2008
Coming Home,
2007
Mississippi Art Colony Travel Show,
2006
Holly Roberts, juror
East-West, Meeting in the Middle, Women Artists of the West, invited guest artist, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL
*Little Pieces of Land, Joyous Lake Gallery, Pinetop, AZ
Landscapes, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
Centre d'art Contemporain, Art Residency, LaForge, F-11230 Sainte Colombe sur l'Hers, France
Mixed Media Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX, Ann Allen, juror
International Mini-Art Exhibit, Queen Charlotte City, BC, Canada
2005Holly Roberts, artist, juror
Dance with the Imagination, 3 artists,West End Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Southwestern Water Society Signature Members Show, Irving Art Center, Irving, TX, Marcie Inman juror of awards, Honorable Mention
Mississippi Art Colony Travel Show,
2004
East Texas Regional Juried Exhibition,
2003
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
Traveling the Carolinas, juried exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, 7 venues, North Carolina
Mississippi Art Colony Traveling Show, Spring 2004, juror, Joseph A. Smith, Pratt Institute, juror
Artist Career Training 1st National Juried Exhibition, 2nd place award, jurors, Geoffrey Gorman, Aletta de Wal
*Places, Remembered and Imagined, Ronald Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS
Art du Quai International Plein Air Show, Esperaza, France
43rd Annual Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX; juror, Suzanne Weaver, Dallas, TX
Mississippi Art Colony Traveling Show, Spring 2003, David Horton, juror
Illuminations, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Mini-Art Exhibit, Puerto Alegre, Brazil
2002
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 27th Annual Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Mississippi Art Colony Traveling Show, Spring, 2nd place Purchase Award
*New Paintings, Nordys Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2001
Peaceful Insights....3 person exhibit, ArtMerge Gallery, Dallas, TX
Images Within.... 4 person exhibit, ArtMerge Gallery, Dallas, TX
Watercolor Without Boundaries, Irving Art Center, Irving, TX and Villa Pomini, Milan, Italy,
juror, Marcie Inman, gallery curator, Irving Art Center
National Association of Women Artists Juried Exhibit, Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, AL
Hugh Williams Purchase Award, Mississippi Art Colony, Spring Traveling Show, Judith Raphael, juror
2000
National Association of Women Artists 111th Annual Exhibit, New York, NY
Southwestern Watercolor Society's Signature Awards Exhibit, Plano Art Center, Plano, TX
1999
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 24th Annual Juried Show, San Diego, CA; Tmothy J. Clark, juror
National Association of Women Artists 110th Annual Exhibit, New York City, NY
Mississippi Art Colony Traveling Show, juror, Jake Wagnon, Montgomery, AL
Southwestern Watercolor Society's 36th Annual Membership Exhibition, Dallas, TX, Mary Todd Beam, juror
Texas Visual Arts Association '99 Citation Show, Dallas, TX, Maria Teresa Garcia Pedroche, juror
1998
Mississippi Art Colony 50th Anniversary Traveling Show, Jere Allen, juror, Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Mississippi
Southwestern Watercolor Society's 35th Annual Membership Exhibition, Dallas Visual Art Center, Carole Katchen, juror
National Watercolor Oklahoma '98 24th Exhibition, Kirkpatrick Galleries at Omniplex, Oklahoma City, OK; Louise Cadillac AWS, juror
Texas Visual Arts Association ’98 Open Regional Exhibit, Plano TX; juror Karl Umlauf Baylor University
Texas Visual Arts Association '98 Citation Show, Dallas, TX; juror Al Brouillette
1997
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 22nd Annual Juried Show,
Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ; juror, Jim Kosvanec NWS, KWS
San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, CA; juror, Edward Betts, NA, AWS
Richardson Civic Art Society 31st Annual Regional Juried Art Show; juror, Rob Erdle, North Texas State University
*Twenty-three Recent Paintings, Artists’ Loft Gallery, Galveston Texas
1996
*..Interpretations…Observed and Imagined, Upper Level Artist’s Gallery, Longview, TX
Southwestern Watercolor Society 33rd Annual Exhibition, Dallas Visual Art Center, juror Frank Webb, AWS
American Artist Magazine/HK Holbein Award
Multi-Media Invitational, Gallery One Eleven, Tyler, TX
1995
Celebrational, Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX; curator, M. Shannon Gilliland
