Events and Recognition

Featured artist for the Beaufort Historic Site Fall Party at the Mattie King Davis Art Gallery

October 2023

Featured artist for the Downtown New Bern ArtWalk at The Last Detail

September 2023

Juried into the American Impressionist Society 4th Annual All Member Online Exhibition with painting, “Pastoral Charm”

November 2023

Juried into the American Impressionist Society Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition with painting, “Fort Macon Path” 

June 2023

Featured artist and award winner for “Sunlit Porch” in the NC Plein Air Festival in New Bern, NC

May 2022

Award for “Sunday Sunlight” in the Plein Air New Bern Quick Paint Competition

May 2022

 

Participating artist in the New Bern Artists Studio Tour

November 2021

 

Spotlight Artist in Folks Journal, a culture and arts magazine in New Bern, NC

June 2020

 

Juried into the Watercolor Society of NC Annual Exhibition with painting, “Connected”

Rockymount, NC

2019

 

Honorable Mention for “Waiting”

Twin Rivers Artists Association Juried Show

2019

 

2nd Place Award for “Calm”

Twin Rivers Artists Association Juried Show

2015

 

 

Group Membership

 

American Impressionist Society

2022 - present

Oil Painters of America

2022 - present

 

Coastal Plein Air Painters

New Bern, NC

2019 – present

 

Watercolor Society of NC

2018 - 2020

Twin Rivers Artists Association

2015 - 2022

 

Education

 

Mentorship with James Richards

July 2022 - present

Mentorship with Matt Smith

Tucson Art Academy Online

July 2021 – July 2022

 

Adventure of Painting: Landscape Art Instruction with Scott Christensen

September 2021 – present

Founding member

 

James Richards Workshop:  Plein Air Oil Painting

New Bern, NC

May 2022

 

Haidee-Jo Summers Workshop:  Plein Air Oil Painting

May 2022

New Bern, NC

 

Scott Christensen Workshop:  Landscape Painting

Booth Art Academy, Cartersville, GA

March 2021

 

Sadie Valeri Online Atelier: Classical Drawing and Painting  

2020 - 2021

 

Seth Haverkamp Workshop:  Portrait Painting from Life

Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA

2020

 

Mario Robinson Workshop:  Figure in Watercolor

Alia Fine Art Studios, Raleigh, NC

2019

 

Mary Whyte Workshop:  The Portrait and the Figure in Watercolor

Santa Fe, NM

2018

 

Peggi Habets Workshop: Watercolor Master Class

Pittsburgh, PA

2017

 

Painting: Concept and Composition with Jill Eberle

Craven Community College Adult Enrichment Program

 2017

 

Fundamentals of 3D Drawing with Jill Eberle

Craven Community College Adult Enrichment Program

2017

 

Head and Portrait Drawing with Jill Eberle

Craven Community College Adult Enrichment Program

2016

 

Mentorship with Ed Macomber:  Landscapes in Watercolor

2015-2016

 

Representation

The Last Detail

206 Craven St., New Bern, NC

2022 - present 

Small Batch Graphics

Raleigh, NC

2022

 

Emerson House Interiors

New Bern, NC

2021 - 2022