EDUCATION
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | Pullman WA
MFA in Drawing and Printmaking, 1984
BA in Fine Arts, emphasis printmaking, 1982
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS | Seattle, WA
Professor, Visual Arts Foundations (2014- present)
Professor, Design Department (2005- present)
Associate Professor, Design Department (1997- 2005)
Adjunct faculty, Design Department (1987-1997)
ITHACA COLLEGE I Ithaca NY
Assistant Professor, Art Department (1986-1987)
GRANTS
Faculty Development Grant 2016, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006,
Faculty Computer Subsidy Grant 2009
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Noon workshop on paper Plate Lithography 2022
Four hour workshops on "The Golden Ratio" given to creative teams at Nordstrom, Seattle WA 2014
Presentation on teaching drawing curriculum to foundation students, Teacher's Conference, Everett WA 2010
FATE ( Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) conferences attended, Portland OR 2009
FATE ( Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) conferences attended, Milwaukee WI 2007
CAA ( College Art Association) Session Leader and organizer for session: “Where to Draw the Line”, 2004
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Printer and Cromist, Stone Press Editions, Seattle WA 1987- 1990
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Catalog with work from exhibition titled “The Shape of Decay”
2017 Oil pastel in catalog for Art and Science Exhibition
2016, 2017 Oil pastels in COCA member catalog
2007 Pastel paintings on cover and inside book “Pastels” by Mary Iverson, published by Silver Dolphin
2007 Color plates of four pastel paintings in “Birds and Whistles”, student run publication
1993 Review in “The Weekly” Seattle newspaper of salon style group exhibition. Participated with several oil pastels.
1992 Illustrated “Bakkesnakkebetet” with thirty-two color illustrations including cover in children’s book enhancing reading comprehension in children K-5. Published in Denmark. Sold out from publisher Alinea. Purchased by many Danish libraries for their collection.
1992 Illustration from Bakkesnakkebetet accompanying favorable review of the book in Berlingske Tidende (Denmark’s biggest newspaper)
1987 Monoprint on the cover of Ithaca College Quarterly, 1987
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Group Exhibition, Traditions Interrupted, Phase 55 Gallery, Seattle
2024 Group Exhibition, online, Vanishing World
2024 Solo exhibition, The Shape of Decay at The Behnke Family Gallery, Seattle WA
2024 The Cornish Library Gallery Space
2023 The Big Tiny Show, The District Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee, Horable Mention
2020 Artweek Online Gallery
2018 COCA members show: Creativity Persists, curated by Judy Bento
2016 Solo Exhibition, Reclamation The Cornish Playhouse, Seattle WA
2016 Art + Science Group Exhibition, Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, curated by Lily Simonson
2016 35 Live: COCA Member’s Show, Seattle WA
2016 Project 30 online exhibitions: March Monthly, April Monthly, Theme: Melancholy, Theme: Fear,
2015 Project 30 online exhibition: June Monthly
2015 Light Space & Time online Gallery, All Women International Exhibition, Special Recognition 2015
2013 Design Department Faculty Exhibitions, Cornish Main Gallery, Seattle Wa
2011 Design Department Faculty Exhibition, Cornish Main Gallery, Seattle, Wa
2009 Design Department Faculty Exhibition, Cornish Main Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Design Department Faculty Exhibition, Cornish Main Gallery, Seattle Wa
2005 Fisher Gallery, Group Exhibition (also in 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999)
2001 Solo Exhibition, Mystic landscapes, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle WA
2001 Northwest Juried Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham WA
1997 Group Exhibition, “True Art” Tacoma Art Museum
1993 Painting for Metro Bus Stop on Capital Hill
1989 Solo Exhibition, Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989 Faculty Exhibition, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY
1987 Solo Exhibition, Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca New York
1987 Solo Exhibition, School of Music and Art, Ithaca New York
1987 Lithograph in traveling print exhibition with stops in American and Canadian cities and Tashkent Soviet Union
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2005 Oil pastel in Private collection of Kenneth Alhadeff,
2001 Finalist for Washington State Arts Commission Portable Works Collection
1988 Two monoprints included in Seattle Portable Works Collections