✦ Born December 4th, 1957 and grew up in Alabama
✦ Bachelor of Arts Degree from Auburn University of Montgomery
✦ Retired from AAFES after working 26+ years. (Project Manager (PMP), Marketing, Web Design)
✦ Resides in Maypearl, Texas
✦ Currently full time artist painting mostly in oils. Studio and Plein Air.
✦ Member of the American Impressionist Society (AIS Associate Member)
✦ Member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA Associate Member)
✦ Member of the Outdoor Painters Society (OPS Associate Member)
✦ Member of the Texas Artists Coalition (TAC)
✦ Member of the American Plains Artists (APA)
✦ Awards:
2021 - 2nd Place - Call of the Wild (VAL)- Lewisville Texas
2020 - 3rd Place - Paint Waxahachie. Waxahachie, TX
2020 - Honorable Mention - Stems Plein Air, Overland Park, Kansas
2019 - 3rd Place - Figures and Portrait Show - (Rice Art Gallery) - Overland Park, Kansas
2018 - People's Choice - ECAA Annual Membership Show (Art on the Square) - Waxahachie, TX
2018 - 2nd Place - Figure Show - (Rice Art Gallery) - Overland Park, Kansas
2017 - Best Old Junk - Plein Art Show (Kerrville Plein Air Event) - Kerrville, Texas
2017 - 3rd Place - Oil Category (Grand Prairie Juried Exhibition) - Grand Prairie, Texas
2017 - 2nd Place - Plein Art Show (The Rice Art Gallery) - Overland Park, Kansas
2016 - 1st Place - Oil Category (Campfire Charities Event) - Ft Worth, Texas
2016 - Award of Excellence - Art In the Metroplex (FWCAC) - Ft Worth, Texas
2016 - Honorable Mention - Art In The Garden (Botanical Gardens) - Ft Worth, Texas
2016 - Honorable Mention - Plein Air (Paint Historic Waxahachie) - Waxahachie, Texas
2015 - 2nd Place - Oil Category (Campfire Charities Event) - Ft Worth, Texas
2015 - 2nd Place - Oil Category (Art In The Garden, Botanical Gardens) - Ft Worth, Texas
2015 - 3rd Place - Oil Category (Grand Prairie Juried Exhibition) - Grand Prairie, Texas
2015 - 1st Place - Plein Air (Paint Historic Waxahachie) - Waxahachie, Texas
2014 - 2nd Place - Plein Air (Paint Rowlett) - Rowlett, Texas
2014 - Honorable Mention - Plein Air (Paint Historic Waxahachie) - Waxahachie, Texas
2007 - 2nd Place - Painting Category (DeSoto Art Show) - DeSoto, Texas
2005 - 1st Place - Painting Category (ECAA Fall Show) - Waxahachie Texas
2004 - People’s Choice Award - (ECAA Fall Show) - Waxahachie Texas
✦ Galleries:
- The Rice Art Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas
- Mena Gallery, Mena, Arkansas