Awards & Honors:

• 2024 Award of Excellence – “Art On The Square” – Belleville, IL
• 2024 Award of Merit – “The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival” – Winter Park, FL
• 2024 Board of Directors Award – “Gasparilla Festival of the Arts” – Tampa, FL
• 2023 Certificate of Invitation – “Plaza Art Fair” – Kansas City, MO
• 2023 Award of Distinction – “Webster Arts Fair” – St. Louis, MO
• 2023 Best of Fiber – “Brookside Art Annual” – Kansas City, MO
• 2019 Best of Show – “4 Bridges Art Festival” – Chattanooga, TN
• 2019 Award of Excellence – “Fairhope Art & Craft Festival” – Fairhope, AL
• 2019 Award of Merit – “ArtFest” – Fort Myers, FL
• 2019 Third Place – “Cape Coral Festival of the Arts” – Cape Coral, FL
• 2018 Award of Distinction – “Great Gulfcoast Art Festival” – Pensacola, FL
• 2018 Merit Award – “Lakefront Arts Festival” – Milwaukee, WI
• 2018 Merit Award – “Columbus Arts Festival” – Columbus, OH
• 2018 Award of Merit – “ArtFest” – Fort Myers, FL
• 2017 Award of Distinction – “Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival” – Pensacola, FL
• 2017 Juror’s Choice Award – “Columbus Arts Festival” – Columbus, OH
• 2016 Award of Excellence – “American Craft Council Show” – Saint Paul, MN
• 2015 Award of Distinction – “Fall Festival of the Arts” – DeLand, FL
• 2015 Judges Choice Award – “Boardwalk Art Show” – Virginia Beach, VA
• 2015 Best of Fiber – “Brookside Art Annual” – Kansas City, MO
• 2014 Semi-finalist 3D – “ArtPrize” – Grand Rapids, MI
• 2014 Award of Merit – “Boardwalk Art Show” – Virginia Beach, VA
• 2013 Award of Distinction – “Downtown Festival & Art Show” – Gainesville, FL
• 2013 Best of Show – “Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival”, Chicago, IL
• 2012 Best of Category – “Chicago Botanic Garden”, Glencoe, IL
• 2011 Best of Fiber – “Fine Arts on the River”. Savannah, GA
• 2011 Best of Show – Sanibel Captiva Lions Art Fair – Sanibel Island, FL
• 2011 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (Purchased four pieces)
• 2010 Best of Show – “Fine Arts on the River”, Savannah, GA
• 2010 Best of Fiber – “Fine Arts on the River”, Savannah, GA
• 2010 Merit Award – “Festival of the Masters”, Disneyworld, FL
• 2009 3rd Place – “Under the Oaks”, Vero Beach, FL
• 2008 Best of Show – Woodland Art Fair, Lexington, KY
• 2008 Award of Distinction – “Florida National Arts Festival”, Bonita Springs, FL
• 2007 Work published in “Weaving Without a Loom” by Sarita Rainey
• 2003 Cover – “Tennessee Association of Craft Artists” Directory
• 2003 3rd Place – “Summerfair”, Cincinnati, OH
• 2003 Best Body of Work – Tennessee Assn. of Craft Artists, Nashville, TN
• 2003 Featured Artist – “Tennessee Crossroads”, Nashville Public Television
• 2002 3rd Place – “Wildflower Festival of the Arts”, Dahlonega, GA

Corporate Commissions:

Champion Energy Corporation, Greenwich, CT
Ethan Allen, Inc., Danbury, CT
Firestone Plywood Company, Hicksville, NY
Goebel Collectors Club, Tarrytown, NY
James Harrod Amphitheater, Harrodsburg, KY
Kentucky Department of the Arts, Frankfort, KY
Midlantic Bank, Bloomfield, NJ
Reliabank, Estelline, SD
Simon & Schuster Publishing, New York, NY
Sugarloaf Mountain Works, Ijamesville, MD

Education:

Bachelor of Arts – Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY
Special Studies: Arts of the South Seas, University of Hawaii, HI
Stained Glass, University of Evansville, IN
Glass Blowing, Southern Illinois University, IL