Recent Awards 

• National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) Best of America 2009 – (Platinum Palette Award)
• The Pastel Journal 11^th Annual Pastel 100 – (2^nd place)
• Southern Appalachian Artist Guild 2^nd National Juried Show – (Award of Merit)
• Arkansas Pastel Society 3^rd National Exhibition – (Doug Dawson Award)
• Portrait Society of America 5^th Members Only Competition – (Honorable Mention)
• Visual Arts Center 7^th Biennial National Art Exhibition – (1^st Honorable Mention) 

Recent Events 

• “Pirate Queen” won 2^nd place in The Pastel Journal 11^th Annual Pastel 100 competition and is featured in the April 2010 issue.
• “Emerging” is a Finalist in the Experimental Category in The Artists Magazine 26^th Annual Art Competition and was chosen to appear as The Artist¹s Magazine¹s Competition Spotlight in the April 2010 issue.