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Awards, Residencies & Distinctions

• Top 100 (3x Recipient) | Plein Air Magazine Salon (April 2024 )

• Art Squawk Denver : Q127 Artist in Residence hosted by Axiom Wealth Mgmt.

• Artist in Residence | McHenry County Conservation District (2025)

• Cultural Arts Grant Recipient | Evanston Arts Council 2024

• Founder & Judge | Evanston Plein Air Festival , Prairie State Art Festival and others (2021–2026)

Collections & Media Features

• Television & Media: Featured artwork on Chicago Fire (NBC), Season 12, Episode 13 (Aired April 2024) Season 19 Episode 13

• Plein Air Magazine (4/24)

• Outdoor Painter Online (7/26)

• Local media, articles and appearances in Evanston, Chicago and Denver

Selected Exhibitions & Featured Galleries

International

• Artsper Gallery | Monaco, France (International Sales)

• La Romita | Terni, Italy (Exhibition & Plein Air residency with Nancie King Mertz)

​Colorado & West

• Art Colorado Festivals: Evergreen, Highlands Denver

• Cole Gallery | Edmonds, WA

• Robert Anderson Gallery | Denver, CO

• 3 Square Art Gallery | Fort Collins, CO (Featured in "Masters of Light" and "Landscapes '26")

• Denver Pavilion | Denver, CO (16th Avenue Brushstrokes Exhibition)

• LIV Sotheby’s International Realty | Denver, CO (Featured artist & AREAA Auction)

Evanston, Chicago & Midwest

• Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Art | Chicago, IL (Gold Medal Competitions & Annual Showcases)

• Amdur Art Festivals " Big Fork Festival 2023-2025

• Evanston Art Center / Evanston Made | Evanston, IL

• Jamison Sotheby’s International Realty | Evanston, IL

• Irish American Heritage Center | Chicago, IL ("Near and Far" Exhibition)

• Northshore Art League | Winnetka, IL ("Water", "Small Works", Solo & Group Shows)

• Artful Framer Gallery | Chicago, IL (Lakeview Plein Air)

• Studio 900 Gallery, Evanston

• Grove Gallery, Evanston

• Space 900, Evanston

• Hotel Lincoln, Chicago

• The Admiral on the Lake

• Amdur Big Fork Festival.

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​Corporate & Public Collections:

• Sotheby’s Brokerage (Denver, CO & Evanston, IL)

• Byline Bank (Evanston, IL)

• Goosehead Insurance (Denver, CO)

• The Admiral on the Lake (Chicago, IL)

• Masterpiece Framing & Artful Framers (Chicago, IL)

​Private Collections:

Original work in over 31 businesses / 250 Homes across Denver, Evanston, Chicago, and the Northshore.

Organizational Leadership & Arts Consulting

• Evanston Plein Air Festival

  • Founder & Director Emeritus (2022 – Present)

  • Exhibition Director & Co-Chair (2020 – 2024)

• Plein Air Painters Chicago (PAPC)

  • Exhibition Director & Co-Chair (2020 – 2024)

• Trickster Native American Cultural Center

  • Board President (2003 – 2019)

• Judge: Evanston Plein Air Festival, Palette & Chisel Chicago, Prairie State Plein Air Festival​

Professional Affiliations

• Oil Painters of America (OPA)

• Plein Air Artists Colorado (PAAC)

• Plein Air Painters Chicago (PAPC)

• Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Art

• Denver Art Students League

• Northshore Art League

• Evanston Made

• McHenry County Conservation District

• Trout Unlimited (Contributing Artist)

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