Drawing
Artist’s Web Site
Member of Flag since: 2025
STATEMENT:
For over 25 years I have been exhibiting and participating in statewide art exhibitions and fairs. I like to refer to my work as tropical realism, larger than life pastel drawings of the south Florida experience. still lives, landscapes and portraits of the unique Florida vibe. my pastels are all one of a kind, no prints. Sizes range from postcards that are 5 x 7 inches to over 40 x 60 works on paper.
RESUME:
Education:
- B.F.A. Graphic Design University of Miami 1988
- M.S. Art Education Florida International University 1992
- Specialist Art Education, Florida International University 1995
- Florida Certified Art Educator 1992- Present
Teaching Experience:
- Fiu Frost Museum Of Art, Drawing You In 2024
- Fisher Island Day School Art Educator, 2017 -Present
- Ready Set Paint, Instructor, Biscayne Nature Center , 2017-Present
- Artist In Residence, Biscayne Nature Center 2022-Present
- Pastels And Petals, Instructor, Art Center South Florida, 2012-2016
- Florida Artist In Residence, National Park Centennial 11 Florida National Parks
- Visiting Artist Program, Miami Dade County Public Schools 2010 – Present
- Artist In Residence, Big Cypress National Preserve, 2007, 2009,2017
- Arts For Learning, Teaching Assistant To The Educational Director 2002-2004
- Museum Educator, Miami Dade County Public Schools, 1994-1998
- Art Educator, Miami Dade County Public Schools, 1992-1998
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS:
- 2024 FIU Masters Alumni exhibition
- 2024 FIU Frost Art Museum, Drawing You In, Artist in Residence
- 2024 BISCAYNE one woman show Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne
- 2023 JN Ding Darling NWR Artist in Residence, Sanibel Island
- 2023 Clem Pennington Lifetime Achievement Award, Dade Art Education Association
- 2023 REMEDY one woman show, JN Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island
- 2023 Bronze award Coconut Grove Arts Festival
- 2023 Ocean Reef Invitational Paint Out
- 2023 Riviera Invitational All Florida Show
- 2022 Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Artist in Residence
- 2022 Coconut Grove Arts festival, 2nd place
- 2022 Beaux arts festival, Lowe art museum, second place
- 2022 Ocean Reef invitational Paint Out
- 2021 Ocean Reef invitational art show
- 2021 Riviera Country Club Invitational Featured Artist, Coral Gables, Florida
- 2020 So (sew) America Cares, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
- 2019 Second Place, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami, Florida
- 2019 Ocean Reef Paint Out invitational
- 2019 ‘Merrick and Me’ One Woman Show, Coral Gables Museum
- 2019 Artist in Residence, Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne, Florida
- 2018 Biscayne Beautiful, One Woman Show, Biscayne National Park
- 2018 Wild Oasis, One Woman Show, Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee Florida
- 2018 Over Land and Sea, One Woman Show, Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne
- 2018 First Place Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami , Florida
- 2018 Miami River Mural Project
- 2018 Paint me Miami
- 2018 Ocean Reef Paint Out invitational
- 2018 FIU Invitational Masters Exhibition, Graham Center Gallery, Florida
- 2017 Wild Oasis One Woman Show at Swenson Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex
- 2017 Knights Art Challenge Artist in Residence Program at the Biscayne Nature Center
- 2017 West Elm Local Color Artist Vendor
- 2017 FIU Masters of Education Alumni Show Presidents Residence
- 2017 National Park Service Centennial, Florida Artist in Residence – Wild Oasis
- 2017 Paint the Parks contributing artist
- 2017 Ocean Reef Paint Out Invitational
- 2017 Ocean Reef 4 person show
- 2016 Miami River Mural Project, Dade County
- 2016 Florida NPS Centennial Artist in Residence
- 2016 Third Place Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami
- 2016 National Juried Exhibition, Punta Gorda Art Center
- 2016 Master of Education Inaugural Exhibition, Graham Center Gallery, President’s Residence, FIU
- 2016 Visiting Artist, Santa Clara Elementary, MDCPS, Miami
- 2016 Local Color, One Woman Show, 22nd Floor Gallery, Florida Capitol Building,
- 2016 Paint Me Miami, Annual Exhibition 2016, Bakehouse Art Complex
- 2015 Second place, Beaux Art festival, Coconut Grove, Florida
- 2015 Best in Show, Art Center Sarasota, Florida Flavor
- 2015 Strokes of Genius #7 2015
- 2015 Cabana Girls, 2 woman show, Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne, Florida
- 2014 Coconut Grove Arts festival, mentor and visiting artist
- 2014 For Jamaica, invitational exhibition, Fort Lauderdale
- 2014 FIU, Speaker, Alumni Week, department of art education
- 2014 University of Miami, featured alumni interview and article
- 2014 Holtz Children’s Hospital Art Gallery – founder
- 2013 Images: Art Festival poster artist
- 2013 Stokes of Genius #5 2013
- 2013 All Florida Biennial, Hollywood Art Center
- 2013 All Florida 62nd Annual, Boca Raton Museum of Art
- 2013 All Florida Invitational Juried Exhibition, Bonnet House, Ft. Lauderdale
- 2013 Florida Flavor, Juried Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota
- 2013 One Woman Show, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Nature Center Gallery, Key Biscayne
