Birthplace:

Chicago, IL

Education:

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI
Hope College, Holland, MI
B.A., Magna cum Laude, Michigan State University

Selected Awards:

Bronze Medal of Honor, American Watercolor Society, NY
Jury Award, Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Foothills Art Center Award, Rocky Mountain National Exhibition, Golden, CO
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies First Award, San Diego, CA

Selected Exhibitions:

1974-1996, 1998, Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck/Douglas, MI
Watercolor Now, National Exhibition, Springfield, MO
Republic of China - USA - Australia, Watermedia Exhibition, Taiwan
Watercolor Now, USA Honor Society, Salt Lake City, UT
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, CO

Selected Publications:

"Painting Acrylics," Vicki Lord, North Light Books, Cincinnati, OH, 1996
Focus Magazine, October 1996 issue
"Color and Light for the Watercolor Painter," Christopher Schink, Watson-Guptill Publications, NY, 1995
American Artist magazine, Focus Watercolor 1995 issue
"Collage Techniques," Gerald Brommer, Watson-Guptill Publications, NY,1994
"Understanding Transparent Watercolor," Gerald Brommer, Davis Publications, MA, 1993

Selected Collections:

Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Museum of Albuquerque, NM
Governor’s State University, Park Forest, IL