Professional Timeline

Western Kentucky University BA, BA  '98  Studio Arts, Art Education                    
Western Kentucky University MA ‘04  Educational Administration

Professional Exhibitions:

• 2008  Ralph Center Art Gallery, Owensboro KY  (painting)
• 2011   Thistle Cottage, Greenville KY (painting)
• 2012   Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center- SKyPAC, Bowling Green KY (painting)

• 2012   Kentucky Dataseam, Louisville KY (private collection, traveling exhibition, prints) 
• 2013   Thistle Cottage, Greenville KY (art prints, mixed media)
• 2015   Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green KY (watercolor, collage)
• 2016   Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN (watercolor, collage) At The Rivers Bend; Our Place On the Ohio
• 2019   Constitution Hall, Washington D.C. (fine silver, Jewelry/necklace) National American Heritage Exhibition 

Clients:
Greenview Medical Center 2012 (painting)
Baptist Health Kentucky 2014 (paintings, custom jewelry commissions)
Delta Kappa Gamma of Kentucky, Alpha Iota Chapter 2014 (jewelry commissions)

Recent Honors:

• ​2010, Innovation Award, Louisville, KY
• 2010, 2011 Carnegie Hall, Art Educator, NYC, NY  
• 2010, 2011 Kentucky Department of Education & Ashland Achievement Award, Frankfort, KY
• 2012, Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant, Artist, Louisville, KY (Women in Film)
• 2013 Innovation Award, Louisville, KY 
• 2014, Western Kentucky University, Mountain Workshops, Owensboro, KY. 
• 2016, Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution, American Heritage Award First Place in Metal Work and Jewelry - Kentucky
• 2019, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, American Heritage Award First Place Nationally in Metal Work and Jewelry - Washington D.C. 

Specialty training in the following areas:
Oil Painting (37 years experience)
Digital Design (22 years experience)
Art Photography (17 years experience)
Ceramics (17 years experience)
Fine Silver, Special Materials (8 years experience; PMC Certified Teacher)