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 Biography My father had a very nice drugstore to be inherited but no boys so I agreed to go to pharmacy school at the University of Wisconsin. For my elective credits I took art classes with some very fine instructors including John Wilde. I married before I finished pharmacy school, but later enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where I finished with an English major, an Art minor and a Science minor plus teacher’s certification. I have taught Art, Biology, English, Communication Skills for Nurses and English for Speakers of Other Languages. From this diverse background I developed my passion for art as well as science. The science aspect has primarily focused on the animal kingdom with forays into the study of evolution. I go to the zoos and animal rescue facilities to draw and have had the opportunity for extensive travel where I photograph and draw the more unusual animals. I also study the human body so I draw and paint from live models as often as possible. I primarily focus on entering regional and national exhibitions with a portion of the prize money and sales going to The World Wildlife Fund and Heifer Society as well as local animal rescue facilities. Permanent Collections • Sara P. Duke Gardens, Duke University: Durham, North Carolina• Cornell Museum at Old School Square: Delray Beach, Florida • Florida Atlantic University Library: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Juror • Delray Affair: Delray Beach, Florida• Sunfest: West Palm Beach, Florida, 10th Annual Bank of America Youth Art Show • Lake Worth Art League: Lake Worth, Florida • National League of American Penwomen: University Student Scholarships |
Awards • Florida Watercolor Society: Pearl Award and selection for Traveling Exhibition Statewide • Palm Beach Watercolor Society: 13th Annual Exhibit, First Place Experimental Media Award • Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, Florida: Best of Show First Annual Exhibit • Lake Worth Art League, Lake Worth, Florida: 54th Juried Art Exhibition for Florida Artists-Second Place • Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Realism Exhibition - Equal Merit Award • Saugatuck, Michigan, Summer Art Show: First Prize Painting Exhibitions • Armory Art Center Women in the Visual Arts – 2017• Lake Worth Art League – 2017 Honorable Mention • UART National Online Art Competition – 2015 • Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, FL – 2015 • Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale FL – Into the Wild 2015 • Town of Jupiter, Gallery of Art, Jupiter FL– Invited Artists 2013 • Artists of Palm Beach County, selected artist at Art on Park, Summer exhibit 2013 • Wild Things – Art Show, Loxahatchee 2013 • Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach FL 2012 • Richeson 75th International Juried Exhibition, Kimberly WI 2012 • The Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts, Plantation Florida 2012 • Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery Biannual Juried Art Competition, Boca Raton 2012 • 1310 Gallery, Art of Whimsy Show, Ft. Lauderdale 2011 • Lighthouse Gallery, Landscape Show, Tequesta FL 2011 • Boca Museum, All Florida Show 2010 • Lighthouse Gallery, Multiple Sins Exhibition 2010 • Plantation Art Guild, 2010 Open Show. Received Juror’s Honorable Mention • Coral Springs Museum of Art 27th Anniversary Juried Open Exhibition 2010 • Pastel Painters of Maine 10th International Exhibition, Kennebunk, Maine 2009 • International Society of Experimental Artists , Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California 2007 • Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media 2007 • Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, Florida All Florida Fine Art Exhibition 2007, 2004, 2001, 1995 • University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska “No Big Heads” Self Portrait Exhibition 2006 • 6th Annual Tri-County Exhibition, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida • Ritter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton , Florida 1994 • Palm Beach Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit, 2006, 1995 • Florida Atlantic University, North Campus, One person exhibit • Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida 64th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting • Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton. Florida: 38th All Florida Juried Exhibition • WXEL Television 8th Annual Arts Awards • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Exhibition • Palm Beach County Cultural Council: HMS Host’s Destination Culture Juried Exhibition at Palm Beach • International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida • Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art Annual Exhibition • Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Juried Exhibition • Whitewater University of Wisconsin Center, Whitewater, Wisconsin: All Wisconsin Exhibition • Florida Pastel Society, Miami, Florida: Juried Exhibition |