RESUME 2022
EDUCATION: BGS UNR 1991
AFFILIATIONS: Wild Women Artists www.wildwomenartists.com
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators www.scbwi.com
SHOWS
2022
My Kind of Place. Northwest Library Reno, NV
The Spaces Between Truckee Meadows CC Reno, NV
Dolls and Effigies Davidson Gallery Reno, NV
no_such_place Melhop Gallery Zephyr Cove, NV
Cowgirl Art Rodear Bridgeport, CA
2021
Air and Water Davidson Gallery, UNR Reno, NV
Cowgirl Art Rodear Bridgeport, CA
2020: ALL SHOWS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
2019:
Faces and Places CCAI Sierra Room Carson City, NV
Remnants Sierra Arts Foundation Reno, NV
Chimneys and Tailings Carson City, NV
By the Numbers Sierra Arts Foundation Reno, NV
12 x 12 Sierra Arts Foundation Reno, NV
6 X 6 Yerington, NV
Reno’s Lost Highway Davidson Gallery, UNR Reno, NV
Chimneys and Tailings Western Nevada CC Fallon, NV
2018:
City of Trembling Leaves Davidson Gallery, UNR Reno, NV
Chair Show Red Mountain Gallery, TMCC Reno, NV
Do You See What I See? NW Reno Library Reno, NV
Do You See What I see? Spanish Springs Library Reno, NV
Cash and Carry The Wedge Reno, NV
Beverly and Her Stuff Oats Park Center Fallon, NV
2017-2019 Making A Mark. Traveling Show through Nevada Arts Council
RESIDENCIES/TEACHING:
2022 Coptic Stitch Book Makeing Tuscarora, NV Nevada Humanities
2021 Watercolor Clouds (Zoom) Nevada Humanities
2015 Plein Aire Pastels Fallon NV
2014 Dia de los Muertos Yerington, NV Boys and Girls Club; Plein Aire Painting Workshop Virginia City, NV
2013 Plein Aire Painting Workshop Taylorsville, CA
2008 Pastels en Plein Aire WNCC Fallon NV
2007 Lovelock Elementary VSA Festival Lovelock, NV
2006 Virginia City HS 1 month Virginia City, NV
Great Basin National Park art residency
(For information about workshops or art teaching residencies prior to 2006 contact the artist)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Included in PAINTERS OF NEVADA by Jack Bacon; 2020
Commission to make 14 paintings for Nevada Arts and Humanities Awards, 2015
NAC Personal Development Grant recipient 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014
SCBWI Mentorship with David Diaz 2013-2014
Finalist The Artist Magazine International Art Competition 2012
Participant Smithsonian Folklife Festival on The Mall Washington DC l June/July 2005
Commission to make 6 paintings as Nevada Governor's Arts Awards, 2003
1st place National Poster Competition Society of American Archaeologists 2003
Patron Purchase awards (various juried shows)
Herman Margulies Scholarship
Cover DESERT WOOD by Shaun Griffin (Black Rock Press, UNR, 1991)
COLLECTIONS
Comstock Bank, Reno, NV.; Embassy Suites South Shore, Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Eureka County Permanent Collection Eureka, NV.; Harrah's Hotel Casino High Roller Suites South Shore Lake Tahoe, NV.; Nevada Arts Council Carson City, NV.; Omni Hotel Interlochen, Colo.; Renown Hospital Reno, NV.; NV Energy, ELKO, NV; Private collections worldwide