In my artwork, I seek to celebrate life: the simple and spectacular images all around us. Art patrons admire my intense use of color and texture to enhance daily life and communicate my emotional reaction to beauty. I consider my style to be unique to me but I have been influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard and Jan Vermeer. My paintings were in two group shows on Broadway and my biography can be found in the original Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, and Who's Who in the World. I am currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Radford University where I have taught for sixteen years. I primarily create large impasto oil paintings, but I also work in pastels. My art has been exhibited throughout the USA, and I have won local, national & international awards in both mediums, including awards from Dorothy Gillespie, May Stevens, and Daniel Greene.
AWARDS
2007 Painting, 'New River Trestle' chosen for cover of Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce 2008-2009
2006 Honorable Mention, Art Along the Alley, Blacksburg, VA
2005 Purchase Award, 'Expressions', Lynwood Artist's Annual Show, Piedmont Fine Arts Center, Martinsville, VA
2004 1st Place, Montomomery Museum Art Festival, Christiansburg, VA
2004 2nd Place, Blacksburg Sidewalk Show, Blacksburg, VA
2003 1st Place, Oils, Lynwood Artists Juried show, Martinsville, VA
2002 3rd Place, Over-all Blacksburg Sidewalk Show, Blacksburg, VA
2000 3rd Place, Blacksburg Sidewalk Show, Blacksburg, VA
1997 Best in Show, Fincastle Arts Festival, Fincastle, VA
1997 Merit Award, Lynwood Artists Annual Show, Martinsville, VA
1996 Merit Award, Lynwood Artists Annual Show, Martinsville, VA
1995 1st Place, Lynwood Artists Juried Show, Martinsville, VA
1994 Merit Award, Lynwood Artist Annual Show, Martinsville, VA
