AWARDS
2021 - Artists Magazine 38th Annual Art Competition - Third Place Animal/Wildlife
2021 - Semifinalist Jerry's Artarama Self-Portrait Contest
2016- First Place Oil Painting - SC State Fair
2015 - Best in Show South Carolina State Fair
2016 - Best in Show - Cheraw Fine Art Show
2014 - Hal P. Moore Award of Merit
2014 - AcrylicWorks - Best in Acrylic Painting
2013 - Honorable Mention SoHo 2013 Fall Oil Painting Contest
2012 - Honorable Mention - Charvin
2012 Sprint Oil Painting Competition
2011 - Honorable Mention- Charvin
2011 Spring Oil Painting Competition
2010 - Honorable Mention - Matisse Summer Painting Competition
2010 - Honorable Mention - Cheraw Fine Art Show
2009 - Best In Oil - Marlboro Jubilee Festival
2009 - Purchase Patron Award - Marlboro Jubilee Festival
2009 - Meg McLean Award of Merit
2009 - Honorable Mention SoHo Challenge Contest
2008 Guy W. Lipscomb, Jr. Award of Merit
2008 Best in Oil/Acrylics Marlboro Jubilee Festival
2007 Best of Show - Marlboro Jubilee Festival
2006 Gamblin Torrit Gray Painting Competition - Honorable Mention
First Place - Leroy Neiman Sports Art Contest
2005 People's Choice Award - Masterpiece Art Interpretations Contest
Best of Show - Cheraw Fine Art Show 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2007
First Place - Cheraw Fine Art Show
2006 Second Place - Cheraw Fine Art Show
2008 Best of Show - "Celebrating Freedom" Virginia State Fair
Best of Show - Comal County Fair - Texas
Best of Show - Guadalupe County Fair - Texas
EXHIBITS
Petrified Forest National Park Artist-in-Residence June 2017
2015 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition - City Gallery at the Waterfront Park, Charleson, SC
2014 Art Fields - Lake City, SC
2013 Art Fields- Lake City, SC
2012 Visualicious - Art Trail Gallery, Florence, SC
2011 - Juried Exhibit, South Carolina State Fair
2010 - Artisans of the South Carolina Cotton Trail at the Art Trail Gallery, Florence, SC November
2009 - Artist of the Month (February), Lee County Arts Council exhibit at the Opera House, Bishopville, SC February
2009 ARTS FEST - Florence Regional Arts Alliance Juried Exhibit
2008 Featured Artist of the Artisans of the SC Cotton Trail Black Creek Arts Council/Artisans of the SC Cotton Trail: October-November
2008 ARTS FEST - Florence Regional Arts Alliance Juried Exhibit
Olde Mill Gallery - SPCC Lockhart-Taylor Center, Wadesboro, NC
2007 Lee County Arts Council "Artist of the Month" (June) - Opera House Bishopville, SC
NBSC Oil Painters Open Invitational juried exhibit - 2006 & 2007
Mary Burr Art Gallery - September 2006: Student/Teacher exhibit
Lee County Arts Council "Artist of the Month" (June 2005) - Opera House Bishopville, SC
2001-2019 Juried exhibit South Carolina State Fair
Featured Artist - Chesterfield Visual Arts Alliance (CVAA) Summer 2002 Featured Artist - Cheraw Fine Art Commission September 2003
Olde English Art exhibits throughout Chesterfield County, SC
EDUCATION
Studied Drawing at the San Antonio Art Institute
Art Workshops: Christine MacLellan, Joy Thomas, Paul W. McCormack, Joyce Hall, Daniel Greene, James Sulkowski, Judy Crane, Tim Tyler, Chuck MacLauchlan, Dominic Vignola, Ilona, Gloria Perkins, Gloria Turner, Tom Jones, Randy McGuirt, and Harold Frontz
Studied Design while earning a B.A. in Management at Virginia Wesleyan University