ARTIST'S RESUME´


Born:
Alabama, 1940

Degrees:
Master of Urban Planning,
  Texas A&M University, 1970
Bachelor of Architecture,
  University of Florida, 1961

Preferred media:
Transparent watercolor, acrylic and gouache

Techniques:
All traditional, wet in wet, wet in dry, as well as gouache resist

Styles:
Representational, abstract, non-objective, expressive, decorative

Primary work:
Currently “gouache resist”, large nude series, Dark Flower Planet abstract series, and gouache resist "Prior Restraint” series, along with transparent watercolor “Rubik’s Food” still life series, outdoor and expressive figure studies and abstracts.

Study:
1980 through 1984 with Polly Hammett, AWS, NWS, 1975 through 2003 with various other nationally recognized watercolorists, including Carl Molno AWS, and Virginia Cobb AWS, NA., Skip Lawrence, AWS, Pat San Soucie, AWS., Glen Bradshaw, etc.

Shows:
One man shows with:
  American Art Associates (Houston) 1985, ‘86, ‘87
  Dexter’s of Winter Park, 2004.
  Two-artist show at The Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, with Marianna Ross, 2007

Joint exhibitions with:
  Watercolor Art Society-Houston (WAS-H)
  Art League of Houston
  American Art Associates
  Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Annual
  Florida Watercolor Society
  National Watercolor Society
  Central Florida Watercolor Society
  Museum of Florida Art's 2008 "Florida Biennial" and the 2009 "Chrome and Leather" Show

Various awards include:
  First Prize, WAS-H Christmas Show (1980)
  Honorable Mention (WAS-H) open show, (1986) and others.
  Works included in WAS-H traveling show (1984, ‘85, ‘86).
  Best Of Show, Plano Art Association Annual National Show 2001
  United Arts of Central Florida Arts-ploration, 2005, Purchase Prize
  First Place, CFWS Annual Members Christmas Show, 2005, 2006, 2008
  Winslow Homer Award, Florida Watercolor Society 34th Annual Exhibition, 2005
  Publix/Daniel Smith Paints Award 35th Annual Exhibition, 2006
  Georgia Watercolor Society Past Presidents Award, 2007
  Honorable Mention, CFWS 2nd Annual Members Show, 2008
  First Place, CFWS 3rd Annual Juried Members Show, 2009
  Award for "Playfulness", 2009 Will's Creek Survey
  Second Place, CFWS 4th Annual Juried Members Show, 2010                                                   

Gallery shows with:
  Albertson - Peterson Gallery (gallery artists)
  Leslie Boyd Gallery (Central Florida Watercolor Society)
  Comma Gallery, Orlando

Works hung in numerous national, state and regional shows juried by: Charles Reid, Frank Webb, Pat San Soucie, Polly Hammett, Barbara Nechis, Joan Rothermal, Mary Hughey Phillis, Mary Todd Beam, Virginia Cobb, Glenn Bradshaw, George James, Betsy Dillard Stroud, Mary Anne Beckwith, and others to present.

Galleries:
  Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Winter Park, FL, 1988 to 1998.
  Comma Gallery 813 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803 (ph.407.894.4505)

Classes Taught:
  Watercolor courses (Art-teriors) Longwood, Fl, 1989-91
  Watercolor courses (Private) Orlando, 1991-1997 and 2003-2004
  Watercolor courses (Seminole Community College) Oviedo,1997 -1999.
  Watercolor courses (Downtown Arts Factory) Orlando, Fl.
  Watercolor courses and workshops (Crealdé School of Art)  Winter Park, FL


Workshops Taught:
  Central Florida Watercolor Society, Orlando, 1999 - 2000,
  Debary Art League, Debary, FL 2003
  Tampa, FL 2003
  Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach FL 2004, 2006
  El Dorado Center for the Arts, El Dorado, AR, 2004
  Beaches Art Center, Indian Rocks Beach, FL 2004
  Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, TX, 2004
  Potomac Highlands Art Workshops, Elkins, WV, 2004, 2005
  Seminole/Sanford Art League, Sanford, FL, 2004
  Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 2005
  San Antonio Watercolor Group, San Antonio TX, 2006
  Tennessee Watercolor Society, Chattanooga, TN, 2006
  Comma Gallery, Orlando, FL, 2007
  Leesburg Art Association, Leesburg, FL, 2008
  Central Florida Watercolor Society, Orlando, FL, 2008
  Michigan Art Workshops, Bay City, MI, 2008
  Artists Workshop, Inc. of New Smyrna Beach, FL, 2009
  Brandon Art League, Brandon, FL, 2009 
  Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL, 2009
  Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL, 1009
  Central Florida Watercolor Society, Orlando, FL, 2010

Demos:
  Central Florida Watercolor Society
  DeBary Art League
  Gold Coast Watercolor Society
  Eustis Watercolor Society
  Southwestern Watercolor Society
  Jacksonville Watercolor Society                             
  Artists' Workshop of New Smyrna Beach
  San Antonio Watercolor Group
  Art League of Orange County
  Sanford/Seminole Art League
  Sarasota Art League
  Orlando Artists League
  Central Florida Watercolor Society
  Citrus Watercolor Club                                                                  

Preferred Teaching Subjects:
Expressive Figure in Watercolor, Crazy For Color, Outdoor/Indoor Landscape, Moving Toward Modern, Make Your Watercolors Come Alive!, Perspective for Painters. 

Organizations:
Signature Member, Florida Watercolor Society
Founder, Honorary Member, Central Florida Watercolor Society
Signature Member, National Watercolor Society
Former President, Watercolor Art Society - Houston

Work In Collections:
Works in numerous private collections ,including
Polly Hammett AWS, NWS, Houston,TX
Virginia Cobb, AWS, NA, Santa Fe, NM
Ralph Meers, Palm Beach, FL
Linda Carter, NWS, Houston, TX
The Transco Corporate Collection, Houston, TX
Leslie King and Joshua Mintz, Northampton, MA
Chris and John Robinson, Orlando, FL
Elizabeth King and Scott Felsher, Eugene, OR
Scott and Jane Gabrielson, Orlando, FL
Former City Commissioner Bill Bagley, Orlando, FL
James and Joyce Sellen, Winter Park, FL
Jan and Kazuko Staniszkis, Orlando, FL
Brenda Robinson, Former Director, Orlando Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs,FL
Jane Brinkerhoff, Orlando, FL
Tom and Gail Kohler, Orlando, FL
John and Delores Brewer, Alexandria, LA
Stephen T. Wells, El Dorado, AR
Robert and Elaine Wilkerson, Houston, TX,
Herb Trotman and Kathy Hinkle, Birmingham, AL
Paul and Dana Cutts, Houston, TX,
Emory and Suzy Stansell, Jacksonville,
FL John Waterman, Casselberry, FL
Mary Conn, Miras Flores, CA,
Maurizio Maso, Winter Park, FL
Richard and Suzy Unger, Winter Park, FL
Adrian Mann, Owner/Manager, Dexter's Winter Park, FL
Vivian Mintz King, Northampton, MA
Susan and Evan Landis, Orlando, FL
Karen Carasik, Orlando, FL
Josh Garrick, Orlando, FL

And
.....many, many others