1970 Graduate, Granada Union High School, Granada, CO 1975 Scholarship; magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, BA University of Denver, Denver, CO 1981 Scholarship; summa cum laude, BS Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO 1984-88 Colorado Artist’s Association, State Board of Directors, President State Board 1986 Post Graduate Studies, Art History, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 1987-90 Art Students Leagu Denver 1991-94 Board of Directors, Aurora Arts & Humanities Council, Aurora, CO 1991-97 Colorado Artists Guild 1991-97 Citizens Advisory Board, Aurora Fox Arts Center, Aurora, CO Executive Board Chairperson 2003-4 Member, National Association of Independent Artists, NAIA 1996-2006 Member of the Gatherers, national fund raising group for the cultural arts Austin, TX, secretary, National Board of Directors 2001-2016 Director, OmeArt LLC, producer of artist workshops, demonstrations, lectures, and Studio Nights, Denver, CO 2015-2016 Board of Directors, Western Masters LLC, Big Fork, MT
Gallery Represention
Manitou Gallery, Santa FE, NM Dick Idol Gallery, Whitefish, MT Mary Williams Fine Art, Boulder, CO Sanders Gallery, Tucson, AZ Insight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX West Lives On Gallery, Jackson, WY Illume Gallery of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
Publications
2001 SouthWest Art Magazine, Painting the Landscape, Telling Stories, Feb./01, feature article and cover 2001 Artist’s Magazine, Living Your Landscapes, Dec./01 feature article and cover 2002 Artist’s Sketchbook, Open Book, An American Painter in Ireland, Spring 2002 feature article 2004 Colorado Expressions, Art Scene, Winter 2004, feature article 2006 Aristos, an Online Review of the Arts, January 2006 aristos.org 2006 Cultural Times, An Artist That Almost Didn’t H,appen, Nov/06, feature article and cover 2012 SouthWest Art Magazine, Governor’s Invitational Art Show, April 2012 2013 SouthWest Art Magazine, Everyday Western Moments, November 2013 feature article 2015 Art of the West Magazine,A Universal Chord, March/April 2015 feature article
Awards
2016 North Star Award, Heart of the West, Bozeman, MT 2014 Honorary Texas Ranger, Former Texas Ranger's Foundation, Fredericksburg, TX 2014 People's Choice Award, Brandford Brinton Museum 6 x6 show, Big Horn, WY 2014 Wells Fargo Gold Award, Buffalo Bill Art Show and Auction, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY 2014 People's Choice Best of Show, Western Masters Art Show, Great Falls, MT 2014 Art Committee's Art Choice Award, "NIght of the Artists" Briscoe Museum, San Antonio, TX 2013 People's Choice Award Weekend in the West Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen, CO 2006 Poster Artist, Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver 2005 Tuffy Berg Award, CM Russell Auction, Great Falls, Montana 2004 Collector’s Choice Award, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT 2004 Finalist Winner, Artist’s Magazine 20th Annual Art Competition 2003 Finalist Winner, Artist’s Magazine 20th Annual Art Competition 2002 Collector’s Choice, Best of Show, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT 2002 Sullivan Award, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT 2002 Merit Award, Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX 2001 Poster Artist, Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone, CO 1997 Poster Artist, Rotary Boot’s and Spurs Invitational Show, Boulder, CO. 1995 Best of Show, Rotary Boot’s and Spurs Invitational Show, Boulder, CO. 1994 Director's Choice Award, Southwest Arts Festival, Albuquerque, NM 1993 National Greeley Art Mart, Meritorious Painting Award, Greeley, CO 1993 Colorado Artist's Guild, Annual Watermedia Painting Award, Denver, CO 1992 Meritorious Award, Colorado State Fair Art Show, Pueblo, CO 1992 Picture Perfect Award, Oil and Acrylic Painters Show, Osage Beach, MO 1992 Fountain Hills National Art Show, 1st Place, Acrylic, Fountain Hills, AZ 1992 Colorado Artists' Guild, Annual Water media Painting Award, Denver, CO 1991 National Greeley Art Mart, 1st Place, Painting, Greeley, CO 1991 United Bank ART Classic, Best of Show, Denver, CO 1988 Best of Show, Fountain Hills National Art Show, Fountain Hill, AZ 1987 Jurist Award, Winfield Art in the Park, Winfield, KS 1986 Colorado Artist's Association State Show, 1st Place Watercolor, Denver, CO 1985 Aurora Library Show, Best of Show, Aurora, CO 1984 Colorado Artist's Association State Show, Jurist's Award, Denver, CO
Select Exhibitions
2017 Color of Night, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2017 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2017 Settler's West Summer Show, group show, Tucson, AZ
2016 The Great American West, group show, Settler's West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2016 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2016 Art of the Horse, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2016 Settler's West Summer Show, group show, Tucson, AZ
2016 Small Painting Show, Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY
2016 Settler's West Miniatures Show, group show, Tucson, AZ
2016 Heart of the West, Bozeman, MT
2016 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2015 Settler's West Summer Show, group show, Tucson, AZ
2015 Small Painting Show, Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY
2015 The Great American West, group show, Settler's West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2015 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2015 Weekend in the West, Evergreen, CO
