Watercolor captures my heart in a way that keeps me challenged and engaged in creating art. I work out of my home in Millersville, Maryland and try to spend as much time as I can painting outdoors.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2025 1st Place, 62nd Members Show Kent Island Federation of Art “Bulrushes”
2025 Honorable Mention, KIFA Black and White, “A Penny for Your Thoughts”
2025 Honorable Mention, KIFA, “On the Edge of Night”
2024 2nd Place, KIFA Absolutely Abstract “Hike to the Top”
2024 People’s Choice, KIFA Nostalgic Structures, “Still Standing”
2023 3rd Place, Adkins Arboretum Plein Air Event “Welcome Bridge”
2023 Honorable Mention, KIFA Absolutely Abstract “Bursting Forth,” “Beyond the Boundaries”
2023 Honorable Mention, “Moonlit”
Current Memberships
Art East Queen Anne’s County - 2024
American Watercolor Society - 2023
Working Artists Forum Easton, MD (WAF) Juried Member - 2023
Baltimore Watercolor Society (BWS) Associate Member - 2023
Kent Island Federation of Arts - 2023
West River Artists - 2022
Plein Air Painters of the Chesapeake Bay (PAPCB) - 2022
Annapolis Watercolor Club - 2021
Academy Arts Museum, Easton MD - 2021
Art instruction …
Nishita Jain: 2024, 2025 - live instruction in watercolor
Ilya Ibyaev: 2025 Light and Space (Online)
Gary Tucker: 2025 on location maritime plein air workshop
Nicolas Lopez 2024 The Language of Water (Artefacto)
Thomas Schaller: 2023 Drawing and Perspective (Terracotta)
A few of the many artists who Inspire me …
Nishita Jain Nicolas Lopez Ilya Ibyaev Richie Vios
Michael Holter Joseph Zbukvic Thomas Schaller Jasmine Huang
Chien Chung Wei Tom Bucci Gareth Edwards John Blockley