*40 years of drawing experience
*Master of Arts in Education
*Bachelor of Fine Arts, with an emphasis in Sculpture
*Certified Art Education Specialist
*Studied Italian Renaissance History in
Florence
Venice
Milan
Sienna
Rome and the Vatican
*Travel includes Genoa, Italy
Trieste, Italy
Zagreb, (former Yugoslavia)
Sarejevo, (former Yugoslavia)
London
New York
Southwestern US
Southeastern US (except the Carolinas)
Pennsylvania Amish country, as well as
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
Oklahoma City
Annapolis, Maryland
Washington D.C.
1965 Born in Paris, Tennessee, USA
1966 Began drawing.
1967-'73 Navy Brat, oldest of five, San Diego, California, USA
1974 Down on the Farm, West Tennessee, no lights, no phone,
no mail. We grew our own food, dug our own well, bathed
in a galvanized tub when the creek was too cold.
1975 Electricity!
Caught pneumonia.
1976-82 Farmboy,
raised goats, chickens, pigs, ducks, geese, guineas,
cats, dogs, rabbits...
1982 High school graduate!
Also became oldest of six
(my mother's first mid-life crisis).
1983 Farmboy.
Caught small bush-hog on fire. Broke hydralics on larger
bush-hog. Stuck Large Tractor in The Mud.
Stuck Larger Tractor Trying to
Pull Large Tractor Out of Mud. (All in one day.)
1983 Sent to college. (Cheaper than Farm Equipment.)
1985 Summer Study in Europe.
1986 College Senior.
1987 College Senior.
Marriage.
Begin a career in Food Service.
1988 College Senior.
Accept position as Radiology Transporter at Murray Calloway
County Hospital, Murray, KY. Moonlight in Food Service.
'89-'90 (A blur.)
1991 College Graduate!
Continue to moonlight in Food Service.
1993-96 Radiology Office Supervisor at Murray-Calloway
County Hospital Murray, KY.
1996 to Present
Art Instructor at the Mayfield-Graves County Art Guild,
Mayfield, KY.
Conducting drawing and sculpting workshops
for children and adults.
1996-98 Sculptor/Designer at The Berripatch, Inc.,
Paris, TN. Duties included creation of original
sculptures, line art, logo design, and mold-making.
1998 Collections Clerk for West Kentucky Surgical Associates,
Murray, KY.
1998-99 Art Instructor at New Madrid County Central High School in New Madrid, MO.
1999 to 2005 Employed as Art Instructor at Fulton County Elementary in Hickman, KY. Teaching Art & Humanities
for Pre-school through 5th Grade.
2005 Earned a Master of Arts in Education from Murray State University.
Currently Teaching Art/Humanities at Fulton County Elementary and Visual Arts at Fulton County High School.
