Timeline

1953

Born in St. Louis, MO

1974

Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, Norfolk, CT; Studied painting and drawing with Gabriel Laderman.

Ellen Battell Stoeckle Trust Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Music and Art

1975

BFA, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Illini Union Purchase Prize, University of Illinois

1976 - 1977

Teaching Assistant of Intermediate Painting with Gretna Campbell, Yale University, New Haven, CT

1976

Schikle-Collingwood Prize, Yale University

1977 - 1979

Instructor, Maryville College, St. Louis, MO

1977

MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Studied painting and drawing with William Bailey, Bernard Chaet, Al Held, Lester Johnson, and John Walker; Studied printmaking with Gabor Peter; Studied art history with Rainer F. Crone, Robert L. Herbert, and Robert F. Thompson.

1978 - 1979

Instructor, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

1979 - 1980

Assistant to the Dean and Lecturer in Art, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

1979

Instructor in Graduate Drawing, Fontbonne, College, St. Louis, MO

1980 - 1984

Assistant Professor, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Drawing Competition, First Prize. National Society of Arts and Letters

National Drawing Competition, Second Prize, National Society of Arts and Letters

1981

Louis Comfort Tiffany Award in Painting

1984 - 1990

Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI

1985

Juror’s Award for Purchase Prize, Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition

1986

Juror’s Award, Pacific State Print and Drawing Exhibition

University of Hawaii Research and Training Revolving Fund Travel Award

1988

University of Hawaii Research and Training Revolving Fund Travel Award

1990 - 2006

Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI

2000

Juror’s Award for Mixed Media, 28th Annual Spring Arts Festival, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award, 28th Annual Spring Arts Festival, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI

2002

Juror's Award for Mixed Media, All Hawaii' Juried Art Exhibition

2005

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award, VII Biennial, The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists, Honolulu, HI

2006

Professor, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI; 2006-Present

2010

Chair of the Art Department, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI; 2010-Present