- 2013 Papering, Group Exhibition, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami
- 2012 American Impressionist Society Annual Show, Indianapolis, Indiana
- 2012 Surroundings one woman show, Florida Cultural Council Innovation and the Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
- 2012 Natural Colors 2 person show, Coconut Grove Art Festival Gallery
- 2011 Second place graphics and drawing Beaux Arts Festival, University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables
- 2011 Commissioned t-shirt/poster artist Naples National Art festival, Naples, Fl
- 2010 Carnival Cruise Lines commissioned artist for ship Magic
- 2010 Keynote speaker Florida Art Education association, Orlando
- 2010 IFEA pinnacle awards, best poster, t-shirt, cap, coconut grove arts festival
- 2010 Commissioned artist Big Brothers Big Sisters big event gala
- 2010 Honorable mention Coconut Grove Art Festival , Miami, Fl
- 2010 Commissioned Poster Artist Melbourne art festival Melbourne, FL
- 2009 Commissioned Coconut Grove Arts Festival poster artist, Miami, Fl
- 2009 POWWOW international convention bureau and travel conference
- 2009 Invited Showcase artist Adrienne Arscht Center
- 2009 Commissioned Miami Children’s Chorus program cover artist
- 2009 Jackie Hinchey Snipes Advocate for the Arts Award recipient
- 2009 Second place, Melbourne arts festival, Melbourne, Fl
- 2009 Honorable Mention, Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, Fl
- 2008 36th Annual Pastel Society of America juried show, National Arts Club, NY, NY
- 2008 Ridgewood Art Institute award of merit
- 2008 Commissioned cover artist, second place, Beaux Arts University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables
- 2008 Award of merit, A.E. Backus Art festival, Ft. Pierce, Fl.
- 2007 35th Annual Pastel Society of America juried exhibition,
- 2007 National Arts Club, NY, NY
- 2007 First place, South Miami Art Festival, South Miami, Fl
- 2007 Signature Member, Pastel Society of America, NY, NY
- 2006 Commissioned poster artist, first place, Pinecrest Gardens art festival, Pinecrest, fl.
- 2006 Commissioned poster artist, South Miami art festival, South Miami, fl.
- 2006 Honorable mention, in the park with art, Palmetto bay, Fl
- 2006 Second place, Melbourne art festival, Melbourne, Fl
- 2006 Commissioned poster artist, Best in Show, Miami Beach Festival of the Arts
- 2006 Honorable Mention, Pastel Journal 100 National Competition
- 2005 Honorable Mention, Pastel Journal 100 National Competition
- 2005 First Place Beaux Arts festival, University of Miami Lowe art museum, Fl
- 2005 Second place, South Miami Art festival, South Miami, Fl
- 2004 Second place Art in the Park, Palmetto Bay, Fl
- 2004 First place Miami Beach festival of the arts, Miami Beach, Fl
- 2004 Honorable mention, Pastel Journal 100 National Competition
- 2004 First place Beaux Arts festival, University of Miami Lowe art museum, Coral Gables, Fl
- 2003 First place Coconut Grove Arts festival, Miami, Fl
- 2003 Best of show South Miami art festival, South Miami, Fl
- 2003 Best of show Art in the Park, Palmetto Bay, Fl
- 2003 First place beaux arts festival, university of Miami Lowe Art Museum, C. Gables, Fl
- 2003 Honorable mention Pastel Journal 100 National Competition
- 2003 Honorable mention Artfest, Martin county Council for the Arts, Stuart, Fl
- 2002 First place South Miami art festival, South Miami, Fl
- 2002 First place Brickell key invitational Artfest, Miami, Fl
- 2002 Third place Melbourne festival of the arts, Melbourne, Fl
- 2002 Award of merit Winter Park sidewalk art festival, Winter park, Fl
- 2002 First place Martin county council for the arts, Artfest, Stuart, Fl
- 2001 Commissioned artist international mango festival Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden,
- 2001 First place South Miami art festival, South Miami, Fl
- 2001 Third place Melbourne art festival, Melbourne, Fl
- 2001 Best of Show Pigeon Key art festival, Marathon, Fl
- 2000 First place coconut grove art festival, Miami, Fl
- 2000 Honorable mention, patron purchase award, Melbourne arts festival,
- 2000 Award of distinction, Patron Purchase award, Images 2000, New Smyrna
- 1999 Commissioned poster artist, best of show,
- 1999 Saturday &Sunday in the Park with Art, Coral Gables, Fl
- 1999 Commissioned poster artist 59th annual ramble,
- 1999 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables Fl
- 1998 Commissioned poster artist, First place 47th beaux arts festival of art, University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Fl
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
- Miami River Mural Project, Dade County
- J.N.’Ding’ Darling National Wildlife Refuge
- Florida International University Foundation
- University Of Miami School Of Business
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
- Florida Department Of Cultural Affairs
- Gelber Schacter And Greenberg
- Carnival Cruise Lines
- Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial/Um
- Foley And Gardner, Miami
- The Collection, Coral Gables
- Big Cypress National Preserve, NPS
- Everglades National Park, NPS
- Coconut Grove Historical Society
- Miami Dade County Parks And Recreation
- Marks And West, Attorneys
ASSOCIATIONS:
- Founder Miami Plein Aire
- Florida Art Education Association
- Dade Art Education Association
- Pastel Society of America, Signature Member
- Southwest Florida Pastel Society