Permanent Installations:
September 15, 2010 dedication, assisted on IPAR Glade Underpass Public Art Mosaic Project with artist Valerie Theberge and students from the Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences including Julia Anne Damron
Exhibitions & Awards:
January 4, 2012 – February 6, 2012, juried group show, "All-Media Exhibit" The Art League Gallery at The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, opening reception Thursdsay, January 12, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Pos PoseyJuror Alan Beland (Entered: 515 Accepted: 153) 'Pot of Posies' accepted
December 7, 2011 – January 2, 2012, juried group show, "All-Media Exhibit" The Art League Gallery at The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Pos PoseyJurors Linda and Steven Krensky (Entered: 590 Accepted: 135) 'Synesthesia' accepted
December 3, 2011 - March 2, 2012, group show League of Reston Artists at 10780 Parkridge Blvd, Reston, VA (mosaic mirrors only)
December 3, 2011 - January 3, 2012 , "13th Annual Gifts from the HeART Fine Arts Exhibition to Benefit Reston Interfaith" Jo Ann Rose Gallery, Reston, VA
November 10 - December 6, 2011 , juried group show, " Small Works All-Media Membership Exhibit", The Art League Gallery, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, Pos PoseyJuror Jordan Faye Block (879 Entered, 255 Accepted) "Posey Pixels" Accepted and SOLD
August 5 - September 2, 2011 , judged group show, "Paint & Beyond", League of Reston Artists, US Geological Survey National Gallery, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Juror Lynn Goldstein
July 15, 2011 - October 15, 2011, juried groupshow, "Exhibit for Painters" League of Reston Artists, The Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, 1763 Fountain Drive, Reston, VA
May 31, 2011 - June 27, 2011, juried groupshow, "artReston 18th annual", League of Reston Artists at the Jo Ann Rose Gallery, RCC at Lake Anne, Reston, VA, Juror Linnea Hamer
March 28, 2011 - May 2, 2011, "Annual Founders Exhibit", League of Reston Aritsts, Jo Ann Rose Gallery, Reston, VA, http://www.leagueofrestonartists.org/announcements/winnersphotosfromannualfoundersexhibit http://www.leagueofrestonartists.org/announcements/winnersphotosfromannualfoundersexhibit , judged by Pat MacIntyre , "The Glove" won an equal merit award
March 27, 2011 - April 24, 2011, juried show, League of Reston Artists, Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, VA
October 1-3, 2010, Group Show "Art Mart" The Red Barn Art Exhibit, Waterford, VA
September 8 - October 4, 2010, Group Show "Reston Multicultural Festival Exhibition" JoAnn Rose Gallery, Lake Anne, Reston, VA
September 4 - October 1, 2010, Solo Exhibition "Bits 'N Pieces" Reston Community Center at Hunters Woods, Reston, VA (32 assemblage mosaic works)
June 1-June 30, 2010, League of Reston Artists "artRESTON" JoAnn Rose Gallery, Lake Anne, Reston, VA
May 3 - June 1, 2010, Reston Community Center "Student Teacher Show" JoAnn Rose Gallery, Lake Anne, Reston, VA
April 6 - May 3, 2010, League of Reston Artists "April Founders Exhibition" JoAnn Rose Gallery, Lake Anne RCC, Reston, VA "Razzle Dazzle" won honorable mention
March 26-27, 2010, exibitor booth "DC Metropolitan Art Expo" Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor MD, 20745
March 1 - May 3, 2010, League of Reston Artists "Painters Exhibit" Reston Chamber of Commerce 1763 Fountain Drive, Reston, VA
December 12, 2009, "Collectors Showcase Event" at the Lorton Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
December 8, 2009 - January 5, 2010, juried group show, "Razzle Dazzle" Artists in Motion at the Lorton Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA, Jurors P.D. Chisolm and Fae Penland
November 14, 2009 - January 9, 2010, group funraising event, "ArtsCapade", League of Reston Artists at Camden Living Dulles Station, Oak Hill, VA
November 1, 2009 - January 6, 2010, juried group show, "Small Wonders", League of Reston artists at ArtSpace Herndon, Herndon, VA, Juror Lynn Goldstein
November, 2009 - January, 2010, group show "Small Works" at the Vulcan Gallery, Lorton Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
October 31, 2009 - Janurary 2, 2010, judged group show, "ART de-fined", The League of Reston Artists at the University of Phoenix, Reston, VA
October 5, 2009 - November 4, 2009, juried group show, "YIKES!", Artists in Motion at the Lorton Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
September 12, 2009 - October 31, 2009, group show, "LRA Volunteers Exhibition", The League of Reston Artists at the University of Phoenix, Reston, VA
August 5, 2009 - September 7, 2009, juried group show, "White Linen", Artists in Motion group show at the Lorton Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
July 31, 2009 - August 31, 2009, judged exhibition, “Paint & Beyond”, League of Reston Artists at National Center Gallery, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
June 5-6 2009, mosaics demonstrations, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Reston, VA
June 1, 2009 - July 6, 2009, juried groupshow, "artReston", League of Reston artists at the Jo Ann Rose Gallery, Reston, VA, Juror Dr. Barbara Wolanin
May 2, 2009 - June 22, 2009, judged group show, "May Flowers", The League of Reston Artists at the University of Phoenix, Reston, VA 22079 "Hillwood Peonies awarded Honorable Mention
May 1, 2009 - June 24, 2009, juried group show, "Hang 10",Artists-In-Motion (AIM) Gallery at the Workhouse Arts Center at Lorton, 9601 Ox Road, Studio 1010, Lorton, VA
March 29, 2009 - May 3, 2009, juried solo exhibition, "Lost & Found: Celebrate Love", Unitarian Universalist Church, Reston, VA
March 4, 2009 - April 6, 2009, juried exhibition, group show, "Real/Unreal", The Art League Gallery at The Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA, Juror Judy Jashinsky
November 8, 2008 - painting and mosaic demonstration, Barnes & Noble Booksellers Spectrum Center, Reston, VA
September 2, 2008 - September 28, 2008, juried exhibition, "C-Note Sale", GRACE (Greater Reston Arts Center)
August 15, 2008 - June 10, 2009, juried group exhibition, "Employee Portrait Exhibition", Gallery 600 - The ArtSpace @ USPTO, 600 Dulany Street, lower atrium of the Madison Building, Alexandria, VA
May 22, 2008, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Community Day, Alexandria, VA
December 14, 2007 - February 29, 2008, LRA (League of Reston Artists) Group Show, University of Phoenix at Plaza Americas, Reston, VA
November 20, 2007 - December 22, 2007, juried group exhibition, "Art for Giving", GRACE (Greater Reston Arts Center)
October 7, 2007, 40th Annual Clifton Day Festival, Clifton, VA
April 18, 2007- May 30, 2007, juried group show, GRACE Gallery Shop, Reston, VA
June 12, 2006 - January 18, 2007, Group Show, Stoneham Community Television, Stoneham, MA
Novermber 6, 2006 - January 4, 2007, "A HUNDRED UNDER A HUNDRED" juried group show, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
November 17-19, 2006, Porter Art Group Show, Hall-Haskell House, Ipswich, MA
June 10, 2006, Porter Art Group Show, Hall-Haskell House, Ipswich, MA
April 30, 2006, Group Fundraising Show, Masons, Melrose, MA
October 13, 2005, Grand Opening, SoHo Art Center, Malden, MA
June 2005, Group Show, AvantiArt, Hampton, NH
October 2004, Solo Exhibition, General Goods, Andover, MA
November 2000, Group Show, The Front Room Art Gallery, Londonderry, NH
September 2000, Group Show, The Front Room Art Gallery, Londonderry, NH
September 1998, One Person Show, Maxima Art Center, Arlington, MA
July 1997, Carlisle Old Home Day, Carlisle, MA "Abstract Flowers" won 2nd place
Additional Exhibition Venues:
Unique Antique Imports, Arlington, MA
Sassy Cissie II, Winchester, MA
Kelly and the Angel, Malden, MA
SoHo Art Center, Malden, MA
Winchester Art and Frame, Winchester, MA
AvantiArt at H.G Webber Antiques, Hampton, NH
General Goods, Reading, MA
Jane Daniels Gallery, Watertown, MA
General Goods, Andover, MA
The Front Room Art Gallery, Londonderry, NH
Maxima Art Center, Arlington, MA
Education and Vocation:
2009-2011 studied painting under Pam Coulter, Reston, VA
2009-2010 assisted on IPAR Glade Underpass Public Art Mosaic project with artist Valerie Theberge and students from the Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences including Julia Anne Damron, Reston, VA
2008 studied abstract painting under Mike Cantwell, Reston, VA
2006 studied mosaic art under Ariel Shoemaker, Arlington and Newton, MA
1st Water Fine Art, Arlington, MA (March 1997 to present)
Position: Artist
Creator of paintings in acrylics, oils, and mixed media works, 2-D and 3-D, mosaics, logos, coat of arms, illustrations, commissioned pieces and hand-painted furniture. Marketing and sold artworks and taught art to children ages 2-12. Successfully participated in group shows and solo exhibitions. Award winning and nationally collected works.
Wentworth Gallery (Fidelity Investments), Burlington, MA (July 1994 to February 1997)
Leading retailer and publisher of fine art, in U.S. and abroad
Position: Gallery Director
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (September 1992 to June 1994)
Candidate for Master of Science degree candidate in pharmaceutics with a special emphasis on Cosmetics Science & Technology.
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (September 1977 to June 1983)
Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering.
Arts Organizations:
League of Reston Artists Exhibition Chairperson 2009, member since 2008
The Art League member (Torpedo Factory) 2009
GRACE member since 2007
AIM (Artists In Motion) at The Lorton Workhouse 2009
SAMA (Society of American Mosaic Artists) member since 2009
