Professional Experiences: American Towman Magazine; data entry, hotel reservations, pencil and watercolor illustrations, designer for metals and buckles * Fashion Illustration and Pastel Drawing instructor for the summer enrichment program ages 11 to 14 * Decorative Painter for private homes and business which includes trompel’oeil effects, custom wall enhancements, floral renderings on walls and ceilings. Commissioned original artwork on fabric, paper and wood, murals, animal portraits based on provided photographs. Paint color consultant for interior and exterior wall, homes and business

Associated Dry Goods: NY personal colorist, rendered color combinations in repeat, plaids, floral, stripes etc.

Design Direction: NY staff textile designer and colorist

Baranessa John: NY showroom sales/buyer/designer

Vidal Sassoon: operated front desk and appointments for stylist

Master Skills: watercolor, gouache, pastels, pencil and acrylic done on canvas, fabric, wood and walls. Translating ideas from design to completion

Education: New York Botanical Gardens certified in watercolor/Botanical Art and Illustration 2002

Fashion Institute of Technology life drawing class

Traphagen School of Fashion studied Fashion Illustration and Design

Publication: Times Herald Record Monday February 23, 2004 “Murals off the Wall”

American Towman Magazine front page 2002 designed a 100’mural displayed in St Louis for their yearly Towman Show

Animal fair Magazine web page October 2000 “Animals Portraits”

Hudson Valley Magazine December 1997 “Animal Portraits”

County Accent Magazine August 1996 “200 square foot interior wilderness motif”

Award and Honors:  Bertoni Gallery Sugar Loaf, NY, November 2007 won first place for my watercolor rendering of leaves, 2006 won second place for my rendering of leaves on a branch in graphite.

Won the grand award Smith Clove Park Art Fair in Monroe NY, for the years of 1996, 1997 and 2000

Won The Award of Excellence in the 2002 North East Watercolor Society

Gallery Shows: Bertoni Gallery Sugar Loaf NY November 2002, 2003, 2006

Newburgh Free Library August 2003

Central Valley Library February 2005, 2006 Monroe Library November 2005

Tuxedo Library February 2007

Grants: 2004 Art Alliance of The Lower Hudson Valley, graphite in Botanical Art

Professional Affiliation: The Art Alliance of The Lower Hudson Valley*Arts in Orange, North East Watercolor Society

Instructor: : private one on one art lessons

Chester Library in Orange County-introduction to Botanical Art in graphite

Orange Ulster Boces Adult Education- Botanical Art and Illustration in watercolor

Monroe Woodbury Summer Enrichment ages 11/12/14 fashion illustration and pastel drawing