EDUCATION

• Boston University, BFA degree, 1959.
  
• New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, Advanced Drawing, 1997 - 1998.
• Workshop: Pastel Landscapes, 1999.
• Workshop: Pastel Still Life, 2000.
• Workshop: Oil Painting, Still Life, 2003 - 2004.
• Studied the works of the masters in Spain, France, Italy, and England, with emphasis on 16^th and 17^th century Flemish painters.

EXHIBITIONS

• Taiwan Center, First Annual International Juried Pastel Exhibition, Flushing, New York, 2005.
• Degas Pastel Society Tenth Biennial National Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005.
• Degas Pastel Society Ninth Biennial National Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002.
• Hilton Head Art League National Juried Art Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 2002.
• Pastel Society of America Twenty-ninth National and International Juried Art Exhibition, New York City, New York, 2001.
• Heritage Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, 2001.
• New Orleans Art Association Twenty-first National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001.
• Connecticut Pastel Society Seventh Annual National Exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000.
• Degas Pastel Society Eighth Biennial National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
• Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi, 2000.
• New Orleans Art Association Twentieth National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
• Degas Pastel Society Eleventh Membership Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999.
• Degas Pastel Society Seventh Biennial National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998.
• Clark Hall Museum, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, 1998.

AWARDS, HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Taiwan TECO Award, Taiwan Center, First Annual International Juried Pastel Exhibition, Flushing, New York, 2005.
• Second Place Award, Degas Pastel Society Tenth Biennial Natioinal Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005.
• Special feature, "The Cream of the Crop," The Artist Magazine, November 2003 edition.
• First Place Award, Degas Pastel Society Twelfth Membership Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001.
• Herman Margulies Award for Excellence (2^nd Place), Pastel Society of America Twenty-ninth National and International Juried Art Exhibition, New York, New York, 2001.
• Signatory Member, Pastel Society of America, 2001
• Merit Award, New Orleans Art Association Twenty-first National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001.
• Featured Pastelist in American Artist Magazine, July 2000 edition.
• First Place Award, New Orleans Art Association Twentieth National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
• Winsor & Newton Merit Award, Connecticut Pastel Society Seventh National Juried Art Exhibition, Hartford, Connecticut, 2000.
• Merit Award, Degas Pastel Society Eighth Biennial National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
• Featured Artist in Gulf Coast Arts Review, July/August 2000 issue.
• Merit Award, Degas Pastel Society Seventh Biennial National Juried Art Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998.
• Signatory Member, Degas Pastel Society, 1998.

VOLUNTEER COMMITMENTS 

• Art/Drawing Classes, New Orleans Adolescent Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Art Activities, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.

PARTIAL LIST OF COLLECTIONS 

• Nia Terezakis, M.D., New Orleans, Louisiana
• Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Jahncke, Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana
• Mr. and Mrs. J. Skipper, Ellijay, Georgia
• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Longworth, Lansing, Michigan
• Mrs. Vincent Massaro, Hamden, Connecticut
• Ms. Susan Wellersdieck, San Diego, California
• Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Schultz, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Trostorff, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Ms. Alexis Cannon, Houston, Texas
• Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Guttenberg, New Olreans, Louisiana

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

• Stodghill & James Rug and Fine Art, Ridgeland, Mississippi
• Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, Lousiana