The common theme for all my works is energy – energy in nature and the world around me, in moving colors that show power, in the inner life of my subjects.

 
All areas of my equine paintings are designed to make the horses gallop ahead, trying to escape the canvas. Every single color shows moving energy; each color cooperates with the next to handle this performance of power. I want these horses to continue running – and let viewers witness that.

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2021 Exhibition and Benefit Art Auction, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT – 2021

29th Annual Art Exhibition and Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA – 2021

Annual Art Exhibition, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT – 2019-2021, 2017, 2014-2015, 2010-2011

Equine Art, Antique and Rare Book Auction, The American Saddlebred Museum, Lexington, KY – 2021, 2019-2016

“Take Two: Déjà vu Summer Gala,” Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND – 2021

“Flower Show,” Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA – 2020, 2017 (work chosen for show poster), 2012-2013, 2010; Members Show – 2012-2017, 2009-2010; “Art Unites Communities” – 2015

“For the Love of Horses,” Union Museum of History and Art, Farmerville, LA – 2020 (two-person exhibition)

“Shades of Summer,” Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND – 2017 (solo exhibition); “Festival of the Season” – 2014; “Small Works Exhibit” – 2012

“Art Collective,” Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID – 2016; “Art Mart” – 2015-2016; “Museum Artists Exhibit” – 2014

“Off the Wall,” Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA – 2011-2016; “Annual Juried Competition” – 2007

“April Showers Bloom Art at the Square,” Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT – 2015; “Style, Form and Color” – 2014; “From Paris with Love” – 2013; “Horse Sense” – 2013 (work chosen for show postcard); “Out of the Blue” – 2008 (Juror’s Prize: ranked among top 6 award winners)

“Western Spirit Art Show,” Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY – 2012-2013

“A Russian Night in Taos,” Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM – 2011-2012

“Horizontal Grandeur,” Stevens County Museum, Morris, MN – 2011

Louisiana State Museum Discipline Show, Baton Rouge, LA – 2007-2011

“Paperworks 4 Me II,” Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL – 2010 (works added to permanent collection)

“September Competition,” Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA – 2010

“unseen” ARC Gallery, Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa, FL – 2010

Andrews Art Museum, Andrews, NC – 2009

“Art 2009,” Highlands Museum of the Arts, Sebring, FL – 2009

Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, VA – 2008 (3rd-place award)

“Four Footed,” Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, FL – 2006

“20th Annual Show,” Coastal Arts League Museum, Half Moon Bay, CA – 2004

“Rural Outdoors,” Sullivan County Museum, Woodbourne, NY – 2004

“Montana Interpretation,” The Art Chateau Museum, Butte, MT – 1999 (Jack Richeson Award), 1997, 1996 (Merit Award)

“Night Walker ’98,” Fort Collins Museum, Fort Collins, CO – 1998 (work chosen for 2000 poster)

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS & ADDITIONAL SHOWS

“Spring to Life,” 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC – 2021

“Bloom!”, R.W. Norton Gallery, Shreveport, LA – 2019-2020, 2017

“Critical Mass,” artspace, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA – 2020, 2017, 2014; “Presents,” 2017, 2011-2014; “Bonafide 2!” and “Christmas in the Sky” – 2012; “Impromptu” – 2011

“Hooshang Khorasani,” Gibsland Bank & Trust, Sheveport, LA – 2019-2020 (solo exhibition)

Holiday Arts Crawl, North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, LA – 2001-2019, 1999 (People’s Choice Award, 2013)

Traveling Exhibition, North Dakota Art Gallery Association – 2018-2019 (solo exhibition)

Artexpo New York with ADC Fine Art/Blink, New York, NY – 2018; with Artblend Gallery- 2017

FW Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA – 2018 (solo exhibition)

iARCHiTECTURE, Shreveport, LA – 2018 (solo exhibition)

Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA – 2017-2018 (solo exhibition)

The Agora Borealis, Shreveport, LA – 2017, 2015 (featured artist)

“Blossoms and Bouquets,” Arender Gallery, Monroe, LA – 2017 (solo exhibition)

“Art for Horses,” PACE Center Art Gallery, Parker, CO – 2016

“The Art of the Horse,” New Jersey Equine Artists Association, Bedminster, NJ – 2016, 2008 (work chosen for show postcard)

Legacy Fine Arts Gallery, Hot Springs, AR – 2015 (solo exhibition)

“Holiday Art Show,” The Bank of Ruston, Ruston, LA – 2014 (two-person exhibition; work added to permanent collection)

“Color Storm,” 1800 Prime Steakhouse/Boomtown Casino, Bossier City, LA – 2013 (solo exhibition)

“Color Storm Spring Show,” Art Innovations, Ruston, LA – 2012 (solo exhibition)

“Color Storm,” Rockport Center for the Arts,” Rockport, TX – 2011 (two-person exhibition)

“Small Treasures,” Somerset Art Association, Bedminster, NJ – 2009

“Full Speed Ahead Exhibition,” Church Street Gallery, Rockport, TX – 2006 (solo exhibition)

Taylor’s Contemporanea Fine Arts, Hot Springs, AR – 2003, 2007 (solo exhibition)

“Landscape IV” online exhibition, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE – 2004

