History
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts — Artbreak Presentation: "A Royal Menagerie" — September 2007
Ann Nathan Gallery — Chicago, IL — Present Representation
W.A.R.D Gallery — Harbor Springs, MI — Present Representation
Mixed Media Gallery — Saugatuck/Douglas, MI — 2001-2005
Bridge Street Gallery — Plainwell, MI — 1999 to 2002
Animalia Gallery — Saugatuck, MI — 1995 to 1996
Art Director, SignArt, Inc. — Kalamazoo, MI — 1975 to 1996
Newspaper ad illustrations for Crossroads Mall — Kalamazoo, MI — 1980's
Greeting card illustrations for Evergreen Press — California — 1980's
Distributed own line of greeting cards in the 1980's
Numerous paintings sold to art collectors over the years

Education
BA in painting from Western Michigan University — Kalamazoo, MI
Scholarship to Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville — Louisville, KY

Publications
Kalamazoo Gazette — Kalamazoo, MI — March 27, 2004
The Commercial Record — Saugatuck, MI — October 9, 2003
The Commercial Record/Resorter — Saugatuck, MI — May 22, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette — Kalamazoo, MI — April 11, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette — Kalamazoo, MI — May, 2002
Allegan County News — Allegan, MI — February 7, 2002

Catalog Cover Design
Visionary Magazine — San Diego, CA, May 2008 — Cover art and artwork photos
The Animal World magazine — Memphis TN, Oct. 2007 — Cover artwork and interview
Michigan Fiber Festival — 2004

Special Awards

Book, Best of America; Oil Artists and Artisans, Vol. 1,
published by Kennedy Promotions

Third Place honors in book, Best of Michigan Artists and Artisans 2006,
published by Kennedy Promotions

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Ward & Cora Nay Director's Choice Purchase Prize — 2004

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Martin Maddox Imaginative Realism Award — 2003

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Martin Maddox Imaginative Realism Award — 2002

Permanent Collections
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts — Kalamazoo, MI

Exhibitions
Solo show — W.A.R.D. Gallery — Harbor Springs, MI — 2007
Art Chicago (Ann Nathan Gallery) — 2007
West Michigan Area Show — 2007
From Fish to Fowl: Animals in Art — Kalamazoo Institute of Arts — October 2006
West Michigan Area Show — 2006
New Dimensions in the Natural World- 2 person show — W.A.R.D Gallery — July 2006
Beyond Human Limits — solo show — W.A.R.D Gallery — July 2005
West Michigan Area Show — 2005
West Michigan Area Show — 2004
Flora & Fauna — 2 person show - October, 2003 — Mixed Media Gallery — Douglas, MI
West Michigan Area Show, 2003
Animania! — Solo show - May, 2003 — Mixed Media Gallery — Douglas, MI
West Michigan Area Show, 2002