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