AWARDS 

These are the awards I won before I moved to Belize, Central America, in October, 2013, and could no longer show my work in Exhibitons, Art Shows or Competitions.

2013

  • "Over-Past" - 2nd PLACE in PHOTOGRAPHY - Allentown Art Festival - Buffalo, NY, and also        1st PLACE in PHOTOGRAPHY - Highlands Museum National Juried Art Exhibit - Ashland, Kentucky

2012

  • Awarded Jury Exempt status for 2013 at the Patriot News Art Festival - Harrisburg, PA

  • "Azure & Emerald" selected for the "Best of West Virginia Juried Exhibition - 2012,
    Tamarack Fine Art Gallery - Beckley, WV

  • "Glad Tidings" selected for the 2012 Juried Exhibition at the Cynthia Bickey Art Gallery, Beckley, WV

  • Three pieces selected for the 9th Biennial Guild Exhibition, Parkersburg and Wheeling, WV

  • "Forest Incandescent #4" chosen for Carnegie Hall's 2012 Season of Colors Juried Art Exhibition - Lewisburg, WV

2011

  • "High & Dry" - 1st PLACE in PHOTOGRAPHY - Spring Fine Arts Exhibition,Renaissance Art Gallery, Huntington, WV

  • "Infernal Machines" selected for the "Best of West Virginia Juried Exhibition - 2011,
    Tamarack Fine Art Gallery - Beckley, WV

  • Awarded Scholarship from the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair Scholarship and Grant Fund, to attend the 2011Photoshop World Conference in Orlando, FL.

2010

  • "Breaktime" - MERIT AWARD - 8TH Biennial Guild Exhibition, Parkersburg, Wheeling, and Beckley, WV  

  • 1st PLACE in FINE ARTS -St. John's Festival of the Arts, Westlake, OH

  • "A Reach Beyond Grasp" selected for "Inspired: A West Virginia JuriedLandscape Exhibition" exhibited at the West Virginia State Museum, Charleston, WV

  • "Wave Dancing" selected for the "Best of West Virginia Juried Exhibition - 2010", Tamarack Fine Art Gallery - Beckley, WV

  • "When Shall We Three Meet Again?" selected for the 67the Allied Artists of West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2010", exhibited at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV

2009

  • "Points of Departure " chosen for permanent inclusion in the West Virginia Women Artists Collection   of the Erma Byrd Gallery at the University of Charleston, Charleston, WV

  • "Breaktime" - 1st PLACE in PHOTOGRAPHY - Allentown Art Festival - Buffalo, NY, and also selected for inclusion in the "West Virginia 2009 Juried Exhibition", exhibited at the Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV  

  • "Shadowgate" - MERIT AWARD - "First Annual National Summer Photography Exhibition", - The Renaissance Art Gallery, Huntington, WV

  • "Reflections" - HONORABLE MENTION - "Splash" -2009 Regional Show, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV

  • "Points of Departure-v2 " and "Doll House-v2" selected for the "Best of West Virginia Juried Exhibition - 2009", Tamarack Fine Art Gallery - Beckley, WV

2008

    • "Handwriting on the Wall" - Juried into OH+5 - Ohio Border Biennial Exhibition - Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH. It was also selected for the 66th juried exhibition of the Allied Artists of West Virginia, at the Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV as well as being selected for "Modern Interpretations - A Juried Exhibition", Tamarack Fine Art Gallery - Beckley, WV.

    • "A Step in Time" was also selected for the "Modern Interpretations" exhibition.

    • "Marsh Gleam" and "IceWays #3" juried into "Exhibition 2008" of the Tri-stateArts Association, and exhibited at the Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV

    • "Moving Mountains" juried into the "Best of West Virginia Juried Exhibition-2008", Tamarack Fine Art Gallery - Beckley, WV
    2007
    • "Mist", "Capital St." and "Tapestry on Ice" featured in the April Issue of "Wonderful West Virginia Magazine" published by WV Division of Natural Resources

    • "Misty Morning" - featured on the cover of the October issue of "Women's View", a monthly West Virginia publication.
    2006 - 2007
    • "IceWays #1" - MERIT AWARD - 6th Biennial Guild Competition, Parkersburg, Hurricane, and Wheeling, WV
    2006
    • "Side Street " - SECOND PLACE - Photography exhibition - Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV
    2006; 2005
    • "Realism" - Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
      SPECIAL RECOGNITION -" Night Train"
      SPECIAL RECOGNITION-"White Rose"
    2006; 2004