Curriculum Vitae

Work Represented By:

Design|Works, 2119A Postoffice Street, Galveston Island, TX
Watercolor Art Society - Houston, WAS-H Gallery, 1601 West Alabama St., Houston, TX

Signature Memberships:

Watercolor Art Society - Houston, 2008
North East Watercolor Society, 2003
Texas Watercolor Society, 2002
Georgia Watercolor Society, 2000
Philadelphia Watercolor Society, 1996

Honors:

Co-juror, "Artists Who Happen To Be Women", National Association of Women Artists, The J. Wayne Stark
     University Center Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Apr. 29-Jun. 13, 2004

Solo Exhibitions:

Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX, Aug. 2 - Sep. 3, 2005
Deutser Art Gallery, Houston Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX, Jan. - Feb., 2004
Texas Gallery, Arts Council of Brazos Valley,  College Station, TX, Feb. 4 - Mar. 22, 2002
Berman Museum at Ursinus College,  Collegeville, PA, Oct. 2, 2001 - Jan. 6, 2002
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Oct. 15 - Nov. 29, 1999; and Dec. 1-29, 1995
Boston Psychoanalytical Association,  Boston, MA, Apr. - June 1994
Crosslands,  Kennett Square, PA,  Oct. 9 - Nov. 20, 1993
Kendal,  Kennett Square, PA,  July 1-31, 1998; Jan. 1-31, 1992
Maurice Burrison Gallery, University of Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 4-28, 1994; Mar. 6-30, 1990

Two Person Exhibitions:

Fall Paintings, Cosmopolitan Club,  Philadelphia, PA,  Nov. 13 - Dec. 8, 2000
16th Annual Invitation Art Show, Chester County Art Assoc., West Chester, PA, Oct. 21 - Nov. 11, 2000
Recent Landscapes, Educational Testing Service,  Princeton, NJ, June 26 - Aug. 8, 2000
Negev Landscapes, Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ, Apr. 1 - June 26, 2000
40 Years In The Desert, Borowsky Gallery, YMHA,  Philadelphia, PA,  Mar. 16 - Apr. 25, 1999
Plastic Club,  Philadelphia, PA,  Sep. 1-26, 1998
Markheim Art Center,  Haddonfield, NJ,  Jan. 7-31, 1994
Artists' House,  Philadelphia, PA,  July 10 - Aug. 30, 1992

Selected Juried Shows:

2006

Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Fall Exhibition, Bryn Mawr, PA, Nov. 6, 2005 - Jan. 12
56th Annual Exhibition, Texas Watercolor Society, Traveling Show (7 Texan cities ), Feb. 27 2005 - Jan. 15

2005

36th Annual Watercolor Art Society - Houston Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX, Oct. 31 - Dec. 2
12th Annual International Exhibition, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX, Dec. 1-30
Art With A Southern Drawl, Martin Hall, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL, Apr. 1-29
Spring Show, Midland Arts Association, Midlands, TX, Mar. 3 - Apr. 3
39th Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Richardson Civic Art Society, Richardson, TX, Mar. 2 - Apr. 3
28th Annual International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society, The Bank of America, Houston, TX, Mar. 7-30

2004

National Association Of Women Artists, traveling show through North Carolina, July 1 - Jan. 29, 2005
12th Annual International Exhibition, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX, Dec. 1-30
28th Annual International Exhibition, North East Watercolor Society, Kent, CT, Oct. 23 - Nov. 7
108th Annual Exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, New York, NY, Oct. 8-29
Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Show, Phillips Museum, Lancaster, PA, Aug. 31 - Sep. 26
National Watercolor Society and Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Glendale, CA, May 1 - July 2
National Association of Women Artists, College Station, TX, Apr. 24 - June 13
Watercolor Art Society Of Houston, Houston, TX, May 4 - June 4

2003

27th Annual International Exhibition, North East Watercolor Society, Kent, CT, Oct. 19 - Nov. 2
114th Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY, Oct. 2-23
106th Annual Fellowship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Chester Springs, PA, Sep. 14 - Oct. 12
20th Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX, May 12 - June 6
37th Annual Art Show, Richardson Civic Art Society, Richardson, TX, Apr. 7 -May 2
Texas & Neighbors Regional Exhibition, Irving Art Association, Irving, TX, Apr. 26 - May 24
4th Annual Exhibition, Shippensburg University, Kaufmann Gallery, Shippensburg, PA, Apr. 2-23
50th Anniversary Spring Exhibition, Philadelphia Tri State Artists Equity, Atlantic City, NJ, Mar. 16 - Apr. 28
8th Annual Exhibition, Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Association, Las Cruces, NM, Mar. 21 - Apr. 10
National Art Show, Cedar Key Art Center, Cedar Key, FL, Mar. 1-31
Illuminations, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY, Feb. 4-28

