INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
1964-1969 Graduate-Famous Artists School of Fine Arts Painting,
Correspondence, Westport, CT
1978-1988 Attended workshops taught by Del Gish, Sergei Bongart, Ned
Jacob, Richard Schmid, Scottsdale Artists School
1983-1998 Studied museum exhibits of Joaquin Sorolla, William Merritt
Chase, French and Californian Impressionists, Carl Runguis, Taos
painters, Russian artists
1983-1998 Studied museum exhibits of Joaquin Sorolla, William Merritt
Chase, French and Californian Impressionists, Carl Runguis, Taos
painters, Russian artists
1987-1999 Painted on location in Italy, Portugal, Alaska, China,
Canada, US
1995-1996 Designed and constructed studio in Somers, MT
1993-1999 Taught Plein Air workshops in Montana, California and
Colorado
2000 On-location painting and Museum study Rome, Florence, Sorrento,
Italy
On-location painting with Northwest Rendezvous Artists, Montana
2001 On location painting in Mexico
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1987-2000 Galleries: Kneeland (ID); Sutton West (MT); Bjorge’s
(MT)
Invitational Exhibits: San Jose Museum ‘Plein Air Festival’
(CA)
C.M. Russell Museum 7 Auction (MT); Montana Governor’s Mansion
(MT), Tucson Museum of Art (AZ); Bigfork Cultural Center 7 Holter Museum
(MT); Wildlife Museum of Art (WY); PAPA (CA); AWA (NM); AWA exhibit
Sorrento, Italy
HONORS AND AWARDS
1984-1985 Best of Show, Colorado Artists Association, CO
Award of Merit, Evergreen Artists Association, CO
1987 Best Oil Painting, Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ
1991 Great Chief Award, Kalispell Chamber of Commerce, Kalispell, MT
1990-1992 Landscape Medallion of Merit and Top 100, National Arts for
the Parks
1993 National Art for the Parks Academy Grand Prize Award ($50,000)
1994 Penguin USA contract book covers for Montana author Ivan
Doig, NY
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
National Arts for the Parks, Washington, DC
C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
Tucson Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
McGraw-Hill Publishers, NY
Private Collections in US, Taiwan, Europe
NATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA), American Women Artists (AWA)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1998 An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
(1840-1980), University of Texas Press-Kovinick
1996 Big Sky Journal
1994 The Artist’s Magazine, "A Go-for-the-Jugular
Approach to Oils"
1993 Art of the West, "Perseverance Pays Off"
Lively Times
Great Falls Tribune
Missoulian
1992 Art Talk, "Artists Worth Watching"
U.S Art
Wildlife Art News
1990 Southwest Art Magazine, "Winter Landscapes"