Juried shows and prizes
- 2010 Pastel Painters' Society of Cape Cod, "For Pastels Only on Cape Cod", national juried exhibition, Award of Honor
- 2010 Pastel Society of the West Coast national juried exhibition, University Art Award
- 2010 Maryland Pastel Society national juried web show, Third Place
- 2009 Pastel Society of the West Coast national juried exhibition
- 2009 Northeast Pastel Society 5th National Exhibition, Outstanding Landscape and Juror's Choice Awards
- 2009 Maryland Pastel Society, "Shades of Pastel" national juried exhibition, Best Still Life Award
- 2009 Maryland Pastel Society "Members Only"; Award of Merit
- 2008 Northeast Pastel Society national juried exhibition, Outstanding Landscape award
- 2007 Maryland Pastel Society, “Shades of Pastel” national juried exhibition, 2 Awards of Merit
- 2007 Pastel Society of America’s 35th annual “For Pastels Only” national juried exhibition
- 2007 Chicago Pastel Painters 1st Annual Exhibit
- 2007 Pastel Painters of Cape Cod 12th annual exhibition
- 2006 Pastel Society of America’s 34th annual “For Pastels Only” exhibition, Pastel Painters of Cape Cod Award
- 2006 Maryland Pastel Society’s “Shades of Pastel” national exhibition, Award of Merit
- 2005 Maryland Pastel Society’s “For Members-Only” exhibition, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention
- 2005 Maryland Pastel Society’s “Shades of Pastel” national exhibition
- 2004 Pastel Society of America, 32nd annual “For Pastels Only” exhibition
Shows:
- 2010 "Spring Song", solo show, Bethesda, MD.
- 2009 Two-person show; Marion Art Center, Marion, MA
- 2009 “Works on Paper”, three-person show, South Street Gallery, Easton, MD
- 2008 “New Pastels”, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- 2008 “Pastel Landscapes”, Paint Branch Unitarian Church, Adelphi, MD
- 2007 “Pastel Landscapes”, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- 2006 “Pure Color”, Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- 2004 “New Beginnings: Pastel Landscapes”, Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- 2002 River Road Unitarian Church (pastels), Bethesda, MD
- 2002 City Hall, Rockville, MD
- 1998 River Road Unitarian Church (pastels)
- 1991 River Road Unitarian Church (lithographs and colored pencil)
- 1988 River Road Unitarian Church (colored pencil)
Art Associations
- Waverly Street Gallery
- Pastel Society of America, signature member
- Maryland Pastel Society, signature member
Education
Degrees:
- Bachelors in fine arts: Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, 1970
- Masters in library science: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1973
Further study in art:
- Corcoran School of Art, 1984-1986
- Art League of Alexandria, Va., 1987-1993
Workshops and courses in pastel with:
- Lisa Semarad
- Richard McDaniel
- Jack Pardue
- Elizabeth Mowry
- Albert Handell
- Doug Dawson
- Susan Ogilvie
- Bob Rohm
- Richard McKinley
- Margaret Dyer
Employment and related awards:
I worked at the Library of Congress as an international program coordinator for the Cooperative Online Serials Program (CONSER); winner of the Bowker/Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award (1996) and the Margaret Mann Citation (2002).