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Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting from the University of Georgia

Bettina Steinke (Master Class), Scottsdale Arizona Artists School
John Howard Sanden, Art Students League, New York City
Daniel E. Greene, Art Students League, New York City
Cedric B. Egeli, Edgewater, Maryland
Ray Goodbread, Charleston, South Carolina
Michael Shane Neal, Advanced Portrait Work-shops, 2004-2006 National Portrait Seminar, Washington D.C., 1983
National Portrait Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, 1984
National Portrait Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991
National Portrait Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, 1993
Master Portrait Class, Art Students League, New York City, 1994
American Society of Portrait Artists Seminar, Montgomery, Alabama, 1996
American Society of Portrait Artists Seminar, Montgomery, Alabama, 1998
American Society of Portrait Artist Seminar, New York City, 2001
Portrait Society of America Seminars , 1999-2006

Publications (national)
Three magazine covers - "Explosive Engineers" Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington Delaware

Teaching
Art Instructor,Jepson/Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA

Art, Public Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Jacksonville, Florida
Art instructor, Coastal Alliance for the Arts, St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Awards
1st Place, Drawing 2019, Landings Art Association, Savannah,GA

1st Place , Drawing 2018, Landings Art Association

Best of Show,  2015, Landings Art Association

1st Place, Oil Painting 2012  Landings Art Association

Merit Award - Spring Show Landings Art Association, 2006
Peoples' Choice Award- 17th Annual Landings Art Association, 2004
Third Place Award - 17th Annual Landings Art Association, 2004
Merit Award - Spring Show Portrait Society of Atlanta, 2003
Merit Award - Winter Show, Portrait Society of Atlanta, 2001
Merit Award - Portrait Society of Atlanta, 2000
Georgia State Capitol Finalist, Juried Show, Portrait Society Of Atlanta, 1999
"The Artists' Magazine" National Portrait Competition Finalist, 1997
"The Artists Magazine" National Portrait Competition Finalist, 1996
Juror's Merit Award, Savannah National Juried Show, 1993
First Place, Okefenokee Heritage Juried Exhibit, 1992
First Place, Portraiture, Coastal National Exhibit, 1992
Second Place, Painting, North Florida/South Florida Art Exhibit, 1989
First Place, Painting, Okefenokee Heritage Juried Exhibit, 1989
First Place, Professional Division, Exchange Club Fair, Brunswick, Georgia 1988
First Place, Painting, Coastal National Exhibit, St. Simons Island, Georgia,1988

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Recent Portrait Commissions of Note
The Honorable Malcolm MacLean, Former Mayor, Savannah, Georgia
The Honorable Winebert D. Flexer, Superior Court Judge, State of Georgia
Richard S. Irwin, President, Geo. D. Warthen Bank, Sandersville, Georgia
Nancy H. Henrick, President, Pilot Club International
Dr. William S. Helton, Chief of Staff, Washington County Regional Medical Center, Sandersville, Georgia
Judith B. Brunger, CEO, Hospice State Association of the Carolinas
James D. Mason, Former Chairman of Georgia Ports Authority, Savannah, Georgia
Dr. Robert Burnett, President , Armstrong Atlantic University, Savannah, Georgia

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