Experience Summary
I am a self-taught artist that has been drawing since the day I could pick up a pencil. I won many contests from Grade School up to High school. I now, as an adult, have hundreds of art pieces to my name, mostly portraits ranging from simple black and white pencil to in-depth Prismacolor pencil drawings. I also use watercolor, acrylic paints, and ink in various other pieces of art. Most of my time within the past couple of decades has been raising my children and working with Special Education students. The exhibits I won that are listed in the 'credentials' section are the only contests that I had ever entered and fortunately I won them. I am currently illustrating two children's books waiting for publication. I am recently retired and look to expand my art into a new career and hopefully can help others to expand theirs. So, if you are serious about art and want to learn to draw life-like pictures in black and white and/or advance to colored drawings than I am the tutor for you.
Type |
Level |
Year |
Title |
Issued By |
Degree |
Associates |
2010 |
Associates of Arts |
University of Phoenix |
Award |
First Place |
2002 |
30th Fall Festival of the Arts |
Professor Carl Kamulski |
Other |
3 month exhibitt |
2006 |
Faces of Youth, Portraits of Spe... |
The News Herald |
Award |
People's Choice |
2006 |
'Side by Side' art exhibit |
Downriver Council of the Arts |
Other |
November Photo Challenge |
2015 |
Excuse Me! |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
December Photo Challenge |
2015 |
The Holiday Gathering |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
December Photo Challenge |
2015 |
Holiday House Finch Gathering |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Bird Photos |
2015 |
Chickadee in Flight |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Bird Photos |
2015 |
Frozen Dinner |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Bird Photos |
2015 |
Humble Holiday Hawk |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Bird Photos |
2015 |
Male Winter Finch Dis'd by His Lady |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Blooms Photos |
2015 |
Precious Pansies |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Blooms Photos |
2015 |
Perfect Peace Lily |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Butterfly ... |
2015 |
Spread Your Wings and Fly |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
January Photo Challenge |
2016 |
Winter Brunch |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
January Photo Challenge |
2016 |
The Joy of Juncos |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
January Photo Challenge |
2016 |
Sharing the Seed Cage |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Bird Photos |
2016 |
The Odd Couple |
Birds and Blooms Magazine |
Other |
Best Reader Submitted Bird Photos |
2015 |
Let Us Sing |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
Other |
Newspaper photo |
2016 |
Fun in the Snow |
The News Herald |