curriculum vitae

Born 1958, Chicago, Illinois

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

United States Postal Service, Washington, DC

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, MT

Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

Crow Tribal College and Offices, Crow Agency, MT

Monroe County Historical Museum, Monroe, MI  

Bass Pro Shops, Springfield, MO

Heritage Insurance Group, Sheboygan, WI  

SPECIAL PROJECTS, ARTICLES & OTHER NOTABLES

The Crow’s Nest, The Journal of the Custer Association of Great Britain, Winter 2007 & Winter 2008

“Artist Spotlight,” Scottsdale Airpark Magazine, February 2009

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) documentary, “Lewis et Clark – expeditions due passé, Decouverte, August 2004 (paintings featured)

“New Eyes on the American West,” InformArt, Summer 1998

“The Native American Spirit,” U.S. Art, November 1996

“Artists Preview: A Look at Six Exciting Artists,” Art of the West, Nov/Dec 1993

SELECT JURIED ART FESTIVALS

2010                 Celebration of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

2010                 Scottsdale Art Festival, Scottsdale, AZ (Juried In)

2009                 MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival, Fort Worth, TX

2009                 Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, TX (Juried In)

2009                 Scottsdale Art Festival, Scottsdale, AZ

2008                 St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, MO (Juried In)

2004 – 2007      Celebration of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

GROUP EXHIBITIONS/GALLERY SHOWINGS

2004 – 2007      Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale, Prescott, AZ

2003                 2003 Western Show, El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2002                 2002 Watercolor Show, El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2001                 Pottery, Portraiture & Precious Metal, Blue Sage Gallery

                        Scottsdale, AZ

2000 – 2005      El Prado Gallery, Sedona, AZ

2000 – 2005      El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1998 – 2002      Moondance Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1998 – 1999      Morgan Gallery, Taos, NM

1994 – 1996      Shades of the West Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1993 – 1994      Wildlife & Western Art Exhibit & Sale, Minneapolis, MN 

                        (Merit Award Winner) 

1993 – 1998      Hawthorn Galleries, Branson, MO

1991 – 2000      Jack Anderson Gallery, Sister Bay, Door County, WI

1991 – 2000      Proud Fox Gallery, St. Charles, IL

1990                 Southwestern Artworks Invitational, Norris Cultural Arts Center

                        St. Charles, IL

1986                 International Wildlife and Western Art Show, Chicago, IL

                        (Merit Award Winner)

1985 – 1989      Southwestern Trading Company Gallery of Native American Art,

                        St. Charles, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003     Legends of the West, the Mythmakers, Blue Sage Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1999     Warriors, Moondance Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1995     Red Shield of the Southern Cheyenne and Other Works, Proud Fox Gallery,

            St. Charles, IL

1993     Lakota, Warrior of the Teton Sioux and Other Works, Proud Fox Gallery,

            St. Charles, IL

1992     Maxpé, Sacred Medicine of the Crow and Other Works, Proud Fox Gallery,

            St. Charles, IL