Education:
Florence Academy of Art, Italy
CAA Atelier Colorado – Classical Academy
Lead Landscape Instructor CAA Atelier Colorado (2004-2008)
Colorado University, BFA Environmental Design/Architecture

Professional Affilations:
OPA – Oil Painters of America
AIS – American Impressionist Society
ASMA – American Society of Marine Artists – Signature Membership
PAP-SE – Plein Air Painters of the Southeast

Recent Honors and Awards

American Impressionist Society 14th Annual National Juried Exhibit 2013
OPA Salon National Juried Exhibition 2013, Crooked Tree, Petosky, MI
Award of Excellence Best Seascape –for “Gesture”
OPA National Juried Exhibition 2013, InSight Gallery, Fredricksburg, TX
Signature Membership Elected 2013, American Society of Marine Artists
ASMA Regional Juried Exhibition 2013, Quinlan Art Museum, Gainsville, GA
OPA Eastern Juried Exhibition 2012, Bennington Fine Art, Bennington, VT
Awarded Silver Medal – for “At A Peaceful Pace”
OPA National Juried Exhibition 2012, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO
The Bennington “Artists for the New Century” Invitational 2012 – Bennington, VT
CM Russell Museum STB Juried Invitational 2012 – Landscape- Great Falls MTMontgomery Museum of Fine Arts 2012 Juried Invitational – Montgomery AL American Impressionist Society 12th Annual National Juried t 2011, Carmel CA
OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition 2011, Addison Gallery, Orleans, MA