My choice of medium has always been oils. I like the creamy feel of it. I also enjoy the fact that the drying time allows me the opportunity to work and blend as the painting evolves.
My choice of wildlife developed because of my firm belief that nature, as well as everything in it, has the right to exist. This accounts for my choice of realism as a style. This allows me to show the dignity of each individual animal plus the awe I feel for the animals I am painting.

Exhibits/Shows:
2003 - First Featured Artist - "Silas Bunkhouse Gallery", Woolaroc Museum, Bartlesville, OK
2002 - "American Art in Miniature", Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
2002 - Oil Painters of America - Eleventh Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL
2001 - "American Art in Miniature", Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
2000 - "American Art in Miniature", Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
2000 - Vandewark Miniature Show, Cheyenne, WY
2000 - The Old West Museum-Western Spirit Show, Cheyenne, WY
1998-2000 - Gateway Wildlife Art Show, Chesterfield, MO
1996-2002 - Operation WildLife, Inc. Art Show, Overland Park, KS
1994 - The Miniature Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.
1994 - Annual American National Miniatures Show, Laramie, WY

Accomplishments:
2001 - "Prairie Lightning" listed in the top 50 prints by US Art magazine
2000 - Peoples Choice Award - Gateway Wildlife Art Show, St. Louis, MO
1998 - Featured Artist at Operation WildLife Art Show, Overland Park, KS
1998 - Accepted as member to WIN (Women in Nature) Artists Alliance
1998 - Cover of Art Buyers Guide featuring Oklahoma Artists
1997 - Cover of The Pinto Horse Magazine
1996, 1998 & 2001 - Best of Show - Southwest Category, Operation WildLife Art Show, Overland Park, KS
1994 - Honorable Mention Certificate of Excellence, Miniature Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.

Experience:
1985-2002 - Art shows, competitions and commissions
1972-1985 - Commissions for paintings and for commercial design and layout
1968-1972 - Design and layout artist for advertising agency
1967 - Technical Illustrator for major corporation

Galleries:
Pat's Uptown Gallery, Bartlesville, OK
Verner Art Gallery, McAlester, OK
Peter Engler Designs, Branson, MO

Memberships:
Associate Member of Oil Painters of America, Associate Member of Women Artists of the West, Nature Art and Associate Member of American Academy of Women Artists.

Education:
1994 - 2002 Studied with many of todays most famous contemporary wildlife artists:
2002 R.S. Riddick
2001 Christine Verner
2000 Carl Brenders
1999 Jim Wilcox
1998 Jack Hines Master Class
1998 Christine Verner
1997 Robert Bateman
1996 Lee Cable
1995 Guy Coheleach
1994 Terry Isaac

1965 - 1967 Commercial Art, Oklahoma School of Technical Training