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Artistic Publications

100 Ways to Paint Your Favorite Subject, by the editors of International Artist Magazine

 

Education

American Academy of Art, Chicago IL: Fine Art/Oil Painting

Northern Illinois University (BSc): Geology

University of Colorado, Boulder (MS): Geology, Paleoclimate, and Oceanography


Solo Shows

Dec 1, 2011 to Jan 31, 2012 - "Nature Made Maine" One-person invitational show at FIRST Bank of Boothbay Harbor, Maine (organized by Boothbay Regional Art Foundation Gallery).

Sept 2006 - "Small Towns and Backroads," One Person Show, LIW Cargo Gallery, Manitou Springs CO

July 2005 - One Person Show, LIW Cargo Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO


Group Shows

Nov 4 - Dec 24, 2011 - Small Works Show at River Arts, Damariscotta, Maine (Juried)
 
May 28 to Dec 18, 2011 - Bennington Center for the Arts Small Works Exhibit, Bennington VT (juried)

July 11 to Sept 2, 2011 - Art and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield WI (juried)

May 13, 2011 - July 2011  Frontier Cafe, Brunswick, Maine  "The Aviary" exhibit

Nov - Dec 2010 River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine "Anything Goes" exhibit (Juried)

Oct 2010 - June 2011  Martin's Point Healthcare, 9 pieces (Invitational)

2008 - Nomades del Arte, Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe (Juried)

2007 - Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, Fredricksburg, TX (Juried)

2006 - Oil Painters of America National Exhibit, Dana Gallery, Missoula MT (Juried)

2004/5 - Plein Air Painters Colorado Annual Exhibit, Denver, CO (Juried)

2004 - 2006 - Plein Air Manitou, Manitou Springs, CO (Yearly Invitational)

2004 - 2006 - Annual Small Works Exhibit, LIW Cargo Gallery, CO (Invitational)

2005 - Holiday Invitational Show, Pankratz Callery, Monument, CO

2004 - Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (Juried)

2003 - "Art on the Prairie," Wildlife Prairie State Park, Peoria IL (Juried)

2003 - International Exhibition on Animals in Art, LA State University, Baton Rouge (Juried)

2002 - Yellowstone Museum Small Woks Exhibit, Billings, MT (Juried)

1996 - Arts for the Parks, Jackson, WY (Juried)


Related Businesses

Founder and former owner of Mountain Goat Frames (CO), producing handmade, gold and metal - leafed frames for artists and galleries. Now known as Front Range Frames (Florence, CO). Strengths include advertising, marketing, frame design, kt gold leafing, and finish work.


Volunteer and Research Work

International Shorebird Survey, Site Surveyor, Maine (current)

Bird Observer magazine, copy editor (current) 

Delaware Bay, USA: Red Knot Monitoring Project (Slaughter Beach, DE), May 2011
 
Colorado, USA: Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center (Divide, CO)

Montana, USA: Long-eared owl banding and tracking project (Denver Holt and U of MT)

Montana, USA: Lazuli bunting banding and song research (U of MT)

Arizona, USA: Northern Goshawk monitoring project

Amman, Jordan: Archaeological Artist for the Madaba Plains Project (Andrews University and the Jordanian Dept of Antiquities)

Glacier Bay, Alaska: Glacimarine Sedimentary Processes (Dr Ross Powell)

SE Greenland: Paleoenvironment of SE Greenland Fjords (Dr John Andrews)

Northern Illinois: Restoration of Prairie Habitat (several locations, Northern IL Univ)

 

Select Private Collections

Dr. David Clendenan, Santa Barbara CA

Dr. Noel and Helen Snyder, Portal AZ

T and N Wirth, Portland, Maine

K. Kerr, Portland, Maine

C. Mueller, Portland, Maine

Sean and Evon Holladay, Denver, CO

Glen and Mary Colligan, Wausau, WI

Ryan and Kim Seaver, Highlands Ranch, CO

Kovacik Family, Clermont FL

Dr. and Mrs. Tomascak, Missoula MT

J. Murphy, Westcliffe CO

T. Camille Fautin, Rock Springs WY

Lauren and Dan Buehler, Parker CO

Marilyn Ryan and Douglas Knudson, Tacoma WA

Jim and Cathy McKeen, Buena Vista, CO

Additional collectors throughout Europe, New England, Texas, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and the Midwestern US