“Art of the Southwest,” The Kotinsky Gallery, Pompton Lakes, NJ – 2003

Louisiana Peach Festival Art Show, Ruston, LA – 1999, 2001 (two Best of Shows); 2002 (2nd place), 1993 (3rd place)

Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO – 2000 (Best of Category, acrylic)

“Faces of Woman,” Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, NM – 2000

Keathley University Center Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN – 2000 (solo exhibition)

Shaw Art Fair, St. Louis, MO – 1999 (work chosen for poster)

“Stills in Life,” Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI – 1999 (work chosen for show postcard)

University Center Art Gallery, Louisiana State University-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA – 1999 (solo exhibition)

Soho Galleries, Pensacola, FL – 1998

“Human Form,” The Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI – 1998

“Night Walker,” Old Town Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO – 1997; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO – 1996

“Paradise Revisited,” 1997; “Humans Need Figurative Art,” 1996 – Swann Gallery, Detroit, MI

“Art for the Park ’95,” Odessa, TX – 1995

“ArtReach ’95,” Showroom Division, National Congress of Art & Design, Salt Lake City, UT – 1995

“Bouncing off the Walls,” Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA – 1995-1996

“A Celebration of the Fine Arts,” Ruston, LA – 1995

Piney Hills Gallery, Ruston, LA – 1995 (solo exhibition)

“Terra Firma/Terra Fantastica,” Gallery Ten, Rockford, IL – 1995

9th Biannual of Art, Marbella, Spain – 1987

REPRESENTATION & GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Legacy Fine Arts Gallery, Hot Springs, AR – 2013 to present

Ruston Artisans, Ruston, LA – 2017 to present

The Agora Borealis, Shreveport, LA – 2014 to present

Jack Rabbit Gallery, Houston, TX – 2019-2021

FW Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA – 2018-2020

Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA – 2019-2020

Watershed Gallery, Ridgefield, CT – 2013-2015

Brunner Gallery, Covington and Baton Rouge, LA – 2009-2014

Piney Hills Gallery, Ruston, LA – 1991-2013

Taylor’s Contemporanea Fine Arts, Hot Springs, AR – 1996-2013

Phoenix Gallery, Topeka, KS – 2001-2011

Church Street Gallery, Rockport, TX – 2005-2007

Fusion Gallery, Ruston, LA – 2005-2006

Tamarack Gallery, Naples, FL – 2005-2006

Seventh Heaven Gallery (formerly Blue Dolphin Gallery), Pensacola, FL – 2001-2003

Village Gallery, Houston, TX – 2003

Boston Corporate Art Consulting, Boston, MA – 1995-2002

Tower Gallery, Shreveport, LA – 1999-2001

El Taller Gallery, Austin, TX – 1998-2001

Wade Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX – 1998-2000

Athena Gallery, Savannah, GA – 1997

Emporium Fine Art Galleries, Dallas, TX – 1996-1997

Taylor Clark Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA – 1996-1997

Southwest Designs, New Orleans, LA – 1993-1997

Gallery of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ – 1994-1995

North Wind Collector’s Gallery, Sedona, AZ – 1993-1994

D.A.B. Gallery of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ – 1994

Casa Nova Decoration and Design, Marbella, Spain – 1987-1992

Toni Mir Interior Design, Marbella, Spain – 1987-1992

PUBLICATIONS

Multiple pieces chosen for publication by METcolors – 2014; DiaNoche Designs – 2013; Bentley Global Arts Discipline – 2009; ArtFolio West – 2008; Next Monet/Visualize – 2000; and for licensing by Art Licensing – 2017

Work featured in art books: Studio Visit, published in Massachusetts – 2008-2010; Masters of Today and Trends, published in London – 2009; New Art International, published in New York – 2009; The New Faces of Art, published in Florida – 2008

Spotlighted in features, columns and reviews: Bayou Life magazine – 2013-2017; Ruston (LA) Daily Leader – 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2011-2017; The (Monroe, LA) News-Star – 1999, 2003, 2009, 2013-2016; The (Hot Springs, AR) Sentinel-Record – 2015; Delta Business magazine – 2014; Delta Style magazine – 2007-2014; The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, MA – 2009; Louisiana Life magazine – 2003; The (Shreveport, LA) Times – 1999; additional publications

Book illustrator for:
Seven Bows, Seven Colors – 1985
Guardian of the Spring – 1984
The Matchbox House – 1983
The Woolen Stocking – 1983
A Guide for Toys – 1982
The Letter – 1982
First Half, Second Half – 1981
The Crow – 1981
Robin Red Chest – 1980
Why the Ground Is Round -1979
The Aunt Who Gathers Flowers – 1978
 

OTHER HONORS

Work in permanent museum collections: American Saddlebred Museum, Lexington, KY; Union Museum of History and Art, Farmerville, LA; Lake County Museum of Art, Tavares, FL. Corporate collections: Bank of Ruston, Club Miraflores (Spain), Federal Home Loan Bank, Holiday Inn, Regions Bank, Stevens Inc., others. Private collections: across U.S and in England, Spain, Belgium

Collectible Artist, Shreveport Regional Arts Council – 2017; Roster Artist, 2015-2020

Three Gold-Medal Honors, “A Celebration of Books for Children and Young Adults” – 1990

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: Self-employed artist – 1985 to present (in Spain and America); graphic designer, Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults – 1972-84

EDUCATION: Bachelor of fine arts in painting – 1971