Biography
“I am very passionate about my art. I describe my paintings as poetic landscapes. My colors are somewhat impressionistic, and my scenes are realistic, so I describe my work as impressionistic realism. I receive innumerable comments on my use of color, lighting, subject matter, detail, and my figures. All of the figures in my paintings are either family or very close friends. I am often told that my paintings leave the viewers with a peaceful feeling. I believe that my feelings and love for what I paint shows in my paintings. I don’t know how this passion flows through my brushes onto my canvases, but it does. Somehow my passion for art shows through my work. I have many people tell me they can see and feel it.”
Recent Awards
2020 & 2023 Award of Excellence at American Plains Artists Shows
2019 Silver Medal Oils/Acrylics: Bosque Art Classic
San Dimas Festival of Arts: Festival Choice Award, Best of Show, Gold Award in Acrylic/Watercolor Judge: Alfredo Rodriguez
Shows and Exhibitions:
Hold Your Horses, Phippen Museum- Prescott, AZ
Small Works, Great Wonders, National Cowboy Museum- Oklahoma City, OK
American Plains Artist Show, Ft. Concho- San Angelo, TX
Bosque Art Classic- Clifton, Texas
Pearce Museum: Artists of Texas & American Plains Artist- Corsicana, TX
Trappings of Texas, Big Bend Museum- Alpine, TX
Mountain Oyster Show- Tucson, AZ
Cheyenne Frontier Days’ Western Art Show & Sale- Cheyenne, WY
Collector’s Classic, 30 Years of Western Splendor, & Round-Up, Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, TX
Peppertree Ranch Show, Santa Ynez, CA
Western Heritage, Houston, TX
Best of the West, Pinetop, Arizona
Renaissance Sale, Hilton Head Island, SC
Morris & Whiteside Gallery Shows, Houston, TX & Hilton Head, SC
Greenhouse Gallery one person & group shows, San Antonio, Texas
Texas Art Gallery shows, Dallas, TX
The Russell Auction, Great Falls, MT
Stampede Western Invitational, Greeley, CO
Western Spirit Art Show, Cheyenne, WY
American Art Classic, Altermann Galleries & Morris & Whiteside Galleries, Houston, TX
Round-Up on The Pecos-Carlsbad, NM
Western Heritage Classic, Abilene, TX
Art Education:
Influenced by and extensive guidance and direction from respected artist, Bob Wygant. Additional Studies with Martin Grelle, Bruce Greene, Bill Kalwick, Howard Rogers, Tom Browning and Ray Vinella.
Art Organization Memberships:
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: School Art Program – Judge/Steering Committee (Lifetime member)
Bosque Conservatory of Fine Art