Recent News and Events

September, 2008
Elected Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society of America, New York, NY

December 4, 2008 - December 24, 2008
Small Works, Invitational Group Show, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Artist in Residence

• Jentel Foundation, Banner, Wyoming, August 2006
• Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, September 2006
• Hall Farm Center for the Arts , Townshend, Vermont, July 2005
• Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, September 2005
• Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN, October, 2004

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