Education: Virginia Commonwealth University1977-1981, BFA Painting, 1977-1981 Art Students League 2001-2004 Continued studies in drawing, painting, and sculpture with notable instructors including Michael Grimaldi and Barney Hodes,

Exhibitions and Awards:

Group Exhibition: 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2022; ArtFields in Lake City, SC.Group Exhibition: 2021; FRAA X AFC Artist’s Spotlight at the TRAX Visual Arts Center,Lake City, SCGroup Exhibiton: 2020, 2018, 2017; Group Pee Dee Regional Art Competition Florence County Museum in Florence, SC. Group Exibition/Press: New American Paintings, Juried Exbitions-In-Print, 2022, Vol. 160

Award: First Place in the Painting for ArtFields for The Sacrifice, 2018 in Lake City, SC. Award: First Place for Hearth in the Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, 2018, sponsored by the Florence County Museum in Florence, SC. Award: Second Place for Requiem in the Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, 2020 sponsored by the Florence County Museum in Florence, SC.

Award: Third Place for The Crows in the Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, 2022, sponsored by the Florence County Museum in Florence, SC.

Award: William Bourgeois Award for the 2025 ARC 17 Salon, International Exhibition.