Bio

Art Studies Colorado Women’s College, bachelor’s degree Adams State College at Taos, graduate study Taos Institute of Arts Numerous classes and workshops including those of Barbara Zaring, Fran Larson, Steve Quiller, Kim English, Tim Deibler, Leigh Gusterson and Ann Templeton

Selected Juried and Invitational Exhibitions

Plein Air Artists Colorado, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO, 2010, Abend Gallery 2009, Patron’s Gallery, 2008, Anglers’ Gallery, 2007

First Lady’s Plein Air Art Show, Governor’s Mansion, Denver, CO, 2010

Memories in the Making, Paired and Palette artist, Denver, CO, 2010, 2009, 2008

Windows to the Divine, Evergreen Fine Art, 2010, Madden Museum, 2009, Denver Center for Performing Arts, 2007, 2005

Denver Plein Air Arts Festival Exhibit, Denver, CO, 2009, 2008, 2007

Nomadas del Arte, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, Tx, 2009, Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2008

Plein Air Expanded, Art in Public Places, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO, 2009

Artists of Colorado, the Event Gallery 910 Arts, Denver, CO, 2009

Highlighted Artists, Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005

Impact 20, Art Students League, Denver, CO, 2007

Rock Ledge Exhibit, Colorado Springs, CO, 2007

Views of Pike’s Peak, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, 2006

Gateway to the Rockies, Aurora History Museum, Aurora, CO, 2004, 2002

American Academy of Women Artists, Denver, CO, 2003, Santa Fe, NM, 2001

Gypsy Fever, Galleria Eliasinez, Taos, NM, 2003

Watermedia Xll International, Colorado Springs, Fine Arts Center, CO, 2001, 1998

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Selected Honors

Selected as Limited Edition Print Artist for Highlighted Collection, Rocky Mountain Public Television, 2008

3rd Place, Rock Ledge Ranch Exhibit, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2007

Poster Artist, Art for Life Benefit, Denver, CO, 2003

Cover Artist, Out Front Colorado, August, 2003

Best of Show, Gateway to the Rockies, Aurora History Museum, Aurora, CO, 2002; 3rd Place, Honorable Mention, 2004

2nd Place, 2D Perspective, Longmont, CO, 2001

1st Place, Oils, Colorado Artists’ Guild Annual Contest, Denver, CO, 2001

Cover artist for invitations and programs, Mayor’s State of the City Dinner, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, CO, 1998

Honorable Mention, Colorado Visions, Westminster, CO, 1998

Winsor & Newton Award, Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO, 1997

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Publications and Reviews

Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, September, 2009

Denver Post, September 11, 2009, May 11, 1999, December 11, 1998, April 18, 1997

Southwest Art Magazine, February, 2006, July, 2004

Luxe Magazine, Summer, 2006

ART-TALK, January, 2005

Frontier Airlines Onboard Magazine, July, August, 2004

Westword, September 25, 2003

La Voz, September 24, 2003

Out Front Colorado, August 27, 2003

Taos News, Tempo, June 5, 2003

Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, May, 2003

Taos Horsefly, May 15, 2003

5280 Magazine, December, 2002

Rocky Mountain News, February 26, 2002

Colorado Springs Independent, March 22, 2001

American Artist Watercolor Magazine, Summer, 1998

Colorado Women News, March, 2001

Get Up and Go, June, 1998

Colorado Springs Gazette, January 23, 1998

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Memberships

Plein Air Artists Colorado, Signature Membership

Park Hill Art Club

Foothills Art Center

Art Students League of Denver

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Galleries

Abend Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Collections

Corporate Collections include Delta Dental, Children’s Hospital, Macy’s, MWH International Engineering, and The Catholic Foundation

In private collections in Europe, Asia, and the United States

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