EDUCATION

         M.F.A., Art, The Pennsylvania State University
         University Park, PA, 1981

         B.F.A. with distinction, Art, The Pennsylvania State University
         University Park, PA, 1978

HONORS

    Professional

        Recipient of the Grace D. Long faculty Excellence Award - 1997

        Recipient of the College of Arts and Architecture "Outstanding Teaching Award," 1996.

    Educational

         Ford Foundation Grant, 1981
         Met artists Willem Dekooning, Alice Neel, Philip Pearlstein, Ibram Lassaw

         College of Arts and Architecture Award for Creative Achievement, 1978

         Class of 1922 Academic Scholarship, 1976

         Edwin Zoller Art Scholarship, 1975
 

EXHIBITIONS

  Notified of Juror’s Award, “Visions in Space,” Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado,
  November 2000.

            Invited into “Fall Arts Festival” Fourth Annual Regional Competition, Kent State University, East Liverpool, Ohio,
            October 2000.

            Accepted into “Visions in Space,” Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, October –
            December 2000.

            One-person show, Downtown Conference Center, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, Pennsylvania, October – December
             2000.

            Accepted into 11th National Juried Exhibit, Viridian Artists, Inc., New York, New York, June – July 2000.

            Accepted into “Girardot,” Cape Ciradeau, Missouri, June 2000.

            Accepted into 3rd Celebration of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Montpelier, Virginia, April – May 2000.

            Accepted into “Charcoal, Graphite, Etc.,” Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon, March 2000.

            "The 14th Annual CMI International" (small group invitational), Central Missouri State University
            Warrensburg, Missouri, August, September 1999.

            "National Winners Art Exhibition" (small group invitational), Highland Cultural Center
            Highland, New York, July 1999.

            Notified of Purchase Award, Larsen Drawing Collection
           Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee,  May 1999.

           Accepted into Border to Border 7, 1999 Larsen Biennial Drawing Competition
           Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee,  April, May 1999.

          Accepted into The 14th Greater Midwest International Exibition, Central Missoui State University
          Warrensburg Missouri in February and March 1999.  Received Juror Award.

          Accepted into "Ah Men" National Juried Art Exhibit, Barrington Area Arts Council,
          Barrington, Illinois, November 1998.

          Accepted into the "5th National Juried Art Exhibit" Highland Cultural Center, Highland,
          New York, November 1998, received 2nd place award.

Accepted into "New Visions' Culture and Agriculture 1998 "National Juried Art Exhibit, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, March 1998.

Accepted into "22nd Fred Wells National Juried Exhibition" at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 1998.

Accepted into "7th National Art Exhibition" at Northern Colorado Art Association, Fort Collins, Colorado, February- 1998.

Notified of award for "Best Drawing" in "Frameless - Works on Paper" National Art Competition, Whiteville, North Carolina, juror Anthony Janson - Art Historian and editor of Janson's History of Art, February 1998.

Accepted into National Art Competition "Frameless - Works on Paper" at Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, North Carolina, December 1997.

Exhibited a One-man Show of drawings, Altoona Headquarters for the Blair County Art Association, Spring 1997.

Exhibition of 19 drawings at McLanahan Gallery, Penn State Altoona, Spring 1997.

Exhibited in Annual Visual Art Faculty, Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Fall 1997.

         Planned, carved, and constructed a Byzantine-style sandstone monument, St. Mary's
         Byzantine Church, Ramey, Pennsylvania, 1994-1995.

         Included in "National Drawing Exhibition 1994," Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey.

        Included in "Works on Paper," national drawing competition and exhibit, San Jacinto College,
        South Houston, Texas, 1994.

        Commissioned to execute 24 Byzantine-style Icons, oil on wooden panels,
        Byzantine Church, Ramey, PA, 1994.

        Juror's Top Award for Prints and Drawings , Blair County Arts Festival.  Hebert Olds, Juror,
        Professor of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, May 1992.

         DACOTA Gallery of DuBois, DuBois, PA, November 1991, (One-man Show).

        Two works chosen for display, President's Conference Room, Old Main, The Pennsylvania
        State University, University Park, PA, 1991.

         Triennial Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, 1991.

         "A Decade of Drawing," Sheetz and McLanahan Galleries, The Pennsylvania State University,
         Altoona Campus, 1989.

         Triennial Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, 1988.

         Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Hollidaysburg Extension, 1986.

         Clearfield Arts Studio, Clearfield, PA, 1985, (One-man Show).

         Triennial Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, 1985.

         Sloan Gallery, Lock Haven State University, 1984, (One-man Show).

         Executed a series of 10 paintings for a Byzantine Church, Ramey, PA, 1982-1984.

         Pattee Library, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1981,
        (One-man Show).

        Graduate Exhibition, Zollery Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA,
        1981.

         Ivyside Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus, Altoona, PA, 1981,
        (One-man Show).