PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

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INSTRUCTOR (Water Color Painting Seminars)
    Katchmack Bay W. C. Society W/S; Homer, AK
    Studio; Annandale, MN
    Bloomington Art Center; Bloomington, MN
    College of St. Catherine, Instructional Video Tapes; St. Paul, MN
    Dakota Center of Arts; South St. Paul, MN
    Edina Art Center; Edina, MN
    Minnesota Artists Exhibition; White Bear Lake, MN
    Sky Gallery; South St. Paul, MN
    St. Cloud, Water Color Society; St. Cloud, MN
    University of Minnesota, The Arboretum; Chanhassen, MN
    Wright County Minnesota Centennial Water Color Exhibition
    Gibbs Art Gallery; Charleston, SC
    Kiawah Art Center; Kiawah Island, SC
    The Barkley Elder Hostel; Custer, SD
    Phipps Art Center; Hudson, WI
    Exhibition Judge; Juried Art Shows

EXHIBITIONS
    Gaston Gallery; Savannah, GA
    Art Resources Gallery; St. Paul, MN
    Edina Art Fair; Edina, MN
    Edina Scene Contest Show; Edina, MN
    Gallery 2; White Bear Lake, MN
    Honeywell Corporation; Minneapolis, MN
    La Poudre Gallery (Bonaventure); Minnetonka, MN
    Meadow Creek Gallery; Edina, MN
    Minnetonka Art Center; Minnetonka, MN
    Premier Gallery; Minneapolis, MN
    Tamarack House Gallery; Stillwater, MN
    Uptown Art Fair; Minneapolis, MN
    Midwest Water Color Society Show; Signature Member
    Cameo Gallery; Columbia, SC
    Southeastern Wildlife Exhibition; Charleston, SC
    Houston Water Color Society Show; Houston, TX
    Minnesota state fair; st. paul, mn

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
    Arrigoni Corporation; Bloomington, MN
    Dohrety, Rumble, Butler, Attorneys of Law; St. Paul, MN
    Gas Supply Corporate Offices; St. Louis Park, MN
    Greg Koschinka Company; Golden Valley, MN
    Lohse Transportation Corporation; Annandale, MN
    McLean Corporation; North Oaks, MN
    Piper, Jaffry, Hopwood Corporate Collection; Minneapolis, MN
    Snow Corporation; Inver Grove Heights, MN
    Sterling Electric, Inc.; Plymouth, MN
    Evans Corporation; Charleston, SC
   
COMMISSIONED WORKS
    "Loving Hands," Edina Care Center; Edina, MN
    "Nine Mile Creek," Oak Grove Church; Bloomington, MN
    "Nursing Mother," Pediatric Ward - Unity Hospital; Fridley, MN
    8 Bronze Plaques, Bloomington Clock Tower; Bloomington, MN
    Minneapolis Junior League Cookbook "Celebrated Seasons;" Minneapolis, MN

AWARDS
    First Place; Edina Art Center
    First Place; Twin Cities Water Color Society Show
    Merit Award; Minnesota Artist Competition
    Third Place; Edina Art Center
    Third Place; North Star Water Color Society Show
    Twin City Water Color Society Show
    Wiltex Electrical Sales Agency Award; Water Color Society

EDUCATION
    Graduate of: Painting & Illustration, and Continuous Education in Art; Minneapolis School of Art
    and   Design (now  MCAD)
    Sculpture Seminars With: Evelyn Raymond, Raymond Gormley, Nick Legeroes
    Watercolor Seminars With: Edgar A. Whitney, Charles Reid, Robert E. Wood, Christopher Schink,
    Judy Betts, Virginia Cobb, Maxine Masterfield, Ray Loos, Frank Webb and others

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
    Bloomington Art Center
    Minnesota Sculpture Association
    North Star Water Color Society
    Twin Cities Water Color Society; Charter Member
    Transparent watercolor society of America; signature member