A Brownie Scout field trip to the North Carolina Museum of Art sparked my interest in the making of art.  Growing up in an area where there were few opportunities for studies in realism, I fed my interest by visiting museums until I moved to Massachusetts and took classes in technique at the Massachusetts College of Art, Montserrat College of Art, and Cambridge Center for Adult Education. On moving to Atlanta I enrolled in classes at Georgia State University and the Atlanta College of Art.  Over time my art education has expanded through the study of modern masters--Andrew Wyeth, John Singer Sargent, Cecilia Beaux and Joaquin Sorolla being my favorites--and training and workshops with living masters such as Michael Shane Neal, Joseph Fettingis, Mary Carter Baumgaertner, Marc Chatov, Thomas V. Nash, Bill Davidson, Sherrie McGraw, and David Leffel.  I have been a Juried Member of the Portrait Society of Atlanta, the Georgia Ambassador for the Portrait Society of America, and am the current Portrait Society of America National Coordinator for the State Ambassador Program.  My favorite mediums are graphite, watercolor, and oil. 

Awards and Juried Shows:

2017 Strokes of Genius 9 - The Best of Drawing: Creative Discoveries, (North Lights Books Publication/Competition) -

          Graphite Drawing of Dora's Window

2016 Art Journey Animals: A Collection of Inspiring Contemporary Masterworks, Editor: Jamie Markle,

          Printed by F&W Publishing,  December 2016, Sleepy, p. 61. 

2016 Artist Guild of Northwest Georgia Annual Fine Art Exhibit & Juried Competition – 3^rd place (Dora’s Window)

2015 Strokes of Genius 7 - The Best of Drawing: Strokes of Genius 7: Depth, Dimension + Space   (North Light Books 

          Publication/Competition) - Drawing of Lady Summer 

2014 Artists Guild of Northwest Georgia Seventh Annual Fine Art Exhibit & Juried Competition –

          Drawing of Lady Summer – 2^nd Place in Drawing Category, Drawing of Dora Daydreams Accepted

2014 Marietta Cobb Museum of Art – Metro Montage XIV – Drawing of Sleepy

2014 Strokes of Genius 6 - The Best of Drawing: Value/Lights & Darks (North Light Books Publication/Competition) -

          Drawing of Sleepy

2013 North Cobb Arts League Spring Juried Exhibition – Second Place Drawing (Sleepy)

2013 Jack Richeson Juried Small Works Show – Merit Award (Sleepy)

2011 North Cobb Arts League Fall Juried Exhibition – First Place Watercolor (Candler Building Series-1); Second Place Drawing (No More Tea), Third Place Drawing (Waiting for the Bus)

2010 Faces and Persona Exhibit of Atlanta Artists Center Tuesday Sketch Group, Atlanta,GA

2010 North Cobb Arts League Spring Juried Open Exhibit

2009 Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville 23^rd Annual National Juried Exhibition

2009 Days of Summer – Juried Show at Binders Art, Atlanta, GA

2009 Portrait Society of Atlanta Summer Juried National Show – Atlanta, GA

2009 Honorable Mention – Atlanta Artists Center “Winner’s Circle” (participation by AAC 2008 Show Winners Only)

2008 Honorable Mention –Atlanta Artists Center “Celebration” – Atlanta, GA

2008 Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville’s 22^nd Annual National Juried Exhibition – Douglasville, GA

2008 Portrait Society of Atlanta Juried National Fall Show – Atlanta, GA

2008 Gilmer Arts & Heritage Society Juried Regional Show – Ellijay, GA

2008 Art at Peachtree Juried Show and Sale – Atlanta, GA

2008 Joint Juried Art Show and Sale sponsored by The Outpouring Coffee Bar – Kennesaw, GA

2007 Spring One-Woman Show & Presentation on Portraiture at Sandlin Frame Studio –Kennesaw, GA

2007 Artists Collective Joint Show – Woodstock, GA

2007 Portrait Society of Atlanta Fall Juried Show – Atlanta, GA

2006 Atlanta Artists Center Holiday Reflections Juried Show – Atlanta, GA

2005 Atlanta Artists Center (AAC) National Juried Show – Atlanta,GA

2004 Kennesaw Fine Arts Association Juried Show – Kennesaw, GA

2003 Honorable Mention – Fine Arts Society of Kennesaw Spring Juried Exhibition – Kennesaw, GA

1993 October On My Own Time Juried Corporate Exhibit sponsored by Tufts University

1992 December On My Own Time Citywide Juried Corporate Exhibit, Boston, MA

1992 November Special Recognition – On My Own Time Juried Corporate Exhibit sponsored by Tufts University

1992 Marblehead Arts Juried Festival, Marblehead, MA

1992 January On My Own Time Citywide Juried Corporate Exhibit,Boston, MA

1991 October Special Recognition On my Own Time Juried Corporate Exhibit sponsored by Tufts Universit