Artist Biography

Education

Ph.D., General Education, Specialization in Art Education Walden University, Minneapolis, MN. Dissertation topic: The Influence of Problem-based Learning on Drawing Ability, 2014
Masters Art Education, UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Thesis Topic: A Pilot Self-Esteem Art Program for Middle School Students, 1994
Bachelor of Science, Art Education, Mankato State (Minnesota) University, 1980

Teaching

Nauset Regional Middle School, Orleans, MA, 1987-2016, Art Teacher, grades 6-8
Nashua Catholic Junior High School, Nashua, NH, 1984-1987, Art Teacher, grades 7-9
Holy Infant Jesus Elementary School, Nashua, NH, 1985-1987 Art Teacher, grades K-6
Nature’s Classroom, New England Locations, 1981-1984, Outdoor Education, grades 4-9
Public and Private Schools, Minnesota 1980-1981, Substitute Teaching, all subjects, 6-12

Teaching Awards

Kappa Delta Pi, Teacher of Honor, 2010
Cambridge Who’s Who, Professional of the Year, Art Education, 2007
Manchester’s Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals, 2005-06, Professional of the Year, 2007.
Massachusetts Middle School Art Educator of the Year, 2003.
Teacher Leadership Academy of Massachusetts, Fellow, 2003.
National Board-Certified Teacher, Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood, Art 2001-2011.

Best of Show Awards

Hawaii Watercolor Society: Golden Callus Award 2021.
National Collage Society (formerly North Coast Collage Society) National Show 1994.
Plymouth Center for the Arts: Annual Open Juried 2018.
Southwest Watercolor Society: National Membership Exhibition 1995.

Recent Solo Exhibitions

Cabot House Furniture, Weymouth, MA, 2011.
Old Selectman's Building Gallery, Barnstable, MA, 2004.
Cummaquid Fine Arts, Cummaquid, MA, 2003.
Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI, 2002.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1999.
Thornton Burgess Society, East Sandwich, MA, 1996.
Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA , 1992.
Chez David Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1991.
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster, MA, 1990.

Additional Awards in National Art Exhibits

ART PROSPECT: First Place, and Second Place, La Jolla, Ca, 1995.
Cape Cod Art Association: Honorable Mention, The National, 2009
Eastern New Mexico University: Third Place, National Scene/Unseen Exhibition 1998.
Georgia Watercolor Society, Honorable Mention 1995.
Mississippi Watercolor Society: Honorable Mention, Grande National, 2011
National Collage Society: Outstanding Achievement, National Show 2005,
New England Watercolor Society: Honorable Mention Annual Members Exhibit 2007, 3rd Prize, New England Regional Show 1995, Winchester Art and Frame Award; Biennial National Exhibit 2002, Silver Medal; Members Exhibition 1999.
New Mexico Watercolor Society: Rio Grande Art Association Award of Excellence 2013.
North West Watercolor Society: Annual Open Exhibition; St Cuthbert’s Mill Award 2008, Waterworks; Canson Watercolor Paper Award 2008.
Southwest Watercolor Society: Edgar A. Whitney Award 2007,
Texas Watercolor Society: Award of Excellence, Forty-Ninth Annual Exhibition 1998.

Selected Group Exhibitions

Cabot House, Weymouth. MA, 2008-2012.
Massachusetts Art Educators Exhibits, 2010, 2011, 2012.
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 2011, 2012.
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA, 2006.
Artistic Appetites, Hyannis, MA, 1995-2004.
Chelsea Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 1996-1998.
Gallery at C3TV, South Yarmouth, MA, 1993, 1998.
Rice/Pollack Galleries, Provincetown, MA, 1989-1992.
Chim Gregg Art Gallery, La Puente, CA, 1991.
Helio Galleries, New York, NY, 1990-1992.
Arte de los Noventa, Cozmel/Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 1990.
Ariel Galleries, New York, NY, 1989, 1990.
Gallery La Merced, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1989.
DeBerry Galleries, Provincetown, MA, 1988.

Selected Corporate Collections

Braunstein Cohen and Herman, Hyannis, MA.
Colin Fisher Studios, Cathedral City, CA.
Goodwin Proctor and Hoar, Boston, MA.
Hale and Dorr, Boston, MA.
Reardon and Company LLP, Quincy, MA.
Webb Builders, Juno Beach, FL.

One-Person Exhibits

Cabot House Furniture, Weymouth, MA, 2011- present.
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster, MA, 1990.
Chez David Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1991.
Cummaquid Fine Arts, Cummaquid, MA, 2003.
Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro, MA, 1992.
Old Selectman’s Building Gallery, Barnstable, MA, 2004.
Thornton Burgess Society, East Sandwich, MA, 1996.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1999.
Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI, 2002.

Chairman of Exhibitions for New England Watercolor Society

6th North American Show, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA, 1998.
Annual Juried Exhibition at the Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA, 1995, 1997.
Juried Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, 1997.
New England Juried Show, The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, 1999.

Demonstrations

Canton Art Association, Canton, MA 2/5/1999, 4/7/2006.
Cotuit Center for the Arts: New England Watercolor Society, Cotuit, MA 4/25/2008.
Federal Reserve Bank: National Show; New England Watercolor Society, Boston, MA 1996?

