Professional Experience
2014-current Artist, Kirkland Creative Art + Design
2011-2014 Kitchen & Bath Designer, Kirkland Interior Design (AKBD, CAPS)
2006-2009 Participant in NDIIPP “Preserving Creative America” Strategic Initiative Library of Congress
1993-2009 Creative Director, Production Director-Publishing, Andrews McMeel Universal
1979-1998 Artful Dodger Art and Design Studio, owner
1977-1993 Art Director/Designer/Graphic Artist. Advertising
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Spiva Arts Center, Joplin, Missouri, Regional Gallery
2019 Lemonade Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Crossroads Arts District
2019 Revocup, Lenexa, Kansas
2019 Enterprise Bank & Trust-Crossroads, ArtsKC Now Showing
2019 Mazuma Credit Union-Crossroads, ArtsKC Now Showing
2018 Lee's Summit City Hall
2018 Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Overland Park, Kansas
*This exhibit was included in The Expanded Field of the 2018 OpenSpacesKC Arts Festival.
2018 Lenexa City Hall Gallery, Lenexa, Kansas
2015 Upholstered Elegance, West Bottoms District, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 Lenexa City Hall, Lenexa, Kansas
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D), Honorable Mention Award
2019 Jones Gallery-Children's Mercy Hospital Benefit, (Regional) Jones Gallery, KC Crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri
2019 State of Senior Arts, (National) Prairie Village Arts Council, Prairie Village, Kansas
2019 Art at the Center, (National) Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, Kansas
2019 Heartland Artist Exhibition, (National) Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2019 Celebrate Women Exhibit, Alaris Litigation-KC Crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri
2018 Regional Juried Christian Arts Competition and Exhibition, The Catholic Foundation, NE Kansas
2018 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2017 Solar Flair: Celestial Bodies in Motion Exhibit (National) Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri
2017 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2017 Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Grand Opening Exhibit, Overland Park, Kansas (2D)
2017 Art at the Center, (National Juried Exhibition), Overland Park, Kansas (2D)
2016 State of the Arts, (National Juried Exhibition), Prairie Village, Kansas (2D)
2016 Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2015 Commission: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Painted table
2015 Arti Gras, (Local Juried Exhibition) Leawood, Kansas (2D)
2014 Lenexa Artists Show, (Local Juried Exhibition) Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2014 Commission: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Art
2014 Portrait commission. Potomac Falls, VA
2014 Images Art Gallery, (Regional Juried Exhibition) Overland Park, Kansas (2D)
2013 Lenexa Artists Show, (Local Juried Exhibition) Lenexa, Kansas (3D)
COMMISSIONS
2019 Private commissions for a local collectors
2019 Commission, City of Lenexa, Lenexa, Kansas
2017 Commission: Sushi UNI Restaurant, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2016 Commission: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Art
2013 Commission for Designer: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Art
2012 Commission for Designer: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Art
2011 Commission for Designer: Kansas City Symphony Alliance Designer’s Show House. Photo
2010 - present
2010 - present
Awards
2019 3rd Place, "Cloudy with a Chance of Color", 23rd Heartland Artists Exhibition, Merriam, Kansas
2018 Lenexa Arts Council Choice Award “Western Auto Reflection,” Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2018 Honorable Mention “Thaleia”, Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2017 Lenexa Arts Council Choice Award, Lenexa Artists Show, Lenexa, Kansas (2D)
2014 2nd Place, Photo Art and Honorable Mention for digitally-altered painting) Lenexa Artists Show
2011 MADA Award for Space Planning, International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
1978-2006 Multiple regional, national and international awards for art direction, production
Collections
Artwork in private collections:
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Savannah, Georgia
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Linn, Kansas
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Pepperill, Massachusetts
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Potomac Falls, Virginia
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Overland Park, Kansas
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Shawnee, Kansas
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Lenexa, Kansas
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Mission, Kansas
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Fairway, Kansas
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Topeka, Kansas
Education
2013 Ceramics Johnson County Community College, Continuing Ed.
2011 Interior Design Johnson County Community College, AAS
1988 Photography Johnson County Community College, Continuing Ed.
1986 Air Brush Illustration Johnson County Community College, Continuing Ed.
1978 Video Production Kansas City Art Institute, Continuing Ed.
1975 Fine Arts-Studio University of Missouri at Kansas City