​Having grown up painting, I decided to do the "practical thing" and pursue a degree in graphic design.  In 1990 I received my BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. I worked as a graphic designer for many years, but eventually came back to my painting roots by working on commissioned paintings and murals. ​I've been an active part of the arts community in the Augusta, Georgia area for many years now, presiding over two non-profit art community art groups, helping run a co-operative art gallery, organizing events and festivals, teaching classes, and helping other artists pursue their artistic goals. Currently I am practicing art in Statesboro, Georgia while I pursue my Master of Fine Arts in studio art at Georgia Southern University.


EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, May 2018
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
 
Foundations in Learning: Graduate Teaching Certificate, May 2018
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
 
Bachelor of Fine Arts (cum laude), Graphic Design, 1990
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Augusta Aviation, 2014 – Present
Queensborough Bank, 2010, 2011, 2012
Columbia County Government Complex, 2009, 2010, 2011                           
Medical College of Georgia Healing Arts, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012             
Columbia County and Euchee Creek libraries,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
“MFA Showcase,” Beta Space, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, January 2018
“Valdosta National 2018,” Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, January 2018
“Environs,” 600 Broad Street Gallery, Augusta, GA, January 2018
“MFA Showcase,” Glass Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, November 2017 – January 2018
 “Anemnesis,” 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, September 2017
“A Sense of Place,” Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA, September 2017
“Perceived Landscape: Umvelt,” Gallery 650, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, April 2017
“MFA Candidacy Review Exhibition,” Contemporary Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, March 2017
“In Our Heads, Out of Our Hands,” Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, November 2016
“Polyhedra,” Collaborative Show at The Roxy Remly Center for Fine Arts, Statesboro, GA, October 2016
Madison Artist Guild Gallery, Madison, GA, October 2016 – June 2017
“Trifecta,” Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, Summer 2016
Statesboro Public Library, Spring Artists Invitational Local Artists Exhibition, Statesboro, GA, 2016
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Spring Artists Market, Augusta, GA, 2016
“Art of Chocolate,” Augusta, GA, 2015
Yuchikiokee Art Festival, Evans, GA, 2015, 2016
Gallery on the Row, Augusta, GA, 2011 - 2016                                         
Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC, 2011, 2012 
Art in the Park, Evans, GA, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Augusta State University, Reese Library Exhibition, Augusta, GA, 2010
Art on the Wall, Augusta, GA, 2010
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital's Undercover Artist Show, Augusta, GA,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016                          
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art's Faculty Art Show, Augusta, GA,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015        
Art After Dark, Evans, GA, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
August 2016 - Present   Graduate Assistant – Humanities Assistant, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Assisted with student development in several undergraduate level classes.
2011 - 2014   Partner, Gallery on the Row, Augusta, GA (co-op art gallery)
Gallery partner, co-curator. Served as gallery president in 2013 and 2014, vice president and advertising marketing coordinator in 2012 and secretary in 2011
1998 - 2006   Graphic Designer, Vineyard Church Augusta, Augusta, GA
1990 - Present   Professional Artist
Commissioned paintings and murals for private and public-sector clients including the Greater Augusta Arts Council, Augusta-Richmond County Water Department, Cross Creek High School, and Columbia Middle School. Selected, through a juried contest, as one of six artists who completed separate murals in Augusta's Art on the Wall project. 
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
June 2017   Instructor, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
Developed and taught drawing intensive workshop for teens
2009 - 2016   Instructor, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Developed and taught curriculum for drawing and painting classes for both adults and children
March 2016   Instructor, Artists’ Guild of Columbia County, Martinez, GA
Developed and taught curriculum for acrylic painting workshops
February 2015   Instructor, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta GA
Developed and taught curriculum for charcoal drawing workshops
October, 2013   Instructor, Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC
Developed and taught curriculum for acrylic painting workshops
January, 2013   Haiti Mural Project:
Designed and planned mural and its execution at orphanage outside of Port Au Prince, Haiti. Lead non-artist team members, and children from the orphanage to create 15’ x 10’ mural.
 
INVOLVEMENT:
2017 - Present   Member, CAA (College Art Association)
July 2017   Documenta 14, Kassel, Germany, Graduate Study Abroad/Research Trip
July 2017   Venice Bienale, Venice, Italy, Graduate Study Abroad/Research Trip
December 2016   Art Basel, Miami Beach FL, Graduate/Undergraduate Research Trip
September 2016   Roxey Remley Center for Fine Arts Grand Opening Gala, Statesboro, GA
Visiting Artist.
2016 - Present   Member, SECAC (Southeasern College Art Association)
April 2016   ArtFest, Statesboro, GA
Assisted with children’s activities for the Averitt Center for the Arts.
2016 - 2017   Member, Madison Artists' Guild
2014 - 2016   Columbia County Community Events Committee, Evans, GA
Appointed by the Columbia County Board of Commissioners to serve on the seven-member committee to oversee the allocation of grant funds raised to support area events including, but not limited to those involving the arts. Reviewed and approved grant applications and liaised with county representatives on upcoming public events.
2011   Greater Augusta Arts Council, Arts in the Heart of Augusta
Juror for the area’s largest art event with over 80,000 attendees.
2009 - 2014   Board of Directors, Columbia County Arts, Inc. (501c3), Evans, GA
Partnered with government and business leaders to host community arts events. Authored event-associated grant requests that were funded. Served as board president from 2012 to 2014, vice president in 2011, and event coordinator from 2010 to 2014.
2009 - 2011   President, Artists' Guild of Columbia County (501c3)
Promoted guild members' work by hosting and participating in community events. Efforts resulted in a three-fold increase in active membership (from 35 to over 110). Coordinated with local businesses to create venues hosting members' work and held outreaches that offered classes and workshops. Authored event-associated grants that were funded.
2009 - Present   Member, Artists' Guild of Columbia County (501c3)


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Teaching and Learning Essentials Seminar, May 2017
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
 
Graduate Learning Community: Classroom Management, September 2017
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
 
Graduate Learning Community: New Instructor Challenges, September 2017
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
 
Graduate Learning Community: Designing Quizzes and Assessments, October 2017
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
 
Graduate Learning Community: Teaching Students to Learn: Sandra McGuire, October 2017
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
 
Graduate Learning Community: Syllabus Basics, November 2017
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

 
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
October 2017   SECAC (South Eastern College Art Conference) Columbus, OH
Session Chair: “Art, Tradition and Technology: Making the Relationship Work in the Classroom for a New Generation of Artists”
Conference Presentation: “Rapid Review: Graduate Studio Art Programs in Their Own Words and Images”
October 2016   SECAC (South Eastern College Art Conference) Roanoke, VA
Conference Presentation: “Creating Outside the Lines: The Myths, Reality and Fantasy of Art After Children,” Life Lessons in Art
November 2014   Augusta Kiwanis luncheon guest speaker, Artist Talk: An Artistic Journey
November 2011   Verge Magazine, Augusta and the CSRA
 
AWARDS:
October 2017   Recipient: SECAC Gulnar Bosch Student Travel Assistance Grant
September 2017   Honorable Mention: “Anemnesis,” 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
May 2017   Recipient: Betty Foy Sanders Student Travel Fund, Graduate Research Grant
October 2016   Recipient: Georgia Southern University, College of Graduate Studies Graduate Research Travel Grant