About

  • Overture Center for the Arts – Juried art exhibition – September 2021
  • Featured on the Society of Illustrators SI Kids website – June 2021
  • Kidlit411 Banner design finalist – May 2021
  • Wrote and published picture book, “Who’s Behind the Mask?” in November 2021.
  • Member of SCBWI, 2015-2022, and 2000
  • Paint landscapes and portraits in oils.  Works have sold at Jura Silverman Gallery, Spring Green, Wisconsin, and Janus Galleries, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Member of Wisconsin Visual Artists and Wisconsin Alliance of Artists and Craftspeople.
  • American Juried Art Salon, award Master Artist, spring 2007 (Jurists included:  Dr. Charles Garoian, Tom Barnes, Michelle Eischen, Dr. Don Bergland, Mark Gordon, Barton College, Noah Simblist, Charles DeBus, Dr. Jennifer Spencer, Max Kazemzadeh, and Phyllis M. Sunberg.)
  • American Juried Art Salon awards, spring 2007, fall 2006.
  • Blue Moon national art contest, award, fall 2007.
  • Classes and workshops with Robert Schultz, Diane Rath, and Lucia Luconi Winner.
  • Participated in Madison Area Open Art Studios 
  • Member of SCBWI and attended conferences in NY, LA, and Chicago. (Received mentorship 2018-2019)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration – University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Technical writer for STEM industries for over 30 years