portfolioo|oContact the Artist Education Related Professional Experience Exhibitions Juried Exhibitions and Awards Memberships	photo by Kim Sholly ARTIST’S STATEMENT “ I paint a variety of subject matter, but my favorite subjects are people – not posed portraits, but people in the process of daily life, totally unaware of the beauty of the moment. I am also attracted to color and constantly seek ways to use new combinations of color to make my statement. Although I have painted professionally for over 15 years, I still feel like a beginner. I enjoy the process as well as the product. I feel very lucky to be able to make a living doing something that I truly love.”
EDUCATION [ top ] Fine Arts Center Greenville, ‘74 -’75. BFA, Graphic Design, University of Georgia, 1979 RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE [ top ] 1987 - present: Full-time painter, working with galleries and retail stores, participating in Arts Festivals, organizing one-woman exhibitions, and entering juried exhibitions 1979 - 1987: Art Director with various companies, Ad agencies and free-lance jobs EXHIBITIONS [ top ] 2002 – 2009:  Greenville Open Studios 2009: Pickens County Museum of Art, Three Watercolorists Exhibition 2009: Caffeine “Heaven and Hell” Exhibit 2009: Caffeine “Tomorrow will be as Today” Exhibit 2009: Clemson Botanical Garden Exhibit 2009: Clemson Brooks Center Exhibit 2008:  Artist Index Dewees Invitational 2008:  Caffeine 8/8/08 Exhibit 2008:  “A Day Without Art” Invitational 2008:  Centre Stage – SC, Invitational (One Woman Exhibition) 2008:  Greenville Chamber of Commerce Exhibition 2008: Georgia Alumni Exhibition (Metropolitan Arts Council) 2006: I. Pinckney Simons Gallery Invitational Exhibit (Artista Vista), Columbia, SC 2005: Centre Stage – SC, Invitational (One Woman Exhibition) 2004: Leaves of Grass Invitational Exhibit – Spartanburg, SC 2002 – 2008: Greenville Open Studios 2000: Furman University Millennium Invitational “Paintings of Provence”, Group Exhibition 1988 - 2001: One-woman exhibitions, various locations in the Upstate. JURIED EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS [ top ] 2009 GA Watercolor Society National Exhibition – Award Winner Artisphere National Juried Exhibition Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition 2008 GA Watercolor Society National Exhibition Artisphere National Juried Exhibition - Purchase Award Winner Chosen as 2008 Artisphere poster artist Pickens Museum Juried Exhibition SC Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition - Award Winner 2007 SC Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition - Award Winner Artisphere National Juried Exhibition - Purchase Award Winner The Hub City Juried Exhibition Art in the Park Juried Exhibition 2006 AMERICAN ARTIST WATERCOLOR MAGAZINE, 2006 Fall issue, named one of "20 Emerging Artists in the US" Art in the Park Juried Exhibition - 2nd Place Merit Award SC Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition – Award Winner Artisphere Juried Exhibit, Purchase Award Winner 2005 GA Watercolor Society National Exhibition SC Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition Upstate Visual Arts Exhibition – Award Winner 2004 Anderson County Arts Center 29th Annual Juried Exhibition SC Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition – Award Winner GA Watercolor Society National Exhibition – Award Winner PA Watercolor Society International Juried Exhibition Art in the Park Juried Exhibition 2003 Art in the Park Juried Exhibition The Hub City Juried Exhibition – Award Winner Taught in Metropolitan Arts Council’s Tanglewood (Arts Integration) Project 2002 Art in the Park Juried Exhibition Pickens Museum Juried Exhibition Greenville County Museum of Art: “ From the Studio” Group Exhibition Published in THE PALLETTE instructional magazine 2001 Published in WATERCOLOR MAGIC – YEARBOOK 2001 “Ones to Watch” Anderson County Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Purchase Award 2000 Upstate Visual Arts Millennium Exhibition – 2nd Place Award SC Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition Waccamaw Guild Juried Show Belton Standpipe Juried Art Show 1999 Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville Grant – awarded for “Childlike” Exhibit Riverplace Festival Juried Show Painting selected for reproduction – Fund-raiser Greenville Fine Arts Center Belton Standpipe Juried Art Show 1998 Art in the Park Juried Exhibition – Honorable Mention Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville Grant – awarded for “Garden Variety” Exhibit 1997 Spartanburg Artists’ Guild Juried Exhibition Georgia Watercolor Society National Exhibition Pennsylvania Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition Art in the Park Juried Exhibition, Greenville, SC – Award of Excellence 1996 Spartanburg Artists’ Guild Juried Exhibition Riverplace Festival Juried Exhibition “No Body’s Perfect” Juried Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI – Honorable Mention Western Colorado Watercolor Society National Exhibition – Winsor and Newton Award Upstate Visual Arts Miniature Show, Greenville, SC – Best in Show Art in the Park Juried Exhibition – Award of Merit Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville Grant – awarded for “Our Spirit Stands” poster project 1995 SC Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition – Award Winner Art in the Park Juried Exhibition – Award of Merit Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Juried Exhibition – Award Winner Anderson County Arts Center Juried Exhibition MEMBERSHIPS [ top ] Greenville Tech Visual Arts Board (2004 – 2008) SC Watercolor Society Member of Excellence (Regional Director, 2001 – 2003) GA Watercolor Society Signature Member Spartanburg Artists' Guild Upstate Visual Arts Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville Board (2005 – 2009)