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EDUCATION: BGS UNR 1991

AFFILIATIONS: Wild Women Artists  www.wildwomenartists.com

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators www.scbwi.com

 

SHOWS

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2023

GREAT BASIN GLIMPSES     Nevada Humanities     Las Vegas, NV

BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY      Metro Gallery         Reno, NV

UNR VALENTINE AUCTION.          UNR                         Reno, NV

A HIGH DESERT TRIBUTE.     Bristlecone Gallery, WNCC.     Carson City, NV

NATIONAL COWBOY POETRY GATHERING.    Western Folklife Center.     Elko NV

NEVADA WILD          California Trail Center.         Elko County, NV

 

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

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2020: ALL SHOWS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

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2019:

Faces and Places                  CCAI Sierra Room                 Carson City, NV

Remnants                              Sierra Arts Foundation           Reno, NV

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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

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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

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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