Biography - Professional Background

Galleries

Public and Private Collections

Educational Studies

Years School/Instructor
1947-1951 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1946 Charles McClelland (student of Howard Pyle) and Roy C. Nuse

Exhibitions, Projects and Awards

Years Exhibits/ProjectsAwards
2011 "Utah Governor's Mansion Artist Award", State of Utah.Award
2010 "Eclectic Paintings and Automata.", Salt Lake City Library 
2009 "80-something", Salt Lake City 
2009 "Shelflife: Preserving Artifacts", Salt Lake City 
2008 "Utah '08 Painting & Sculpture", Utah Arts Council Statewide Annual Exhibition 
2008 Springville Spring Salon3rd Place
2007 337 Project, Salt Lake City 
2007 Springville Spring Salon2nd Place
2007 "Post Modern Utah" Invitational, Salt Lake City 
2006 "Sgt. Pepper" Mural, Salt Lake City 
2004 Springville Spring Salon 
2002 One of the 100 "Most Honored Artists of Utah". Awarded by the Springville Museum of Art 2002 Olympic Curatorial CommitteeAward
2002 Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics Exhibit 
1999 "Water" Exhibit at the Salt Lake Arts Center 
1998 Mural in trauma room at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho 
1997 Dome and Frieze paintings at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho 
1996 "As They See It" Invitational, contemporary Utah artists landscape exhibit 
1995 Sculpture at the Salt Lake International Airport, collaborating with Kazuo Matsubayashi 
1994 "Out of Print" Invitational, Brigham Young University Museum of Art 
1993 "Out of the Land: Utah Women" (The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.) 
1992 "Out of the Land: Utah Women" 
1992 "Trompe l'oeil in Contemporary American Painting" Invitational (Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah) 
1991 "Altered States" Utah Arts Festival Invitational 
1990 "Work on Paper" Utah Arts Council 
1990 Springville Spring Salon 
1990 "Squaring Off" (Group exhibit at Salt Lake Arts Center) 
1989 "Utah Grandeur" Springville Museum 
1989 Utah "Works on Paper" (Utah Museum of Fine Arts) Travel Award
1989 All Utah Exhibition, (Kimball Art Center) 
1989 Springville Spring Salon1st Place
1988 Dixie College Annual Invitation 
1987 "10 Utah Women Artists" (University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts) 
1987 "Arts in the Parks" (First National Annual) Jackson, Wyoming 
1987 Snowbird Inaugural Exhibition (Snowbird, Utah)Purchase Award
1986 "Utah Women Artists" (University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts) 
1985 "Artists at Sundance" Invitational 
1985 Southwest '85" (New Mexico) 
1984 "Utah Women Artists" (Springville Museum, Utah) 
1983 Utah AnnualCash Award
1981 Utah AnnualCash Award
1979 "Utah Originals" Invitational 
1977 "Nine Utah Women" Invitational 
1977 Utah BiennialsPurchase Prize
1976 Cooperstown (New York) National Annual 
1974 Utah AnnualHonorable Mention
1973 "Four Corners" Biennial (Arizona) 
1972 Utah Annual1st Place
1972 Butler Institute National Annual 
1971 Utah AnnualHonorable Mention
1971 Cooperstown (New York) National Annual1st Place
1971 "Outstanding Utah Artist" 
1970 Springville (Utah) InvitationalHonorable Mention
1970 Southwest Fine Arts Biennial (New Mexico) 
1969 Cooperstown (New York) 
1969 "Man and His Environment: InvitationalHonorable Mention
1969 Utah BiennialsPurchase Prize
1963 Intermountain (Salt Lake Art Center) Ford FoundationPurchase Prize
1958 153rd Annual - Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 
1958 Delaware Art Museum AnnualHonorable Mention
1957 Delaware Art Museum AnnualHonorable Mention
1953 Maryland Regional - Baltimore Museum of Art 
1972-1988 Springville (Utah) Nationals 
1966-1978 Utah Biennials 
1964-1986 Utah Annual 

Publications

Years Publication
2009 Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts, Gibbs - Smith Publisher
2009 Wasatch Journal Magazine - feature article (Winter 2009)
2008 Wasatch Journal Magazine
1999 Artists of Utah, Gibbs - Smith Publisher
1991 Utah Art, Peregrine Publishers
1975 Dictionary of Utah Art
1975 Southwest Arts Magazine

Public Service (Arts)

Years Service
1989 Board member for the Contemporary Arts Group
1986-1987 Chairperson for the Salt lake City Art Design Board
1984-1987 Member of the Salt Lake City Art Design Board