Education

• 1982:  New York State Summer School of the Arts
  Summer residential programs for New York State high school students which provide intensive pre-professional training with internationally acclaimed artists
• 1987:  BFA interior Design Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  Graduated with honors
• 2007:  Scuolo Orsoni, Master in Mosaico, Venice, Italy

Continuing Education

• 2004:  Intermediate mosaic workshop from Tracy Melody, Tampa, FL
• 2006:  SAMA Designing & Presentation presented by Lynn Chinn
• 2006:  SAMA The Indirect Method of Mosaics by Gary Drostle
• 2007:  SAMA Photographing Your Mosaics
• 2007:  SAMA Exterior Large Scale Mosaics by Sherri Warner Hunter
• 2008:  SAMA Color & Value: Working Realistically in Mosaic by Shug Jones
• 2008:  SAMA A Lighter Base for 3-D Mosaics: Polystyrene Forms & Polymer Fortified Concrete by Sherri Warner Hunter

Professional Experience

• 1987:  Designer, Fran Murphy Interiors, Palm Beach, FL
• 1988-1991:  Designer, Stan Topol Interior Design, Atlanta, GA
• 1992-1998:  Owner, My Favorite Blanket Company, Inc., Atlanta, GA
• 1998-2002:  Various artistic endeavors
• 2002-Present:  Mosaic artist
• 2007-Present:  Instructor, "Senior Painting," Colquitt County Arts Center, Moultrie, GA

Awards & Exhibitions

• Governor’s Honors Award, Atlanta, GA
  Piece chosen to hang in the Atlanta Capital for a year.
• Creative Scholarship to The Savannah College of Art and Design
• Glass, Clay and Glaze show December, 2007 Colquitt County Arts Center, Moultrie, GA
• Mosaic Arts International juried exhibition April, 2008: Selected 2D work "The Asian Garden" Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
• Mosaic Artists Organization's 2007 Mosaic of the Year "Asian Garden"

Publications

• Moultrie Observer, January 20, 2008
• Water’s Edge Magazine, June 2006

Gallery Representation

• Cherished Designs, Seaside, FL
• Stellers Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
• Mineral City, Ponte Vedra, FL

Memberships

• SAMA: The Society of American Mosaic Artists
• SCAD: The Savannah College of Art and Design Alumni Association
• MAO: MosaicArtists.org
• NYSSSA: Alumni Association

Commissions

• Blue Sky Grill, Moultrie, GA: 6’ x 8’ floor mosaic
• Private commissions in various homes in Moultrie, GA
• Moultrie Pet Center: Interior design and extensive murals
• Live Oak Vet, Moultrie, GA: Murals
• Rock Hard Designs, International, Grayton Beach, FL: 2 table commissions
• Stellers Gallery, Jacksonville, FL: Private commission for the owner
• Mineral City, Ponte Vedra, FL: Various commissions for the owner