Artist resume

Picture"MoonLight on Water X" winner: 1st Place: 2016 Blurred Lines exhibit at Sarasota Art Center 3rd Place: Go With The Flow exhibit, Manatee Art Center
SIGNATURE MEMBERSHIPS
  • Women Contemporary Artists, 2013, Sarasota, FL.
  • Florida SunCoast Watercolor Society, 2012, Sarasota, FL.
  • Northwest Watercolor Society, 1988, Seattle, WA
  • Women Painters of Washington, 1992, Seattle, WA
  • Women Artists of the West , 1995, California

PUBLICATIONS
JURIED AWARDS -  INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL JURIED SHOWS 
  • Venice Art Center Show, "Earth, Wind, Fire, & Water" - January - February, 2018. (Merit Award for "Commonwealth Creek in Snow V")
  • North Port Art Center, “Visual Perspective Show”, North Port, FL, May 13 –June 24, 2017 (2nd Place Award) 
  • Art Center Sarasota, “Blurred Lines”, Juried Show, Sarasota, FL, August –September 2016 (First Place Award)
  • Visual Arts of Punta Gorda, “American the Beautiful”, Juried Show, Punta Gorda, FL, June – August 2016 (Second Place Award)
  • North Port Art Center, “Kaleidoscope Abstractions”, North Port, FL, June-July 2016 (Honorable Mention)
  • North Port Art Center, “Garden Party”, Juried Show, North Port, FL, March-April 2016 (Honorable Mention Award)
  • North Port Art Center, “Anything Goes”, Juried Show, North Port, FL, January-February 2016 (Honorable Mention Award) 
  • Visual Arts Center of Punta Gorda, “Generations”, Juried Show, Punta Gorda, FL, December 2015, (Merit Award)
  • Art Center Manatee, “Go With The Flow”, Juried Show, Bradenton, FL, October- November 2015 (Third Place Award)
  • Englewood Art Center, “Destination:  Anywhere But Here…..”,  Englewood, FL, June - July 2015 (First Place Award)
  • Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 2015 DAR theme, “Celebrate American! Exploring Our American Heritage”, Washington D.C., 2014-2015 Juried Show (National First Place Award)
  • Englewood Art Center, “Flora & Fauna”, Englewood, FL, March 2014, (Merit Award)
  • Sarasota Art Center, “One World”, Sarasota, FL. March & April 2014, (Honorable Mention Award)
  • Florida SunCoast Watercolor Society, “Aqueous Show,” Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL, March 2013 (Merit Award)
  • Art Center Manatee, “Inspired Visions”,  Bradenton, FL.,  2012 (Honorable Mention Award)
  • Women Painters of Washington Juried Exhibition Tour, "Millenium Images, Kuwait and America", 2000
  • Women Painters of Washington Juried Exhibition Tour, "Millenium Images, Ireland and America", 1999
  • Eastside Association of Fine Arts, “Members’ Show” Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA 1998 (Judge’s Mention Award)
  • Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, “Aqueous Open 98”, Pittsburgh, PA August-September 1998
  • Eastside Journal Newspaper, “Journal’s 1997 Photo Contest – “Tongue in Cheek”, Juried Show Category, Bellevue, WA 1997 (First Place Award)
  • Women Artists of the West, “1997 International Exhibition & Sale”, San Juan Capistrano, CA,  February 1997
  • 11th Annual Harwell Art Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO, 1996 (Award of Merit)
  • 1996 GMAC Juried Art Show, Seattle, WA, July 1996 (Third Place Award)
  • Women Painters of WA, Annual Members Show, Moss Bay Gallery, Kirkland, WA 1996 (Best of Show Award)
  • 9th Annual Donald L. Johnson, Memorial Art Competition, Seattle Telco Federal Credit Union, Seattle, WA, 1995 (Grand Award), Limited Edition Prints were made.
  • Women Artists of the West, Annual Show, Taos, NM, 1995
  • Puget Sound Area Exhibition, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, June-July 1994 (Honorable Mention Award)
  • Northeast Watercolor Society, 17th Annual National Exhibit, Trotting House Museum, Goshen, New York, NY, 1993
  • Evergreen Arts Guild, National Open Exhibition, Vancouver, WA, 1993
  • Arizona Aqueous VII, National Exhibition, Tubac, AZ, 1993
  • Florida 19th Annual National Watercolor Show, Visual Arts Center of NW Florida, Panama City, FL, 1993
  • Ilwaco Heritage Museum, “Water-Music Festival”, Women Painters of Washington, Ilwaco, WA 1993 (Merit Award)
  • Parklane Gallery, “First Annual National Juried Miniature Art Show”, Kirkland, WA June 1993 (Merit Award)
  • Women Painters of Washington, “Members’ Exhibition”, Issaquah, WA 1993 (Honorable Mention Award)
  • 34th Children’s Hospital Guild Association, “Christmas Card Competition”, Seattle, WA 1992 (Card printed Award)
  • Georgia Watercolor Society Annual National Member’s Exhibition 92, Stone Mountain, GA, 1992
  • Women Artist of the West, 3rd International Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV, 1992
  • Klamath National Juried Open, Gallery 803, Klamath Falls, OR, 1992
  • 5th Annual Donald L. Johnson Art Competition, Seattle, WA 1991 (Honorable Mention Award)
  • The Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, “Aqueous Open 91”, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, January-March 1991
  • Klamath National Juried Open, Favell Museum, Klamath Falls, OR, 1991
  • Washington Trust Bank & Corbin Art Center, Juried Exhibition of  Fine Art, Spokane, WA, 1991
  • Women Artists of the West, 2nd International Exhibition of Western Art, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
  • Pittsburgh Watercolor Society 45th National Annual Exhibition, Aqueous Open ’91, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991
  • Northwest Watercolor Society, Associate Members Show, Bellevue, WA, 1990 (Honorable Mention Award)
  • Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, Non-Professional Division, Bellevue, WA, 1990 (Honorable Mention)
  • Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Juried Show, Bellevue, WA, January 1990 (Honorable Mention Award)
  • Bellevue School District Staff Art Fair, Bellevue, WA, 1990 (Award)
  • Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Monthly Meeting Art Show, Bellevue, WA, November 1988 (Third Place Award)

SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  • The Mangrove Gallery in the Englewood Art Center, "Threads of History, Honor My Heritage: Art Thru the Ages", Solo Show, Englewood Florida, February 4–27, 2020
  • Visual Arts Center of Punta Gorda, Goff Gallery, "3 Guys and a Blonde", Punta Gorda, FL, December 3, 2016-January 2, 2017
  • Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, ”Open Aqueous Exhibition”, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, March – April 18, 2016, Dunedin, FL, 2016
  • NPAC’s “Best of the Best”, Gallery Heist, North Port, FL, November 2016
  • Englewood Art Center, Ringling College of Art & Design, Solo Show, “Florida and Floral”, Mangrove Gallery, November 3 – December 17, 2015, Englewood, FL, 2015
  • The Players Theatre Gallery, Solo Show, “I Paint as I want to”, March 2 – April 16, 2015, Sarasota, FL, 2015
  • Scholarship Art Exhibit and Raffle, Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, May 2014 and March 2015
  • Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, “Aqueous Signature Show & Transparent Watercolor Show”, Longboat Key, FL, April 2014
  • Women Painters of Washington, “Millennium Images-Ireland and America”, Galway,  Ireland and Port Townsend, WA 1999
  • Women Painters of Washington, “Millennium Images Kuwait and American”, Dhahiat Abdullah Al-Salem, Kuwait 1999
  • Nautilus Marine Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, from 1997-2000
  • Kimball Art Center, Featured Artist, Park City, Utah, February 1997
  • The Tolles Gallery of Mercer Island, “Invitational Art Show”, Mercer Island, WA, December-January 1996
  • Edmonds Art Festival Museum, Invitational, Edmonds, WA, 1995-1996
  • The Tolles Gallery of Mercer Island, “Invitational Art Show”, Mercer Island, WA, 1995-1996
  • Bellevue Art Museum, NWWS Invitational, Bellevue, WA, 1995
  • Women Painters of Washington, Members Show, Backstreet Frame and Art, Bellevue, WA, 1995​
  • Northwest Watercolor Society, Invitational Signature Group Show, Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett Center for the Arts, Everett, WA, 1995
  • Caswell Gallery, Featured Artist, Troutdale, OR, 1994-1995
  • Semiahmoo Park Art Gallery, Solo Show, Blaine, WA, October 1990 & July  1994
  • The Tolles Gallery, “Winter in the Northwest” Solo Show, Mercer Island, WA, January-February 1994
  • Beaverton Arts Commission, Leslie Like, Professionals 100, Solo Show, Cornell, OR, 1993
  • Bruskin Gallery, Solo Show, Port Townsend, WA, April-May 1990
  • Tibbetts Creek Manor, Solo Show, Issaquah, WA, 1990-1991
  • Pacific Lutheran University, “Pacific Gallery Artists 43rd Annual Open Exhibit”, Ingram Hall, Tacoma, WA, June 1991