Education

• Cleveland School of Art – Cleveland, Ohio Fine Art Major
• Kent State University Fine Art Major
• Oakland Community College – Farmington, Hills, MI Graphic Art Program – Associate Degree

Experience

• Advertising Directions and Design Graphic Design
• Dennis Vocson Advertising Freelance Graphic Design
• Oakland County Juvenile Court Freelance Storyboard/IIustrations for Rehabilitation Film
• Advertising Direction and Design Freelance Graphic Design
• Village Women’s Club Arts and Crafts Instructor
• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center Instructor – 1997

Juried Shows

• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Art Faculty – 1997
• Birmingham Society of Women Painters
• Chrysler Headquarters – 1997
• Community House, Birmingham, “Our Town” show
• Congregational Church, Birmingham, Michigan, “Celebrate Life” show
• D.I.A.- Art and Flowers Competition, finalist
• Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI
• Holland Art Center
• Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
• Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
• Lawrence Street Gallery
• Macomb Arts Council “Prestige Art Show XII”
• Michigan Fine Art BBAC – 1999-2010
• Michigan Watercolor Society Show – 2001,2003,2008,2009,2012
• Michigan Women’s Historical Center – 2012
• Mt. Clemens Art Center “Les Femmes D’ Arte”
• Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI
• Oakland Community College “Helen DeRoy Art Competition”
• Oakland Community College “Women in Art” show
• Scarab Club – 1999, 2000
• Starkweather Gallery
• Thumb Area – 2010
• Waterford Cultural Council

Achievements

• National Design Contest Sponsored by Strathmore Paper Company – FIRST PLACE AWARD
• Acrylic Folk Art Painting – SECOND PLACE AWARD
• Acrylic Folk Art Painting – HONORABLE MENTION
• Helen De Roy Competition, 1997 – FIRST PLACE CASH AWARD
• Michigan Watercolor Society, 2008 – D.I.A. Award
• National Ornament, Smithsonian, Washington D.C. – FINALIST
• Congregational Church, “Celebrate Life”, 1990-1993 – MERIT CASH AWARD
• D.I.A. Art and Flowers Competition – FINALIST
• Fall Catalog Cover – Community House
• Michigan Water Color Show – CASH AWARD
• U of M Dearborn, Berkowitz Gallery, 2011

One Person Shows

• Community House, Birmingham, MI
• First Federal Bank, Detroit, MI
• Unitarian Church, Birmingham, MI – 2011

Permanent Collections

• Oakland Community College
• Morris and Berke Co.

Invitational Exhibitions

• Cary Gallery, Rochester, MI
• Lawrence St. Gallery, Ferndale, MI
• The Old Club, Harsens Island, MI

Member

• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
• Michigan Watercolor Society
• D.I.A. Founders
• Scarab Club
• Birmingham Society of Women Painters, Past President

Workshops

• Alvaro Castanet, CA
• Mary Aro – Sargentville, ME
• Sandra Freckelton / Jack Beal- Oneonta, NY & Rome, Italy
• Donna Vogelheim – Bahamas, Virgin Islands
• Fred Wessell / Bill Patterson – Italy