• Strong foundation in painting, drawing, composition and color complemented by a creative and inquisitive nature.
• Track record of innovative leadership in community art associations.
• Experienced in commissioned portraits and other art work.
• Originator of art column, A Medium Well Done, for Hood County News

Fine Artist - Commission
Successful completion of numerous commissioned pieces requiring skill, creativity and results that meet clients’ visions.

• Example: Blue Fish – Acrylic painting on canvas made from client’s underwater photographs taken while diving near Honduras.
• Example: Big Chill – Acrylic painting of 13 women who meet each year for the Big Chill, a week of fun and “catching up”. We made prints from the painting as surprise Christmas presents for each participant.
• Example: Logan – Acrylic painting of sixteen year old boy who died in a rock climbing accident. Commissioned by his father, I was free to choose style, medium and size of portrait. Ultimately, Logan’s image was painted with his hair blowing in the wind and then becoming eagle feathers. Surprisingly, when the portrait was completed, I discovered that Logan’s father had written a book about his son entitled Learning to Fly.

Fine Artist – Non-Commission

• Example: Grill Girls – Acrylic painting of two older women sitting at a beach bar on the Texas coast. After getting their permission, I painted the two with the neon “grill” sign behind them. .
• Example: Smell the Roses – Acrylic painting of small girl smelling a rose. This piece was raffled at the 2001 Relay for Life in Granbury, Texas.
• Example: Hookers – Acrylic painting of my open tackle box viewed from straight down.

Art Teacher

• Taught an acrylic painting workshop at the Shanley House, Granbury, in 2003.
• Taught private lessons to children at my studio in 1979 and 1980.
• Taught painting for several years at the Fort Worth Women’s Club.