Awards and Exhibitions
Current Position
Instructor at the Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
Recent Exhibitions and Solo shows
- 2022 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe- Award Winner
- 2022 Lehigh Art Alliance-Award Winner
- 2022 Philadelphia Pastel Society-Award Winner
- 2022 Left Coast Pastel Painters Society-Award Winner
- 2022 Bethlehem Palette Club-Award Winner
- 2022 Pastel Society of New Jersey-Award of Excellence
- 2021 Connecticut Pastel Society-Award Winner
- 2021 Audubon Artists-Silver Medal Award Winner
- 2021 Adirondack Artists Guild-Award Winner
- 2021 Pastel Society of New Jersey-Best in Show award winner
- 2021 5 x 5 Artists Exhibition-Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
- 2020 Audubon Artists-Art Spirit Foundation/Gold Medal Award Winner
- 2020 Pastel Society of New Jersey-Merit Award Winner
- 2020 Connecticut Pastel Society-Diane B. Bernard Art Spirit Foundation Award Winner
- 2020 American Artists Professional League-Overall Second Place Award Winner
- 2020 International Association of Pastel Societies-exhibitor
- 2020 Chicago Pastel Painters- Award of Distinction Winner
- 2020 National Association of Women Artists-Winner of Overall Third Place Award
- 2020 Pastel Society of Maine- Winner of the Anne Allaire Memorial Award
- 2020 Central Mass Pastel Society-Winner of the Holbein Award
- 2020 Pastel Society of America-Winner of the Holbein Award
- 2020 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club-Winner of the National Arts Club award
- 2019 American Artists Professional League-David Smith Memorial Award for Pastel
- 2019 Audubon Artists of America-Audubon Silver Medal of Honor winner for Pastel
- 2019 Pastel Society of America-Enduring Brilliance Exhibition-National Arts Club, NY
- 2019 Salmagundi Club-Allied Artists of America-exhibitor
- 2019 Butler Institute of American Art-exhibitor
- 2019 Bethlehem Palette Club-Luckenbach Mill-Juried award winner
- 2019 Lehigh Art Alliance-Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA- Juried award winner
- 2019 Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Bethlehem, PA- 5 x 5 Group Show
- 2018 Pastel Guild of Europe-International online Pastel Comp-Honorable Mention
- 2018 American Artists Professional League-Flora Giffuni Memorial Award for Pastel
- 2018 Audubon Artists of America-Art Spirit Foundation//Dianne Bernhard- Silver Medal of Honor winner for Pastel
- 2018 Bethlehem Palette Club-Sigal Museum- Award for Honorable Mention
- 2018 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA-Art of the State-William D. Davis Memorial Award Winner
- 2018 American Artists Professional League-on line members show, Award for light and shadow
- 2018 Yellow Springs Art Show-Yellow Springs, PA-juried exhibitor
2018 Pastel Society of NJ-Watchung Arts Center-Best in Show - 2018 April 2018 Publication of “The Pastel Journal”- Pastel 100 Award Winner
Education
- Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY 1970
- Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 1974
Memberships
- International Assoc. of Pastel Societies-Master Circle
- Society of America, NY-Signature Member, Master Pastelist
- Pastel Society of New Jersey, -Signature Member
- Salmagundi Club, NY-Elected Member
- Allied Artists of America, NY-Elected Member
- American Artists Professional League, NY-Elected Member
- Audubon Artists of America, NY-Elected Member
- Pastel Guild of Europe-Journeyer Member
- International Guild of Realism-Associate Member
- Connecticut Pastel Society, CT-Associate Member
- Lehigh Art Alliance
- Lehigh Valley Arts Council
- Bethlehem Palette Club
- Parkland Art League
- Pastel Society of North Carolina-Associate Member
- Chicago Pastel Painters
Publications
- 2020-Pastel Journal-Winner in the Pastel 100 Competition April issue
- 2018-Rathalia Review-Literary Magazine of Rosemont College, NJ-featured Artist
- 2018-Pastel Journal-Winner of the Pastel 100 Competition April issue
- 2015 “First Steps to Jazz Improvisation”-book by Allan Meyerson-Front Cover-Be Bop Blues painting
- 2015 “Artists in Residence”-book by Luke Wynne-featured Artist
- 2015 Pastel Journal-Winner of the Pastel 100 Competition April issue
- 2014 Lehigh Valley Style Magazine June issue
- 2014 Lehigh Valley Marketplace Magazine-featured article and photos May issue
- 2014 Lower Macungie Life Magazine-featured article and photos April issue
- 2012 Pastel Journal-Winner of the Pastel 100 Competition April issue
- 2009 Morning Call Newspaper-featured Artist
Other
- 2021 Southeastern Pastel Society Zoom Demo
- 2021 Parkland Art League-Zoom Demo and Lecture on Pastels
- 2019 Perkiomen Art League Exhibition-Juror
- 2015 Southern Lehigh Library Art Exhibition-Juror
- 2014 Parkland Art League-Demo and Lecture on Pastels
- 2013 MOAF-Mystic Outdoor Art Festival-Juror
- 2013 Pocono Mountain Art League-Demo and Lecture on Pastels
- 2012 Parkland Art League-Demo and Lecture on Pastels
- 2012 Channel 69, WFMZ, Featured Artist
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I am proud to be selected as one of the Pastel Journal's 100 Top Talents. You can see my painting "Flags of Our Fathers" featured in the April 2012 issue. |
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