Education:

The University of Chicago, B.A. 1971, M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1976, in English

Art classes at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA


Selected Awards:

Honorable Mention, “Da Yu Ziao Hu”: Second International Small Teapot

Competition, 2006 (piece purchased by Saddleback College)

Aftosa award, California Clay Competition, The Artery (Davis, CA), 2005

Signature Member of Watercolor West, 1997

Signature Member of National Watercolor Society, 1995

Sybil Moschetti Award: Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, 1995

First Place in Watercolor, Beverly Hills Affaire in the Gardens, Spring 1994

$1000 Purchase Award in Brand XX: 20th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, 1990


Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions:

American Museum of Ceramic Art: kilnopening.edu 2010

California Clay Competition, 2010

“Da Yu Ziao Hu”: International Small Teapot Competition, 2010

Natsoulas Gallery, Small Works Exhibition, 2009

“Da Yu Ziao Hu”: International Small Teapot Competition, 2008

California Clay Competition, 2006

“Da Yu Ziao Hu”: International Small Teapot Competition, 2006

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery: solo, 2006

California Clay Competition, The Artery, 2005

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery: 2005

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery, solo, 2004

“Blues: Tonality II Exhibition,” Tierra Solida Gallery, 2004

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery, solo, 2003

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery, solo, 2002

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery, solo, 2001

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery, 2000

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery, 1999

TAG, The Artistsʼ Gallery, 1998


Publications:

500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books, 2004

Painting Composition: Rockport Publishers, 1997

The Best of Watercolor 2: Rockport Publishers, 1997

“Making a Statement,” Watercolor 94: An American Artist Publication, Summer