About the Artist

I hold active and signature membership in three juried watercolor organizations, the Colorado Watercolor Society (CWS), the Taos National Society of Watercolorists (TNSW), and the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG). I'm also a juried member of Tucson's Plein Air Painter's Society (TPAPS).

I have received many awards in numerous National and State-wide juried shows, have received national media coverage for my art, and even had a piece prominently displayed on a CBS sitcom. Several of my floral paintings have been released in a line of greeting cards and giclee prints for Peconic Bay Originals, and my paintings hang in collections worldwide.


I use the finest watercolor papers, usually 140 lb. cold-press d'Arches, a 100% rag paper from France. I use other fine w/c papers too, including Strathmore bristol board #400, and when I work on Bristol board I will add a little gouache to the paints, giving me a little more control and giving the painting a bit of an opaque look. Both of these techniques are fun and challenging for me, and I enjoy each equally.
  My work is an exploration of the way light and shadow work together to describe form. Composition and Design are very important elements in my paintings. While the colors can be arbitrary, the values must be strong. I'm fascinated with the quality of light in the Sonoran Desert landscape, while the light filtered through the more humid atmosphere of Europe makes timeless the buildings and landscapes there. I want my viewers to experience again the joy of these special places and times.
 

SELECTED JURIED ART SHOWS, STATE AND NATIONAL

2009 SAWG ANNUAL DESERT MUSEUM SHOW, JUDGE'S AWARD
2009 TUCSON PLEIN-AIR PAINTERS SOCIETY ANNUAL SHOW
2009 TAOS NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN WATERCOLOR
2008 TUCSON PLEIN AIR PAINTERS SOCIETY, BEST OF SHOW JUROR’S AWARD
2008 SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD(SAWG) JUROR’S AWARD
2008 WESTERN FEDERATION OF WATERCOLOR SOCIETIES, TUBAC
2001 THROUGH 2007 SAWG ANNUAL SHOW AT DESERT MUSEUM
2006 TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART “READY, SET, D’ART”, INVITATIONAL
2004 TAOS NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN WATERCOLOR
2003 TAOS NATIONAL HONORS WATERCOLOR JUROR’S AWARD
2002 TAOS NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN WATERCOLOR JUROR’S AWARD
2003 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SHOW
1995 THROUGH 2006 COLORADO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ANNUAL, JUROR’S AWARDS
2000 AND 2001 WESTERN COLORADO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY NATIONAL JUROR’S AWARD

NATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE

THE ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE BOOK,
2002. FEATURES MY PAINTINGS ON PAGE 23 AND ON PAGES 101,102,103, AND 104
DEC 1992 THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, ARNOLD BAILEY COLUMN
DEC 1992 NEW YORK POST, STEVE RYAN COLUMN
MAR 1993 CBS SITCOM “LOVE & WAR” SCULPTURE FEATURED ON SET DÉCOR
COPYRIGHT 2008 PROPHETS OF THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS; DAVID BOERSMA, AUTHOR

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