2015 Heart of the West, Art Auction, Show and Quick Draw, Couer D'Alene, ID
2015 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2015 Art of the Horse, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
2015 March in Montana, Great Falls, Montana
2015 The Russell Art Auction, CM Russell Museum, Great FAlls, MT
2015 Western Art, Abend Gallery, group show, Denver, CO
2014 The Great American West, group show, Settler's West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2014 Small Painting Show, Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY
2014 Texas Rangers, one man show, WhistlePik Galleries, Fredericksburg, TX
2014 Settler's West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ
2014 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2014 The Summer Show, Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2014 Western Masters Art Show and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana
2014 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2014 Weekend in the West, Evergreen, CO
2014 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO
2013 A Cowboy’s World, Caribou Gallery, two man show, Denver, CO
2013 The Great American West, Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2013 Small Painting Show, Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY
2013 Western Masters Art Show and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana
2013 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2013 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO
2013 Weekend in the West, Evergreen, CO
2013 Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ
2013 Greeley Stampede Invitational Western Art Show, Greely, CO
2013 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2013 Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO
2013 Night & Day , one man show, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen CO
2013 Abends Miniature Show, Denver, CO
2013 Evergreen Fine Art Miniature Show, Evergreen, CO
2013 Western Paint Out, DAbvis blevin Gallery, Saint Jo, TX
2012 The American West, Settler’s WEst Gallery, Tucson
2012 Western Masters Miniature Show, Trailside Gallery, Jackson, WY
2012 Western Masters Art Show and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana
2012 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2012 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO
2012 Art of the Ranch, AR Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
2012 Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ
2012 Greeley Stampede Invitational Western Art Show, Greely, CO
2012 Western Art Show and Quick Draw, AR Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
2012 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2012 Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO
2011 Western Art South Of The Sweet Tea Line, Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, GA
2011 Western Masters Miniature Show, Trailside Gallery, Jackson, WY
2011 40th Anniversary Invitational Art Show, Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2011 The Russell Art Auction, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
2011 Western Masters Art Show and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana
2011 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2011 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO
2011 Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ
2011 Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas
2011 Mary Williams Invitational Quick Draw, Denver, CO
2011 Greeley Stampede Invitational Western Art Show, Greely, CO
2011 Western Art Show and Quick Draw, AR Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
2011 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2011 Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO
2011 Masters of the West Miniatures Art Show, Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY
2011 High Desert Rendevous, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2010 CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana
2010 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX
2010 The Russell, CM Ruasell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
2010 Greeley Stampede Invitational Western Art Show, Greely, CO
2010 Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ
2010 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO
2010 Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas
2010 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, “the Landscape, Eye of the Beholder”
2010 Montana Paint Out, Missoula, Montana
2010 Mary Williams Invitational Quick Draw, Denver, CO
2010 Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2010 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2010 Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO
2009 CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana
2009 Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum, SAn Antonio, TX
2009 Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ
2009 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO
2009 Mary Williams Invitational Quick Draw, Denver, CO
2009 Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas
2009 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2009 Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO
2009 Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2008 Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas
2008 CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana
2008 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY