Education
Castleton University, B.F.A.
Alpha Chi National Honor Society
Signature Member of Vermont Watercolor Society
Interests
Member of Essex Art League.
- President (2002 – 2005)
Member of Miniature Painting Society of Vermont
Member of Northern Vermont Artists Association (NVAA)
- Board Member (2001 – 2006)
- 2002-2006 June-Juried Show organizer, Bryan Memorial Gallery
Member of Vermont Crafts Council Vermont Open Studio Tour 2002-to present
Bryan Memorial Gallery Member 2002- present
- Board Member October 2004 – 2011
Frog Hollow Artisan- Burlington 2005 to present
Sweet Grass Gallery member- 2014 to 2017
Signature Member of Vermont Watercolor Society 2006 to present
Art on Main Gallery Artisan- Bristol, VT 2008 to present
International Egg Art Guild Member 2008 to present
World Egg Art Organization Member 2014 to present
Vermont Hand Crafter Juried Artisan Member 2015 to present
Northwood Gallery in Stowe, VT 2017 to present
Artisan’s Hand Gallery- Montpelier 2008 to 2010
Artisan’s Gallery in Waitsfield-2008 to 2012
Ukrainian Gift Shop's Easter Egg Bazaar in Cleveland, OH in 2019
Art Hound Gallery in Essex Jct., Vermont 2019 to present
Member of the Great Northern Egg Clutch Egging Club (Members from New England, NY and Canada)
Awards
Champlain Valley Fair Art Exhibit
“Bonsai”, Watercolor – Honorable Mention 1982
“Cemetery”, Watercolor – 1st Place 1982
“Dancer”, Drawing (graphite) – 1st Place 1988
“List-Maker”, Watercolor/Gouache – Most Popular 1993
“Wolves Howling at Moon”, Pastel – Most Popular 1995
“Woman Sitting in Corner”, Oil Pastel – Honorable Mention 1996
“Cel-Animation, Fish”, Mixed Media – 1st Place 1997
“Mud-pies”, Watercolor – Most Popular 1998
“Pie Maker”, Watercolor – 3rd Place 2000
“Pysanky, Ukrainian Eggs”, Mixed Media – 3rd Place 2000
“Pysanky, Ukrainian Eggs, II”, Mixed Media, Honorable mention 2001
“Pysanky, Ukrainian Eggs, III”, Mixed Media – 1st place, 2002
“Pysanky, Ukrainian Eggs”, Acrylic on canvas – 3rd place, 2002
“A mother’s Vigil”, Watercolor – 1st place, 2003
“Pysanky, Trompe l’oiel III” , Mixed Media – 2nd place, 2003
“Tasse de ma jeune fille”, Acrylic – 3rd place, 2002
“Fooled again III”, Mixed media – Honorable mention 2005
“A proper young lady”, Mixed media- 2nd place 2006
“Mercury Rising”, Mixed media – Honorable Mention 2007
“Martini & Madrais”, Watercolor- 1st place 2008
“Dog of Pompeii”, Mixed Media- 2nd place 2008
“Wired at Birth series- Wired for Sound” Mixed media assemblage, 2nd
place 2010
“Watercolor experiment, #1” Watercolor, 3rd place, 2013
“Mixed Watermedia experiment” Mixed Media, Best In Show, 2013
“Pompeii” Mixed Water media, 2nd place, 2015
"Dragonfly" Mixed Water media, Honorable mention, 2016
"Not all who wander all lost", Mixed Media, 2nd place, 2017
"Wild West", Mixed Media, Honorable mention, 2018
Juried Awards
NVAA June Juried show awards, Bryan Memorial Gallery
“Pysanky, Ukrainian Eggs”, Mixed Media – Mixed Media Award 2001
“Boy with Blue Salvia”, Watercolor – NVAA Merit Award 2001
“Tasse de Memere”, Acrylic on canvas – Acrylic Award 2002
“Genetically Modified for your viewing pleasure”-
Mixed Media Award 2006
“Dog of Pompeii” Mixed Media- Mixed Media Award 2008
Pysanky Toronto Championship Category, 1st place Rhea Egg, St. Vladimir Institute 2019
Pysanky Toronto Miniature Category, 2nd place Pheasant Egg, St. Vladimir Institute 2019
Juried Shows
T.W. Wood Gallery 1993
NVAA June Juried Show 2001-2006, 2008 Bryan Memorial Gallery
Bryan Memorial Gallery 2004 “Fur, Fins and Feathers”
Bryan Memorial Gallery 2005 “Art in Bloom”, “Women’s Invitational”
White House Easter Egg Art Display Representing Vermont 2006
Pegasus Gallery, Quechee Vt. 2006 “Engaging Cezanne” VT. WC Society
Reed Gallery, Chester, VT Vermont Watercolor Society,2006
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT WC society, 2006, 2007
Mountain Lake Art Auction, NY 2006
Vermont Palette Project “53 Flavors to Tempt your Palette” 2006
Bryan Memorial Gallery 2006, “Waterscapes show”
Frog Hollow Artisans’ Invitational “Farming in Monkton” 2006,2007
Featured Artist - Frog Hollow, Burlington VT, April 2007
Vermont Watercolor Society show, Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery-
Stowe VT April 2007, Artisan’s Gallery-Waitsfield VT August 2007
Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe June 2007 “Aviary Show”
Walkover Gallery, Bristol VT, Vermont Watercolor Society 9/2008
Vermont Hand Crafters Double Tree Show (Sheraton show), Burlington, VT 2016 to present
Galleries Shown
Collectors Gallery - Shelburne, VT 1990-1997
Essex Art League Miniature Painting Shows 1999-2003
Burnham Library –Colchester , VT
Brownell Library – Essex Jct., VT
Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT 2001 to 2012
Frog Hollow Galleries, Burlington, VT 2005 to present
Pegasus Gallery, Quechee, VT 2006
Reed Gallery, Chester, VT 2006
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT 2006, 2007
Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, VT 2007
Artisans Gallery, Waitsfield, VT Watercolor Society 2007
Artisans Hand Gallery, Montpelier, VT 2008-2010
The Starving Artist, Waitsfield, VT 2008-2009
Art on Main Gallery, Bristol VT 2008 to present
Artisan’s Gallery, Waitsfield VT 2008 to 2009
Sweet Grass Gallery, Williston, VT 2014 to 2017
Northwood Gallery, Stowe, VT 2017 to present
Art Hounds Gallery, Essex Jct., VT 2019 to present
Ukrainian Museum of Cleveland, Ohio, Egg Bazaar 2019-2020
Ukrainian Museum of Kolomyia, "The Evolution of Pysanky in Northern America" Ukraine 2020
Pysanky Egg Decorating Shows:
Ohio Egg Artist Guild Elegant Egg & Beyond Show, Akron, OH 2019 to present
Eggs Original Show, Easton, PA TBA
Eastern Ohio Egg Art Show, Strongsville, OH 2018 to present
Pysanky Retreats attended:
Pysanky at the Garden, Hot Springs, Arkansas (2 Years)
Pysanky Toronto, Canada 2019
Pysanky USA Retreat, Wilkes-Barre, PA 2014 to present- Instructor
Egg Decorating Publications Contributor:
Linda Martin: Art of the Eggshell Magazine
- Issue #10, page 24 "Inuit inspired goose egg- Tutorial "
- Issue #12, page 28 "Batik style Ostrich egg- Tutorial "
- Issue #24, page 18 "Creating an etched egg with batik wax resist and acid method - Tutorial"
Beyond the Hatchery: A lifestyle magazine for Egg Artists
-Issue 002, page 20 "The Roost- Theresa Somerset's Creative Space"
-Special 2019 Ornament Edition, page 17 "Snowflake Ornament: Beginners level- Pysanky- Tutorial"
-Issue 004, page 4 "The Stash- Booth Design"
"Sweet Pea & Friends: The Easter Surprise" by children's authors John & Jennifer Churchman
- Contributed Pysanky/Egg Art for book