Education: B.A. in Art from David Lipscomb College, Ringling School of Art U.T. Nashville Extension, Watkins Institute.

Professional Experience:
Taught painting at David Lipscomb College, staff
Illustrator for 30 years at the United Methodist
Publishing House, free-lanced illustration for the Lutheran Publishing House in Minneapolis, the
Christian Board in St. Louis, the Baptist Board in
Nashville, Thomas Nelson, Abingdon Press, the
Gospel Publishing House in Boonville, Arkansas,
Various ad agencies, and has painted fulltime for the last years.

Collections:
Vanderbilt University, Cheekwood Fine Art Center, David Lipscomb University, several corporate head-
quarters, and many private collections

Prizes:
Several prizes in illustration, 1st in oil (Central South Show), Best of Show (Central South Show), 1st in oil (Tennessee Art League) Best of Show (2008 Oil
Painters of America Eastern Regional)

Appeared in American Art Collector Magazine (December 2008)

Artist statement:
I paint in a painterly-realistic style with an emphasis on
basics such as drawing, composition, color, and
subtlety, mixed with a passion for the subjects
painted and a feel for the creation of good
surface quality through the manipulation of thick
and thin paint applied with an intuitive flare.