Elected Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
- Small Works, Invitational Group Show, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2007 Exhibitions and Awards
- Fourth Place, Pastel Society of New Mexico National Pastel Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
- In Praise of Physical Labor, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Ann Arbor Art Center All Media Show, Ann Arbor, MI
- Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York
- The Print, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
- Machine and Tool Portraits, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
- Honorable Mention, Mid-America Pastel Society, Albrecht-Kemper Art Museum, St. Joseph, MO
- Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2006 Exhibitions and Awards
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- Anthropomorphism, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago,
IL
- Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum
of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
- Mrs. Pearl Kalikow Award, Pastel Society of America, National
Arts Club, NY
- Fourth Place Award, Still Life Category, The Pastel Journal
Top 100 Competition
- Finalist, Still Life Category, Artist's Magazine 23rd
Annual Competition
- Ann Arbor Art Center Annual All Media Show, Ann Arbor,
MI
- Second Place, Pastel National, Wichita Center for the Arts
- Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
- Michigan Fine Arts
Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
- Great Lakes
Drawing Biennial, Eastern Michigan University
2005 Exhibitions and Awards
- The Mechanical World: Paintings Inspired by Tools and Machines, River
Gallery, Chelsea, MI
- Ann Arbor Art Center, Annual All Media Show, Ann Arbor, MI
- What Needs to be Retrieved: The Marriage of Tools, Art and HIstory, Davistown
Museum, Liberty, ME
- Contemporary Realism 2005 at the Cavalier Gallery, 1100
Madison Avenue, New York, NY in August 2005.
- Silver Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan
- Third Place Award, Still Life Category, Pastel Journal Top 100 Competition
- Fifth Place Award, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan
- Windsor/Newton Award, Pastel Society of the West Coast, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, California
- Finalist, Artist's Magazine 22nd Annual Competition
- Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Artist in Residence
- Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA, 2009
- Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN, 2009 and 2004
- Jentel Foundation,
Banner, Wyoming, 2006
- Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming,
2006
- Hall Farm Center for the Arts , Townshend, Vermont, 2005
- Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 2005
