Artist Statement
Selected Invitational Benefit Exhibitions
Education
Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, Bachelor of Fine Arts, With Honors, 1993
Mission: Renaissance School, Art Drawing and Form, Los Angeles, CA 1980
Frank Covino Workshop, Austin, TX, Color and Academic Painting, 1995, 1996
Texas Tech University, Year 1 and 2 in Advertising Art Program--Lubbock, TX, 1970-1971
Awards
Award Winner, Schoharie County National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, New York, 1996
First Place, Oil Painting, Cash Award, Independent Show, Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX 1991
Third Place, Works on Canvas, Cash Award, All Member Show, Art Center of Corpus Christi, 1992
Publications
The Legacy Continues 1927-2006 Art Museum of South Texas
American Heart Association Go Red for Women 2006 Calendar
Corpus Christi Caller Times, March 18, 1999, written by Paige Ross, Artist's Fantastic Vision Mixes Realistic Images With the Surreal
Corpus Christi Caller Times', June 17, 1999, written by Paige Ross, The Art of Las Comrades
Collections
Art Museum of South Texas
Ronald McDonald House Austin
Numerous Private Collections
Public Art
1996 Art Museum of South Texas, a painting of clouds on a 32-foot wall used as a background for the exhibition The Clay’s the Thing
1991 Texas State Aquarium, painting of fish and underwater plants as part of a team for cement columns for a temporary installation in the new aquarium
Teaching
2014–2016 Delphi Academy, Director of Visual Art, Clearwater, FL Private School for Children. Taught age 4–16.
2010–2014 Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL. Taught marketing workshops.
Education
Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, Bachelor of Fine Arts, With Honors, 1993
Mission: Renaissance School, Art Drawing and Form, Los Angeles, CA 1980
Frank Covino Workshop, Austin, TX, Color and Academic Painting, 1995, 1996
Texas Tech University, Year 1 and 2 in Advertising Art Program--Lubbock, TX, 1970-1971
Awards
Award Winner, Schoharie County National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, New York, 1996
First Place, Oil Painting, Cash Award, Independent Show, Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX 1991
Third Place, Works on Canvas, Cash Award, All Member Show, Art Center of Corpus Christi, 1992
Publications
The Legacy Continues 1927-2006 Art Museum of South Texas
American Heart Association Go Red for Women 2006 Calendar
Corpus Christi Caller Times, March 18, 1999, written by Paige Ross, Artist's Fantastic Vision Mixes Realistic Images With the Surreal
Corpus Christi Caller Times', June 17, 1999, written by Paige Ross, The Art of Las Comrades
Collections
Art Museum of South Texas
Ronald McDonald House Austin
Numerous Private Collections
Public Art
1996 Art Museum of South Texas, a painting of clouds on a 32-foot wall used as a background for the exhibition The Clay’s the Thing
1991 Texas State Aquarium, painting of fish and underwater plants as part of a team for cement columns for a temporary installation in the new aquarium
Teaching
2014–2016 Delphi Academy, Director of Visual Art, Clearwater, FL Private School for Children. Taught age 4–16.
2010–2014 Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL. Taught marketing workshops.