CONTACT
11091 N Tapestry Dr
Oro Valley,  AZ  85737
Phone: 520.575.1727
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GALLERIES
Coleman Fine Art, Charleston, SC
Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY
Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
Wild Horse Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO

RESUME

Born 1943, San Antonio, TX

Education
1991-90 Workshops with Jim Wilcox, Robert Pummell, Gary Carter, Kenneth Riley, William Reese and Howard Terpning
1978 Stanford Conference on Design, Stanford University, CA
1976 Illustration Workshop, Marymont College, Tarrytown, NY
1964 Famous Artists Correspondence School, Westport, CT
Junior College, San Antonio, TX

Selected Public and Private Commissions
1995 30 Paintings for the Comstock Bank, Reno, NV
1994 Washoe Hospital, Reno, NV

Selected Group Shows
2009-2010
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2008
European Tradition, American Vision, Paintings by the Plein-Air Painters of America, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2007
From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America 21st Annual Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2006-1996 Plein-Air Painters of America, Avalon and Lake Tahoe, CA
2005-1999 Plein-Air Exhibition, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2005
Painting the North Coast, Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
2005-2004 Sea to Shining Sea—A Reflection of America, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2004 Alla Prima International, Nichols Fine Art Gallery, Taos
2003 Glories of the Sonoran Desert, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
Plein Air from Coast to Coast, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Tucson Plein Air Painters’ Society, Sonoran Desert Museum, AZ
2002 Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
2002-2000 El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2000 Colorado Landscapes, Wild Horse Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
American Miniatures, Settles West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1999 Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras, Pogan Gallery, Tahoe City, CA
Plein-Air Painters of America, Bennington Center for the Arts, VT
1998 Treasures of Sierra Nevada, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA

Teaching
2005-1997 Plein-Air Painters of America Workshops, Laguna Beach, CA; Old Lyme, CT; Wickenburg, AZ; Granby, CO; Bennington, VT, Fallbrook, CA, and Steamboat Springs, CO
2000 Lake Tahoe Workshop, Taos City, CA
1996-93 Namaste Art Center
1993-90 Caughlin Art Center

Awards
2006
Merit Award, Western Rendezvous
2005
Award of Excellence, Western Rendezvous
Artists Choice, LAPAP, Laguna Museum of Art
2002-2004 President, Plein-Air Painters of America
1999 First Place, Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational
1998-97 Honorable Mention and Second Place, California Art Club, Mission San Juan Capistrano Competition
1998 Tucson Plein Air Painting Arts for the Parks Top 200
1994 Arts for the Parks Top 100

Selected Bibliography
2007
Bonnie Gangelhoff, “Big Bend Adventure,” Southwest Art, February
2005
Virginia Campbell, "Close to the Canvas," Southwest Art, Oct.
Brian F. Riley, "George Strickland: Learning to See," American Artist Workshop, Spring
2004 M. Stephen Doherty, "Painting from Sea to Shining Sea," American Artist, (Cover) June
2002 Karen Klinka, "The Plein Air Painters of America," Persimmon Hill, Summer
Sara Gilbert, "En Plein Air," U.S. Art, October
John Jarvis, "In Plein Sight," November,
M.J. Van Deventer, “PAPA,” Persimmon Hill, Spring

Selected Collections
Bank of America. Comstock Bank. Witte Museum. Washoe Hospital

Affiliations
Signature Member, Plein-Air Painters of America, and PAPA President, 2003-2005
Member, Northwest Rendezvous Group
Out of State Member, California Art Club