Awards, Exhibits and Shows

Solo Exhibitions:

April 2008
Solo Exhibition, Addison Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida

February 2008
Solo Exhibition, Galleria Di Sorrento, Ceasar's Palace, Las Vegas

February 2007
Solo Exhibition, Galleria Di Sorrento, Ceasar's Palace, Las Vegas

September 2005
Solo Exhibition, The Studio of Long Grove, Long Grove, IL and The Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, IL

June 2005
Solo Exhibition, The Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

September 2004
Solo Exhibition, The Studio of Long Grove, Long Grove, IL and The Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, IL

June 2004
Solo Exhibition, The Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

April 2003
Exhibition with Enatsu Galleries of Japan in Misato, Japan

December 2002
Exhibitions with Enatsu Galleries of Japan in Kumamoto and Yokohama, Japan

July 2002
Exhibitions with Enatsu Galleries of Japan in Nagano and Sapporo, Japan

Awards:

2005 JURY`S TOP 50 and HONERABLE MENTION
Salon International, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2003 AWARD OF EXCELENCE
Oil Painters of America Midwest Regional Juried Exhibition, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago IL

2003 FINALIST
RSVP: THE DIRECTORY of ILLUSTRATION and DESIGN PORTRAIT COMPETITION, to be featured on their Web Site in spring of 2004 and displayed in May of 2004 at The Society of Illustrators in New York, NY

2003 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Salon International, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2003 Finalist
ARTIST’S MAGAZINE 20th Annual Art Competition

2002 Finalist
ARTIST’S MAGAZINE 19th Annual Art Competition

2001 Third Place award and published
December 2001 issue of International Artists Magazine

2001 Finalist
Artists Magazine Art Competition

1999 Finalist
The Artists Magazine Art Competition

1998 Winner
Janet Ross Commemorative Award for landscapes from The National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society.

1997 Winner
ARTemis Award from the Romance Writers of America

Shows and Competitions:

2004
RSVP`S Portrait Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

2003
Oil Painters of America 2003 Midwest Regional Juried Exhibition – Hilligoss Gallery – Chicago, IL

Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition – Taos, NM

2002
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition – Chicago, IL

2000
Oil Painters of America Show – Arlington Heights, IL

1999
California Watercolor Society Annual Show

1998
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Annual Show

Portraiture:

Portraits of John F. Kennedy currently on display at the JFK Memorial Library in Boston, MA

Commemorative Painting to honor the Presidents from Eisenhower to Bush, currently hanging at the President’s Council on Physical Fitness in Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Rear Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN, Commander of the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger.