Education

2005 B.A. - Art, (Magna Cum Laude) - Cameron University, Lawton, OK

 

Additional Studies

2009 Batik Workshop with Lynda Martin

2010 Pastel Landscapes Workshop with Dale Martin

2010 Watercolor Workshop with Tom Biggs

2016 Mixed Media: Abstractions & Representational Drawings Workshop with Katherine Liontas-Warren

2023 Art Therapy, PrimoLearn 21 CEU

2023 The Face in Clay with Misty Gamble at Quartz Mount Institute

2024 Plein Air Watercolor Painting in the Wildlife Refuge Workshop with Katherine Liontas-Warren

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Teaching Experience

Art Teacher, Eisenhower Middle School, Lawton, OK (since 2019)

Drawing Instructor, Adjunct for Cameron University, Lawton, OK (2008)

Art Instructor, Lawton-Ft. Sill Art Council (2006-2010)

Art Instructor, Museum of the Great Plains - 2010-current 

Art Instructor, Children’s Art Studio/Lawton Arts and Humanities Division (2006-2011)

Art Instructor, Comanche Nation College - 2016 Hummingbird Camp

Art Instructor, Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center - 2017 Fall Aquatic Art Camp

Art Instructor, Discovery Outpost, Medicine Park, 2018

Professional Memberships & Activities

Lawton Fort Sill Art Council Presentation “Collage Art,” 2004

Lawton Fort Sill Art Council, President 2010

Lawton Public Library Demonstration "Encaustic Art,” 2011

Lawton Fort Sill Art Council Presentation “Encaustic,” 2014

Lawton Fort Sill Art Council Demonstration "Zentangles," 2021

Lawton Fort Sill Art Council Class, Sumi-e Painting, 2023

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Grants & Honors

2003 McMahon Scholarship, Cameron University, Lawton, OK

2004 “Volunteer of the Year,” Lawton Fort-Sill Art Council, OK

2005 Selected for ‘Best of’ “…and the levee broke: meditations on the power of water,” Mims Gallery, NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC

2008 Selected for ‘Best of’ “eMotion Pictures: Orthopaedics in Art,” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

2019 Artist of the Year, Lawton Arts & Humanities 

 

Publications

Windmill Literary Journal, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK – Spring 2005, pg. 40

Blood & Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK  –Fall 2006, pgs. 70 & 71

“And the Levee Broke: Meditations on the Power of Water,” Catalog of university, adult, and professional artwork from the nationally touring exhibit to benefit Hurricane Katrina’s youngest victims - 2006, pg. 39

eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons -  2008, pg. 40

Blood & Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK – Fall 2009

Blood & Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK – Fall 2015

Ink & Letters: Space, Fall 2015, pg. 17

Oklahoma Tourism: Film & Music - feature photo in permanent brochure, 2017

 

Solo Exhibition

2020 "People Places & Play," Wichita Falls Forum/Galleria, Wichita Falls, TX

2019 "Mountain Speaks,"  Lawton Community Theatre, Lawton, OK

2018 "Lachalam," Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2018 "Wee Winsome Wildflowers of Southwest Oklahoma," Museum of the Western Prairie, Altus, OK

2016 "Spam-a-lot," Lawton Community Theatre, Lawton, OK

2015 "Mignardises - An Encaustic Confection,"  Lawton Community Theatre, Lawton, OK

2015 "Encaustic Epithets," Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2014 “Sohbet,” Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2013 “Southwest Oklahoma Wildflowers,” WMWR Visitor Center, Indiahoma, OK

2009 “A Year Through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge: Watercolor Journal,” WMWR Visitor Center, Indiahoma, OK

2007 “Nature My Muse,” Southwestern Medical Center Pride Gallery, Lawton, OK

2006 “Insects in the Land,” Metcalfe Museum, Durham, OK

2006 “Nature’s Network,” Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Indiahoma, OK

2006 “Inner Spectrum,” Lawton Urology Associates, Lawton, OK

2005 “Insect Images,” Lawton Urology Associates, Lawton, OK

2005 “Inspirational Insects,” Fort Sill National Bank, Lawton, OK

 

Group Exhibitions

2023  Instruments Transformed IV,  Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2022  3rd Annual Lawton Farmers Market Tomato Festival Art Competition, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2021  2nd Annual Lawton Farmers Market Tomato Festival Art Competition, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2020  Instruments Transformed III,  Museum of the Great Plains & Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2014 "Medicine Park Artists."  WMWR Visitor Center, Indiahoma, OK

2014 “56th Annual Delta Exhibition,” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK - Juried

2014 “Me, Myself & I,” Eastern New Mexico University, NM - Juried

2013 “Lawton-Ft. Sill Art Council – Time,” Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2012 “Visions VI” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2012 “Medicine Park Artists,” Cobblestone Galleries, Medicine Park, OK- Invitational

2010 “Heart & Soul of the Great Plains,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton ,OK - Invitational

2010 “Visions IV,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2009 “A Million Little Pictures,” Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA/ Minna Gallery, San Francisco

2009 “Visions III by Local Artists,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2008 “40 Years and Counting – Alumni Exhibition of Cameron University,” Lawton, OK

2008 “Lawton-Fort Sill Art Council Members Exhibition,” Southwestern Medical Center Pride Gallery, Lawton, OK

2008 “2nd Annual Horizontal Grandeur Fine Art Exhibition,” Stevens County Museum, Morris, MN - Juried

2008 “Visions II by Local Artists,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2008 “Portrait of a Native Garden,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2008 “eMotion Pictures: Orthopaedics in Art,” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL - Juried

2008 “eMotion Pictures: Orthopaedics in Art,” Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA - Juried

2008 “Four Letter Word: LOVE,” Invited Artist Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

2007 “Sacred and Secular,” St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Lawton, OK

2007 “Break O Day Farms Art Show,” Metcalfe Museum, Durham, OK

2007 “Visions by Local Artisans,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2006 “Sacred, Spiritual & Secular,” St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Lawton, OK

2006 “Arts Round Up,” Duncan Art Guild/Simmons Center, Duncan, OK

2006 ”2nd Annual Exhibit of The Art of Woman,” Multi Arts Center, Stillwater, OK

2006 “Biting the Apple,” Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK – Juried

2006 “The Power of Water,” Creative Change Center, Richmond, VA

2005 “Sacred, Spiritual & Secular,” St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Lawton, OK

2005 “Snap to the Grid,” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

2005 “12th Annual Celebration of Life and Art Exhibition,” Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK

2006 “Cameron University Senior Art Exhibition,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2005 “Biting the Apple,” Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK – Juried

2005 “Cameron University Art Guild,” Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK

2004 “Art, Music & Magic,” Cameron University, Lawton, OK

2004 “Cameron University Student Art Show,” Simmons Center, Duncan, OK

2004 “Members Organization Show,” Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK

2003 “Lawton-Fort Sill Art Council Members Exhibition,” Southwestern Medical Center Pride Gallery, Lawton, OK

2003 “Cameron Student Art Exhibition,” Simmons Center, Duncan, OK

2002 “Lawton-Fort Sill Art Council Members,” The Art Center, Lawton, OK