About
AFFILIATIONS:
Alumni of Richard Lack's Classical Painting School - The Atelier Lack
American Impressionist Society - Artist Member
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota - Artist Member
RECENT AWARDS:
2017 Best Quick Paint Red Wing Plein Air Festival
2013 First Place - Minnesota River Arts Fair Plein Air Competition
2013 Judge's Award - Red Wing Plein Air Festival
2012 Depot Award for Best Single Painting - Red Wing Plein Air Festival
2011 Honorable Mention - Red Wing Plein Air Festival
2010 Honorable Mention - Zumbrota Paint Out
2009 Finalist Portrait - Best of Wet Canvas
2009 Top 100 - Paint the Parks
2008 Second 100 - Paint America
2008 Best of Show - Red Wing Plein Air Festival
2007 Best of Show (artist choice) - Stillwater En Plein Air
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Red Wing Plein Air Festival - Regional Juried Event and Show
Eau Claire GO Paint
Grand Marais Art Colony Plein Air Competition
Kelley Gallery Small Works - Juried Shows
Nicholas R. Brewer Artist Collection Tour - Invitational Art Collection Tour and Sale
The Tree Bob's at The FrameWorks
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota Shows, The FrameWorks
Bonawitz Salon Shows - Michael Padden Hair Studio
American Impressionist Society - National Juried Show
The Oil Show - Local Juried Show, The FrameWorks Nomadas Del Arte National Invitational Plein Air Exhibition, New Mexico
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association - National Juried Exhibition and Sale, Annual Best of Plein Air Laguna Beach, CA
The Best and the Brightest Show - National Juried Show, Scottsdale, AZ
ARTIST EXPERIENCE:
Commissioned Portraits and Beloved Dog Portraits
Invited Judge for Red Wing Plein Air Arts Festival
Freelance Designer and Painter with EverGreene Painting Studios
Commissioned Artist, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Umbria and Tuscany, Italy
Instructor - Bougie Studio of Fine Art, Minneapolis MN
Workshop Teacher - Welcome Wall, Sobriety High School, Edina MN
EDUCATION:
Skip Whitcomb Plein Air Seminar
Ray Roberts Plein Air Seminar
Graduate of the Richard Lack Atelier - School of Classical Painting
Five years of studio training under the Artist Richard Lack, and the American impressionist painter Don Koestner
REPRESENTATION:
Padden Hair Studio, Saint Paul, MN 651.699.1599
Red Wing Depot Gallery, Red Wing, MN 651.388.7569
Kelly Art and Frame, Woodbury, MN 651.738.7776
The FrameWorks, Saint Paul, MN 651.698.3372