Resume
Education
1984 - 1981 Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawiing
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1981 - 1979 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1969 - 1967 French and Spanish studies
Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas
1984 – 1982 Graduate Assistant in the Photography Lab
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1984 - 1982 Louisiana State University, Leisure class instructor
Painting and Drawing
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1983 - 1984 Graduate Assistant, Instructor in Drawing
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Awards
- 2007 "Lallah Perry Most Innovative" Award Mississippi Art Colony Juror: Holly Roberts, artist New Mexico (spring)
- 2006 "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (body of work executed while at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: David Horton, Professor of Art Nicholls State University Thibodaux, Louisiana
- 2003 "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (for a body of work executed which at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: Ron Porkrasso
- 2002 "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (body of work executed while at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: Bob Bergusen, Professor of Art, Louisiana Tech University (Spring)
- 2002 "State of Louisiana, Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development Mini Grant" Recipient (October)
- 2001 "Hosford Fontaine – Best of Workshop" Award (for a body of work executed while at the Mississippi Art Colony) Juror: Hugh Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama (Fall)
- 2001 "Honorable Mention" "Zigler Museum of Art Juried Competition Juror: Elmore Morgan, Jr., Professor Emeritus Louisiana State University at Lafayette
- 2000 "Purchase Award" Mississippi Art Colony (Fall)
Residencies - Workshops - Conferences
Beverly, MA 6th International Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College
Costa Rica: Walter Bartman, Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo Park, Maryland Plein-aire Workshop
Beverly, MA 4th International Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College
China, Art Base, Shaanxi Province: Wan Ding, Professor at the Xian Art Institute "Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy"
Italy: Hugh Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University "Painting the Landscape"
Biloxi, MS: Paula Roland "Encaustic mono- printing"
St. Francisville, LA: Elmore Morgan, Jr. "Painting the Landscape"
Mississippi Art Colony:
- 2007-spring Holly Roberts, New Mexico artist
- 2006-fall David Horton, Prof of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA:
- 2005-spring Holly Roberts, New Mexico artist
- 2004-fall Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Prof of Art, UC Berkley, CA
- 2004-spring Joseph A. Smith, Prof of Fine Art, Pratt Institute author and illustrator
- 2003-spring Ron Pokrasso, Mixed-media artist, printmaker and teacher, Santa Fe, NM
- 2003-spring David Horton, Prof of Art, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
- 2002-fall Johnnie Winona Ross, Artist, Santa Fe, NM
- 2001-fall Hugh Williams, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
- 2000-fall Walter Crump, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
- 2000-fall Robert Berguson, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA