Resume

Objective

Sharing passion and knowledge of watercolor and acrylic painting in my work as I continue exploring watermedia’s exciting adventures.

Experience

Artist; teacher, curriculum development, design, and implementation and coordinator of programs aimed at ages 3 through adult for 25 years.
Retired in 2014 from position as director of religious education at Holy Trinity Parish in Dayton, OH.
Dayton International Peace Museum: education committee
Director of summer peace camps for children ages 3 through grade 6.

Education

BA Communication The Ohio State University 1974
MS Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University 1976
Masters of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 1979

Art Education:

Self-directed study with teachers in Pensacola, Florida, Dayton and Columbus, OH beginning 1998- present.

Dayton, OH artists and teachers: Diane Coyle and Trish McKinney
Columbus, OH with Vivian Ripley, Mary Pat Turner, Joe Lombardo, and Charles Rowland

Workshops:

Chen Khee Chee NSW, ASW
Frederic Graf, NSW
Jean Grastdorf, ASW
Nicholas Simmons, ASW, NSW
Donna Zagotta, AWS, NWS
Gerald Brommer AWS, NWS
Janet Rogers AWS, NWS
Don Andrews AWS NWS
Frank Francese AWS, NWS
Joseph Fettingis AWS, NWS
Christopher Leep, OWS
Charlynn Knight, AWS
Lian Zhen, AWS, NWS
Robbie Laird, NWS, SDWS, SLMM, WW

Professional Memberships:

Fairborn Art Association
Ohio Watercolor Society

Professional Affiliations:

Member: Town and Country Fine Arts Center, Kettering, OH
Southern Allegheny Museum of Art: Wolf-Kuhn Foundation Exhibit, Loretto, PA
Private Collections in Dayton and Pensacola, Naples and Ft. Meyers, FL and Boston, MA and Washington, DC, Vallejo g, CA

Art Awards:

Fairborn Art Association
Western Ohio Watercolor Society
Miamisburg Art Guild

Skills

Watercolor painting, acrylic inks and painting

Writing:

Poetry on writers’ blog: Abundant Literary Path
Peace-Abilities, A Leader’s Manual
Currently writing and illustrating children’s books