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Education:
2002 - 2007 - Art Classes at the John Tyler
Community College, Midlothian, VA.
2003-2004 - Painting and pastel classes at the
Petersburg Area Art League and Petersburg Regional
Art Center, Petersburg, VA.
1976 -1978 – Associates Degree at Jefferson
Community College, Watertown, NY.
Honors
and Awards:
October 2006
– Second place for painting of “The Peasant Girl” at Art Works in
Richmond, VA.
February 2006 - Awarded the 2006 John Tyler Foundation Award by the John
Tyler Community
College for the painting titled, Charley and Champ.
The painting was featured on the
National poster that advertises The John Tyler Community College.
Press releases of the
painting and an article about my work
were featured in several newspapers to include the
Richmond
Times Dispatch, The Colonial Voice and the Village News in February
2006.
May 2005 -
The famous Poet, Rita Dove, and her husband, Fred Viebahn, a novelist,
added 3 pieces
of my work to their private art collection while signing her new
book at John Tyler
Community College.
Rita served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995
and is now the Poet Laureate of Virginia and is a Pulitzer Prize
winner.
February
2005 - First place for my portrait painting in the Figures art show at
Art Works.
September
2004 - Honorable Mention for 3 paintings at the Petersburg Regional Art
Center.
April 2004 -
First place and Honorable Mention for my 2 paintings at the John Tyler
Community
College student art show. |