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GALLERIES
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Grapevine Gallery,  Oklahoma City, OK
Settlers West, Tucson, AZ
Trailside Gallery, Jackson, WY
Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Simpson Gallagher, Cody, WY
Granite Mesa Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
Collectors Covey, Dallas, TX

RESUME

Born 1960, Kansas City, MO

Raised Scottsdale, AZ, France and Switzerland

Education
1985 BFA, Painting, Arizona State University, Tempe

Selected One-Person Shows
2006-1996 Trailside Americana Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1991 Turner Gallery, Denver, CO

Selected Group Shows
2013-2009
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, & traveling to museums throughout the country.
2012-2011
The Allure of Water: 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
95th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art
2005-2004 Sea to Shining Sea—A Reflection of America, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2005-1997 Plein-Air Painters of America, Avalon & Lake Tahoe, CA
2003 Glories of the Sonoran Desert, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ
Plein Air from Coast to Coast, Lyme Art Association, CT
2006-1999 Masters of the American West, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
2005-1999 Prix de West Invitational, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
2005-1998 Northwest Rendezvous Group, Helena, MT
2000-1996 Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show, Cheyenne, WY
2003-1991 Miniature Show, National Wildlife Art Museum, Jackson, WY
2006-1991 Great American West, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1997-96 Trailside Gallery, Jackson, WY
1998-94 Miniatures Show, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1993 Linda McAdoo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995-92 Artists of the West, Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
1993-92 American Art in Miniature, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Teaching
2005-2002 Plein Air Painters of Amerca Workshops, Laguna Beach, CA; Old Lyme, CT; Wickenburg, AZ; Granby, CO
2000 Associated Creative Artists, Dallas, TX
2000-1998 Fredericksburg Artists’ School, Fredericksburg, TX
2003-1991 Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ
1999 Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
1998-96 The Fechin Institute, Taos, NM

Selected Awards
2006-2002
Merit Award, Western Rendezvous
2005
Sonoran Award, Sonoran Desert Museum, Plein Air
2000 Robert Lougheed Award, Prix de West, National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Best of Show and Artistic Merit, Western Rendezvous
1999 Best of Show, Tucson Plein-Air Paint-off
1997 Red Smith Award, Miniature Show, National Wildlife Museum
Best of Show, Emerging City, San Jose, CA
1991 Eleanor Libbey Award, First Place, Oils, Scottsdale Artists's School, "Best and Brightest"

Selected Bibliography
2009
Amy Abrams, "Plein and Simple, Arizona Highways, August
Vicki Stavig, "A Feeling of Time and Place," Art of the West, July/August
2007
Bonnie Gangelhoff, “Big Bend Adventure,” Southwest Art, February
2005
Stephen Doherty, "Understanding Light in the Landscape," American Artist Workshop, Summer
Matt Smith, "A Delicate Balance," Plein Air Magazine, Jan
2004
Vicki Stavig, “The Magnificent Seven,” Art of the West, Jan/Feb
2003
"Going from Bare Canvas to Beautiful," Persimmon Hill, Summer
2002
"Making the Landscape Your Own," American Artist, January
Chapter in book, "Expressing the Visual Language of the Landscape, International Art
2001
“Ask a Master,” International Artist, April/May
2000
”My Passion Is Nature,” Art of the West, Sept/Oct
1999
”Arizona Artists,” Arizona Corridors, May/June
1998
”Desert Vistas,” Southwest Art, February

National Affiliations
Signature Member, Plein-Air Painters of America. Northwest Rendezvous Group