ARTIST STATEMENT

Painting provides a means to explore an inner reality. Painting captures the Utopian society that I imagine and helps me to convey not only what I see, but also what I feel. I express these experiences through narrative abstracts.

EXHIBITIONS

2007

• Colquitt County Arts Center   Winter Exhibit -- Solo Art Exhibit: "Girlfriends and More"   Moultrie, GA

2006

• Colquitt County Arts Center   Local Artist Show   Moultrie, GA

2004

• Colquitt County Arts Center   Regional Art Show   Moultrie, GA
• Thomasville Cultural Center   Shovar Showcase   Thomasville, GA
• Thomasville Cultural Center   Artist’s Guild Showcase: Archbold Hospital Exhibit   Thomasville, GA
• 14th Annual Pelham Wildlife Festival Art & Photography Show   Pelham, GA

JURIED ART COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

2006

• Thomasville Cultural Center   17th Annual Summer Showcase   Thomasville, GA
• Southern Artist League Regional Juried Exhibition: Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts   Valdosta, GA

2005

• Thomasville Cultural Center   16th Annual Summer Showcase   Thomasville, GA

2004

• Thomasville Cultural Center   15th Annual Summer Showcase   Thomasville, GA
• Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council   Harmony In Art   Fitzgerald, GA
• Southern Artist League Regional Juried Exhibition: Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts   Valdosta, GA

2003

• Thomasville Cultural Center   14th Annual Summer Showcase   Thomasville, GA
• Thomasville Cultural Center   Artists Guild Exhibition   Thomasville, GA
• Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Sciences   Tallahassee, FL

AWARDS & ARTICLES

• 2007 Featured Artist Article, "A Life So Bright"
  Southwest Georgia Living Magazine, May/June 2007
• 2006 People’s Choice Award
  Southern Artists League Annual Regional Juried Exhibition: The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts   Valdosta, GA
• 2003 Honorable Mention
  Thomasville Cultural Center: 14th Annual Summer Showcase   Thomasville, GA

ASSOCIATIONS

• Member, Thomasville Cultural Center Artists Guild
• Member, Southern Artists League

EDUCATION

• 2002-present   Art Education.   Individual training/study   Moultrie, GA
• 1980-1984   Doctor of Dental Surgery.   Meharry Medical College   Nashville, TN
• 1976-1980   B.S., Biology.   Clark College   Atlanta, GA