Multi-Media Juried Art Show, Cooperative of Women Artists, Huntsville, TX; juror, Deborah N. Ainslie-Ellington, Art Dept. Chair, North Harris College
1994 & 1996
Watercolor East Texas 10th and 12th Annual Exhibits, Stephen F. Austin University Gallery; juror,’96, Frank Herbert, Kilgore College Art Dept. Chair, Kilgore, TX, Honorable Mention in both exhibits
1994
*More Paintings, Upper Level Artist’s Gallery, Longview, TX
1993 & 1997
The Creative Woman, National League of American Pen Women-Dallas Branch annual exhibition, 2nd place awards in both exhibits
1993
*Abstractions, Upper Level Artist’s Gallery, Longview, TX
1991
*Paintings, Upper Level Artist’s Gallery, Longview, TX
*denotes solo exhibits
1989-98
East Texas Fine Arts Association Citation Shows, Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX, Honorable Mention, 1989; juror, Phillip Collins, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Merit Award, 1991; juror, Phoebe Allen, Professor, School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA; Merit Award, 1994; juror, Don Wink, Art Dept. Chair, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX; Citation Award, 1997, juror, Jerry V. Seagle SWS; Citation Award, 1998, juror, Robert Kinsell, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Collections *
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Permanent Collection, Longview, TX
FARA Corporation, Mandeville, LA
Brandywine Realty Group, Austin, TX
Young's Restaurant, Covington, LA
Terrebonne General Medical Center, Houma, LA
DeLoitte Consulting, Dallas, TX
Kollman-Westerheim, Dallas, TX
Lane Bryant, Garland, TX
May Company, FoleyćŻ division (now Macy's)
Houston, TX, Beaumont TX, El Paso, TX, Baton Rouge, LA, Lafayette, LA, Denton, TX, Lake Charles, LA, McAllen, TX
Byrd & Associates, Jackson, MS
Drs. O. Lynn Duren and Carroll L. Sherman, Longview, TX offices
Dr. Cynthia King, Kerens, TX
Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS
*others upon request
Publications
2008 Letters of Transit, Theodore Worozbyt, cover art
Confident Color, an Artist's Guide to Harmony, Contrast & Unity, Nita Leland, cover art
2007 The Dauber Wings, Theodore Worozbyt, cover art
Gacela of Narcissus City, J. P. Dancing Bear, cover art
2006 The New Creative Artist, revised, Nita Leland, cover art
A Unified Theory of Light(cover art), Theodore Worozbyt
2005 National Poetry Review, Spring/Summer Issue, cover art
2001 International Artist Magazine, August-September issue: USA Master Painters Showcase, pg 24
1999 Watercolor Magic, autumn issue; Take Control Of Your Palette by Nita Leland, painting featured on
pg. 65
1997 Honors from Western Federation, ARTBEAT section,
Longview News Journal, Longview, TX
1996 Joan Rathbun; ART BEAT section, Artists Win Awards from Southwestern Watercolor Society,
Longview, News Journal
1996 Interpretations.. Observed and Imagined; ARTBEAT section, Longview News Journal, Longview,TX
1994 More Paintings; ARTBEAT section, Longview, News Journal, Longview, TX
1993 Abstractions, ARTBEAT section, Longview News Journal, Longview, TX
1991 Joyce Turner; Journeys of Discovery, Longview News Journal, Longview, TX
Education
2006 Centre d'art Contemporain, Art Residency, LaForge, F-11230 Sainte Colombe sur l'Hers, France
1986-present Studied with Jerry V. Seagle, Anton Weiss, Leo Smith, Marilyn Hughey Phillis, Ann Templeton,
Pat Deadman, Moe Brooker, Holly Roberts, Hugh Williams, Ron Pokrasso
1997-98 Studied at the Intensive Studies Seminar ’97 & 98 (for intermediate to advanced professional artists)
Memberships/Affiliations/Representation
Brunner Gallery, Covington and Baton Rouge, LA
Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX
Gallery Mack, Art Connection, Seattle, WA
Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, TX
MFI Art, Inc. New York, NY (corporate)
2008-2009 Texas Wax, Dallas
2007-2009 International Encaustic Artists
1998-2008 National Association of Women Artists
1997-1999 Longview Art Museum Advisory Board
1995-2004 Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas TX (Dallas Contemporary)
1997-2007 Texas Visual Arts Association, Dallas, TX (signature 2002)
1995-2007 Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, TX
Signature status 1999, Western Federation signature, 2002
1998-2008 Mississippi Art Colony
1992-1997 Adult Education Coordinator, Longview Museum
1991-1997 Longview Art Museum Board of Trustees
1991-1997 Charter Member of local cooperative art gallery
1990-1999 Longview Art In Education Council
1989-1998 East Texas Fine Arts Association, Longview, TX
