EDUCATION
B.F.A., Painting, Colorado State University. 2001
EMPLOYMENT & ORGANIZATIONS
Plein Air Painters of America, 2022-
Signature Member
Oil Painters of America, 2019-Current
Associate Member
Colorado National Monument Association, 2020-Current
Co-Executive Director
Colorado National Monument Association, 2017-Current
Art Coordinator/Plein Air Event Organizer
Artist’s Network University, 2013
Online Painting Instructor
Kurtzman/Lintott Gallery, Grand Junction. 2007-2014
Mesa State College, Grand Junction. 2011
Foundation Drawing Instructor.
Mesa State College, Grand Junction. 2010
Mixed Media Drawing Instructor.
NOTABLE AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Colorado Governor’s Art Show, 2022
Award of Merit
PleinAir Moab, 2014
Awarded 3rd Place in category of oils/acrylics
PleinAir Moab, 2013
Awarded 3rd Place in category of oils/acrylics
PleinAir Moab, 2012
Awarded 1st Place in category of oils/acrylics
Glenwood Springs Cancer Research Hospital
One 32”x 48” Landscape
Colorado Governor’s Art Award, 2012
Three 30”x40” Landscapes for State Capitol, cities of Lafayette and Carbondale
Saint Mary’s Hospital, Grand Junction, CO
Four large landscapes
Champion of the Arts Award Commission, City of Grand Junction, CO
Awarded the commission for the award recipient
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
“Plein Air Painters of America: 35 Years Outdoors”
Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA 2022
“Grand Canyon Celebration of Art”
Grand Canyon, AZ 2022
“Colorado Governor’s Art Show”
Loveland, CO 2022
“OPA Western Regional Show”
Wichita, KS 2021
“Colorado Governor’s Art Show”
Loveland, CO 2021
“OPA Western Regional Show”
St. George, UT 2020
“Colorado Governor’s Art Show”
Loveland, CO 2019
“Sedona Plein Air Festival”
Sedona, AZ 2018
“Grand Canyon Celebration of Art”
Grand Canyon, AZ 2018
“Colorado Governor’s Art Show”
Loveland, CO 2018
"Mountain Oyster Club Show"
Tucson, AZ 2016
“Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational”
Springdale, UT 2016
“Colorado Governor’s Art Show”
Loveland, CO 2016
“Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational”
Springdale, UT 2015
“Aspen Plein Air”
Aspen, CO 2015
“Moab PleinAir”
Moab, UT 2014
“Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational”
Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery, Crested Butte, CO 2014
“Moab PleinAir”
Moab, UT 2013
“Ocean of Desert, Sea of Forest”
Grand Junction Art Center, Grand Junction, CO 2013
“Moab PleinAir”
Moab, UT 2012
“Western Visions” (Group)
Red Brick Art Center, Aspen, CO 2012
“Carbondale Plein Air Invitational”
Carbondale, CO 2012
“Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational” (Group)
Oh-Be-Joyful Galley, Crested Butte, CO 2011
“New Landscapes” (Two Person)
Western CO Art Center, Grand Junction, CO 2009