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Biography  
Prizes and Awards  
Selected Exhibitions  
Judging and Jurying  
Signature Memberships  
Selected Collections  
Publications  
Video Productions  
     One Person/Group Shows:

  • Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota in Duluth
  • Great Lakes Watercolors, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin: 1998
  • Fraser Gallery, Washington, D.C.: 1999
  • Lizzard's Gallery, Duluth, MN, 2001
  • Chico Art Center, Chico, CA, 2004
  • American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2004
  • Guild and Greyschkul Gallery, New York City, 2005
  • Francesca Anderson Gallery Cities of the World, Lexington, MA 2005
  • American Legacy Gallery Jazz and Blues, Kansas City, MO 2006
  • American Legacy Gallery Three-Person Exhibition, Kansas City, MO 2007
  • San Marino Gallery, Pasadena, CA, 2008
  • Mesa Art Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 2008
  • Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Hacienda Heights, CA, 2008
  • Frame Corner Gallery, Duluth, MN 2008
  • Waterborne National Exhibition of Watercolor, Katherine E Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, 2008
  • Hayden hayes Gallery, “Masters Exhibition”, Broadmore Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO 2009
  • National Biennial Watercolor Invitational, Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL 2009
  • American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO “Works on Paper”, 2009
  • Coleman Fine Art Gallery, Charleston SC, “Wet Paint Plein Aire”, 2010
  • Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery, “Urban Realism”, Scottsdale, AZ 2010
  • San Marino Gallery one person show, Pasadena, CA "A Day In the Life of A City" 2011
  • Taiwan International Watercolor Exhibition at the Robeson Gallery, Penn State U, 2011
  • "Los Angeles Art Experience", Majestic Halls in Downtown LA, San Marino Gallery, October 2011
  • "Marking Time: Looking Back at Minnesota Artists in the Juried Exhibition", Invited Artist
  • American Legacy Gallery "City Scenes - Our Town and Other Places", Kansas City MO, 2012
  • The Stremmel Gallery, "In Urban Light" one person exhibition, Reno NV, 2012


International Invited Artist Exhibitions:

  • Master Watercolor Exhibition – The Reason for Watercolor, invited artist, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou China winter 2010
  • 2011 Taiwan International Watercolor Exhibition, invited artist, Chung-Shan National Art Gallery, Taiwan 2011
  • Peace on Art, invited artist, National Convention Center, Beijing China, 2010.
  • The First International Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia Masters, Nanjing, China 2007
  • The Second International Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia masters, Nanjing, China, 2010
  • Third Lushan International Art Festival, Shanghai and Lushan, China 2010
  • Asian-Pacific International Design Forum, Beijing, China 2010
  • The Inaugural Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition 2010
  • Hundred Years of Brilliance - Third Contemporary International Invitational Exhibition, October 2011, China Wetland Museum, Hangzhou, China.
  • Australian Watercolour Institute Anniversary Exhibition, Sydney Australia, Invited Artist 2011
  • Shanghai Zhoujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition, invited artist, 2012
  • The Third International Exhibition of Contemporary Watermedia Masters, Nanjing, China, 2012
  • Tradition and Transformation: Taiwan-Australia Watercolour Exhibition, Taichung Taiwan and Sydney Australia, 2012
  • China Tianjin Museum Exhibition Tianjin, China 2013
  • Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower Exhibition, Shanghai China 2013
  • Shanghai Youth Palace Exhibition, Shanghai China 2013


Selected Exhibitions, 1995 - 2013:

  • Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011
  • Adirondacks National Exhibition Traveling Show, 2005
  • Allied Artists of America National Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York: 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • American Artists Professional League, New York: 1997
  • American Watercolor Society, New York: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 as judge, 2012, 2013
  • American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
  • Arizona Watercolor Society: 2003
  • Art Renewal Centers International ARC Salon: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
  • Audubon Artists, New York: 1997, 2002, 2003
  • Best in Watercolor Realists, Francesca Anderson Fine Arts Gallery, MA, 1999
  • California Watercolor Association, Walnut Creek: 2004, 2005
  • Contemporary Fine Art Exhibit, Vaxjo, Sweden, 1996
  • Eastern Washington Watercolor Society, 2002
  • Georgetown International Fine Arts Competition, Washington, D.C.: 1998
  • Georgia Watercolor Society, 2004, 2006, 2010
  • Hilton Head Art League, National Juried Exhibition, Hilton Head, SC, 2002, 2007, 2008
  • Kentucky WS, 25th National Exhibition, Aqueous USA, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
  • Louisiana WS Annual International Exhibitions, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
  • Memphis Germantown Art League Annual National Juried Exhibition, Memphis TN, 2007, 2008
  • Midwest Watercolor Society: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
  • Midwest Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition: 1998
  • Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition 1988-2009
  • Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand National Watercolor Exhibition, 2002, 2004, 2005
  • Missouri Watercolor Society Annual Open Exhibitions, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011
  • Montana Watercolor Society 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, 2002
  • National Academy 173rd Annual Exhibition, New York: 1998
  • National Arts Club Open Exhibition, New York: 1998
  • National Watercolor Society, California: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
  • National Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011
  • National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, California: 1999, 2008
  • National Watercolor Society/Philadelphia Watercolor Society Side By Side Exhibition, 2002, 2004, 2008
  • New England Watercolor Society, North American Open Exhibition, Boston, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004
  • Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Exhibition, New York, 2006
  • North East Watercolor Society Annual International Exhibition: 2002, 2003
  • North West Watercolor Society, Waterworks 2002, 2004
  • Northern National Juried Art Exhibition, 2006
  • Oklahoma National Watercolor Exhibition, Oklahoma City, 2002, 2003, 2007
  • Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Juried Exhibition, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
  • Philadelphia Watercolor Society: 2003, 2005
  • Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Aqueous Open 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
  • Plano Art Association, Plano, Texas: 2004
  • Red River Watercolor Society 9th, 11th, and 14th Annual Art Exhibitions, 2002, 2004, 2005 , 2007
  • Rhode Island Watercolor Society 9th Annual Watermedia Competition, 2002, 2005
  • Richeson 75 Portrait and Figure Exhibition, Wisconsin, 2007
  • Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012
  • Salmagundi Club 25th Non-Members Juried Exhibition, New York, 2002
  • San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, California, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Taos Watercolor Society, Taos, New Mexico, 2005, 2008
  • Texas Watercolor Society, 2004, 2008, 2010
  • Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Elmhurst, Illinois, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Visual Arts Center of New Jersey International Juried Show, New Jersey 2008
  • Watercolor Art Society of Houston International Exhibitions, 2002 and 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Watercolor USA National Exhibition, Springfield, Missouri: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011
  • Watercolor West Exhibitions, Riverside, California: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • West Texas Watercolor Exhibition, Lubbock, Texas
  • Western Colorado Watercolor Society, Grand Junction, CO 2004, 2006
  • Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 37th Annual Exhibition, Las Vegas NV, 2012



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