AWARDS

2015
Purchase Award, 28th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles,Louisiana

2014
First Prize, Works on Paper National Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts.

2012
Best of Drawing Award, 101st National Juried Exhibition, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, Connecticut.

2011
First Place-Gloria Saville Award, Will’s Creek Survey 2011, 12th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, Maryland.

Second Place and Merit Award, 13th National Juried Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas.

Teaching Incentive Program Award, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

College of Arts and Humanities Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

2010
Award of Distinction, National Juried Exhibition, Florida West Arts Gallery, Bonita Springs, Florida.

2009
Award of Excellence and Special Recognition Award, 7th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition. Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska.

2008
Honorable Mention, 21st September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana.

First Place, 3rd Annual Majestic Juried Competition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio.

Honorable Mention, 23rd Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas.

2007
Special Recognition Award, 9th Annual Painting, Drawing & Print International Online Juried Art Exhibition,
Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska.

Purchase Award, National Drawing 2007, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey.

2006
Honorable Mention, 9th National Juried Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas.

2005
Art-Tech Westmoreland Award, Westmoreland Art Nationals Juried Exhibition, Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, Pennsylvania.

2nd Place, Two-Dimensional, 8th National Juried Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas.

2004
Juror’s Choice Award, 7th Annual Southeastern College Art Conference Members’ Exhibition, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Florida.

1st Place & Watercolor Award, National View at Grandview, The AAC National Exhibition, Atlanta Artists Center, Decatur, Georgia.

2003
1st Place & 2nd Place, Watercolor, 46th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, North Carolina.

2002
Honorable Mention, White, Black and Shades of Gray National Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Maine.

Merit Award, Current Work 2002: A National Competition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

2001
Merit Award, Plano 2001 National Juried Exhibition, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas.

Purchase Award, Border to Border 8, 2001 Larson Biennial Drawing Competition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee.

1995
Best of Show, Juried Exhibition Exchange, The Arts Council of Greater Knoxville.

1994
Artist of the Month, The Arts Council of Greater Knoxville.

Cash Award, 7th Annual ARTstravaganza, National Juried Art Exhibition, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1991
Ewing Graduate Scholarship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Purchase Award, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.