Grants

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, 2010, 2011, 2012.
Friends of Pleasant Bay, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Kappa Delta Pi, 2011.
Local Cultural Councils: Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Brewster, MA, 2010, 2011, 2012.
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Incorporated, 1989.
Teacher Leadership Academy of Massachusetts, 2005.

Signature Memberships in National Art Societies

Georgia Watercolor Society
Hawaii Watercolor Society
Mississippi Watercolor Society
National Collage Society
National Watercolor Society
New England Watercolor Society
New Mexico Watercolor Society
North West Watercolor Society
Southwest Watercolor Society
Texas Watercolor Society

Studied Under

Frank Eber: watercolor, New Mexico Watercolor Society, Albuquerque, NM, 2016.
Ian Stewart: watercolor, New England Watercolor Society, Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA, 2018.
Katherine Smith: white line woodblock print, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, 2016.
Selina Triff: drawing, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA 2016.

Selected Group Exhibitions

Ariel Galleries, New York, NY, 1989, 1990.
Arte de los Noventa, Cozmel/Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 1990.
Artistic Appetites, Hyannis, MA, 1995-2004.
Cabot House, Weymouth. MA, 2008 - present
Chelsea Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 1996-1998.
Chim Gregg Art Gallery, La Puente, CA, 1991.
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA, 2006
DeBerry Galleries, Provincetown, MA, 1988.
Gallery at C3TV, South Yarmouth, MA, 1993, 1998.
Gallery La Merced, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1989.
Helio Galleries, New York, NY, 1990-1992.
Rice/Pollack Galleries, Provincetown, MA, 1989-1992.

Museum Collection

Cape Cod Museum of Art: Dennis, MA.
Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts: Acquisition Award; Art in Public Places, Honolulu, HI 2022.

University Collection

School of Art, Kent State University: National Collage Society Teaching Collection, Kent, Ohio.

National/International Juried Watercolor Competitions

Arizona Aqueous IX, Tubac, AZ, 1994, 2002, 2022.
Art Center, Mechanicsburg: Annual Keystone National Juried Works on Paper 2014, 2016. Annual
Art of Possibilities: Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Center 2017
ART PROSPECT, La Jolla, CA, 1995, 1996.
California Watercolor Association: Spring Members Exhibit, 2017.
Cape Cod Art Association, The National, 2009, 2010.
Eastern New Mexico Universities National Exhibition, Portales, NM, 1998.
Fallbrook Art Center Annual Signature Member Watermedia International Exhibition, 2022.
Georgia Watercolor Societies XII National Exhibition, 1995, 1999.
Hawaii Watercolor Society Ho’Omaluhia New Year 2019 Invitational Exhibition 2019, Open Show 2013, 2018, 2021Aqueous, Member’s exhibition, 2015, Open Show 2014, 2021.
Kentucky Watercolor Societies Aqueous "94, Bowling Green, KY, 1994.
Louisiana Watercolor Society, New Orleans, LA, 1991, 1995.
Massachusetts Art Education Association: Awards Plaque 2022, Exhibitions: 2010(2), 2011, 2012(3), 2013(3), 2016,
Mississippi Watercolor Society, Jackson, MS, 1989, 1995, 1998, 2010, 20ll, 2014.
National Collage Societies Annual Juried Exhibition, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013.
National Watercolor Society 88th Annual Exhibition, 2008.
National Watercolor Society’s Signature and Associate Members Exhibition, 1999, 2005.
New England Watercolor Societies North American Biennial, 2000, 2002.
New England Watercolor Society Signature Members Show 2007, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2019, Regional Exhibit, 2008, 2010, 2015, 125th Anniversary Exhibition 2010.
New Mexico Watercolor Society National Exhibit, 2002-5, 2018, Western Federation, 2011, Fall Members 2015, 2017, Signature Members Exhibit 2016, 2021, Spring Members 2013, 2017(2), Members Only 2014.
North West Watercolor Society National Exhibit, “Waterworks” 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011.
Oklahoma Watercolor Society, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2004.
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Bethlehem, PA, 1992.
Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.
Pikes Peak Watercolor Societies International Watermedia 1999, 2000.
San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, CA, 1991.
Southwestern Watercolor Society Membership Exhibition, TX, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018, Members Open (2) 2014.
Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TX, 1992, 1998 1999, 2001, 2002.
The Studio Door: Proud 2017
University of Hawaii, Manoa: Mokuhanga Japanese Print and International Mokuhanga Conference 2017.
WGBH: Fine Art Juried Auction 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014.

Publications Featuring Artwork

Fifty Years of Excellence Watercolor 5(19), 112, American Artist Publication, Summer, 1999
John Krenik’s Technique, The Review, Cape Cod’s Arts and Antiques Magazine, 4, 46-49, September/October 1989
Nauset Art Teachers Exhibit, VHS C3TV, South Yarmouth, MA, December 1998
Two Perspectives, VHS C3TV, South Yarmouth, MA, August 1993
American Art Collector Magazine (87), 2013.
Collage in all Dimensions, National Collage Society, Malcolm Llewellyn Publishing, Washington, DC, 2005
Fifty Years of Excellence, Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TX, 1999
New Visions 1991 Calendar, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI, 1991
Studio Visit Magazine, Summer Edition, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, 2010
The Encyclopedia of Living Artists, Fourth Edition, Directors Guild of Publishers, Renaissance, CA, 1989.