Resume
Art Training
Certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration from the Denver Botanic Gardens, 2013
Recognition
Winner of John James Audubon Sketch Contest Denver 2020
Winner of the 50th anniversary of the Denver Botanic Gardens Conservatory competition 2016
Voices of the Wilderness Artist In Residence, Tracy Arm – Fords Terror Wilderness, 2013
Work shown at juried exhibits
Denver Botanic Gardens 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists show 2019
U.S. Botanic Gardens (Washington D.C.) “Flora of the National Parks” exhibit 2016
Published work
· Send Me a Box of Wolverines, published 2014
· Wilderness Explorer Jr. Ranger Activity Book for the National Park Service, more than 60,000 copies printed and distributed as of 2019
· Article “Will Draw for Food” in the Journal of Natural Science Illustration, 2014, No. 1
Journal paintings and sketches in Kamchatka, Russia, protected areas newsletter 2011
Commissions
· “Common Plants of Golden” brochure for Stewards of Golden Open Space, 2023
· We Are All Connected” artwork for interpretive sign for City of Golden organic park program, 2023
Other life
35 year career with the National Park Service as a landscape architect, park planner, and wilderness program manager, 17 quality increase and performance awards, 3 regional and national awards
Community service on three City of Golden Boards and Commissions for 18 years, City of Golden Mayor’s Award of Excellence, 2017
Non-profit leader and volunteer for the Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program 2013 to present