2002

Sun Bowl Art Exhibit 2002, International Museum of Art,  El Paso, TX,  Nov. 6 - Jan. 6, 2003
10th Annual International Juried Exhibit, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX, Dec. 5-29
National Association of Women Artists, Attleboro Museum,  Attleboro, MA, Mar. 7 - Apr. 20
Texas Watercolor Society 53rd Annual Exhibition, Rockport Center for Arts, Rockport, TX, Apr. 10 - May 18
Texas & Neighbors 2002, Irving Art Association,  Irving, TX,  Apr. 21 - May 19
Paper in Particular, National Exhibition, Columbia College,  Columbia, MO, Feb. 3 - Mar. 3

2001 (moved to Texas from Pennsylvania, Nov. 6, 2000)

Living on the Prairie, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art,  El Dorado, Kansas, Oct. 5 - Nov. 2
Philadelphia Tri-state Artists Equity, 52nd Anniversary Exhibition,   Oceanville, NJ,  Oct. 5 - Jan. 6
8th Annual Nat. Watermedia Competition, Rhode Island Watercolor Society,  Pawtucket, RI, Sep. 23 - Oct. 19
Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Riverfront Renaissance Center,  Millville, NJ, Aug. 5 - Sep. 1
51st Annual Art Competition, Fort Smith Art Center,  Fort Smith, AR, Jul. 15 - Aug. 26
Members Show, Watercolor Art Society of Houston, Houston, TX, Jun. 1-26
Fellowship Prize Winners, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila., PA, May 9 - Jun. 3
138th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila., PA, Mar. 25 - Apr. 29

2000

From Heart of Artist, National Association of Women Artists, Art Center, Sarasota, FL,  Nov. 11 - Dec. 3
103rd Juried Show, Penn. Academy of Fine Arts Fellowship,  Chester Springs, PA,  Sep. 17 - Oct. 15
50th Annual Art Competition, Fort Smith Art Center,  Fort Smith, AR, Aug. 17 - Sep. 30
Three Rivers Arts Festival,  Pittsburgh, PA,  May 27 - Jun. 19
21st National Show, Georgia Watercolor Society,  Thomasville, GA, Apr. 9 - May 21
Works on Paper, Philadelphia Artists Equity, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA, Apr. 7-29
Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City, NJ, Apr. 1-30
Lafayette Art Association 2000, Lafayette Art Gallery,  Lafayette, LA, Mar. 9 - Apr. 25

Selected Awards:

First Prize, Oil Painting, Midland Art Association, Spring Show, Museum of the Southwest, TX, 2005
Merchandise Award, Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TX, 2005
2d Place, Watercolor, 12th Annual International Exhibition, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX, 2005
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, 103rd Juried Show,  Chester Springs, PA,  2000
Windsor Newton Award for Excellence in Watercolor,  Philadelphia / Tri-State
      Artists Equity, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA 1999
Sponsor’s Award, Sixth Mid-Atlantic Regional Art Exhibition, Maryland Art League,
      Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1998
Third Prize, Rhode Island Watercolor Society,  Pawtucket, RI,  1997
Liquitex Art Award, Central Pennsylvania Festival of Arts, State College, PA,  1997
Honorable Mention, Canadian Watercolor Society, Works on Paper, Art for the  21st Century,
      Wilsden Gallery,  Courtenay, BC, Canada,  1996
John Gilliam Award, Members Exhibition, Main Line Center,  Haverford, PA,  1996
Award of Merit, Watercolor, 30th Annual Mother Lode National Exhibition,
      Placerville Arts Association, Placerville, CA, 1996
Juror's Decision, Penn State, Delaware County Campus,  Media, PA,   1996
Gold Award, Artists Guild of Philadelphia, Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,  Jan. 1992
Lambert and Emma W. Cadwalader Prize, Landscape Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1990
Morris Blackburn Prize for Landscape Painting in Watercolor, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1989

Works in the collections of:

Museums

The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, AR
The Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
The J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
George W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, TX
Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX
Woodmere Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, PA
Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA

Corporations

Vanguard
Arco
Johnson & Johnson
Wyeth Ayerlet
Rome & Haas

Many Private Collections

Publications:

The Bryan-College Station Eagle, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002
“Places & Paintings,” by Lee Cohen, The Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art,
      Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, Fall, 2001
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999
Watercolor Magazine, “The Color Yellow”, Ginny Baier, Spring 1996

Education:

Vermont Studio Center,  Johnson, VT,  Nov. 1-8, 1992
Barnes Foundation Course,  Merion, PA,  1991 - 1992
Graduate, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,  Philadelphia, PA, 1986 - 1990
B. S. & M. S. in Education, University of Illinois,  Urbana, IL,  1949 - 1954
Bank Street College of Education,  New York, NY, 1947 - 1948
College of the University of Chicago,  Chicago, IL,  1943 - 1945

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