"And such was the sound that the chorus made together, that to have been a part of it at all was enough for me" -Sarah Dunant
Third Place oil painting division 2013 Gold Rush Days Annual Juried Art Show in Wickenburg, Arizona
Best of Show 2013 Annual Artists of Northwest Arkansas Show
Show Chairman Award and People’s Choice Award 2012 Annual Artists of Northwest Arkansas Show
Honorable Mention in oil painting 2004 Utah Statewide art competition
First Place professional oil painting category 2002 Marysville Art Council Annual Competition
First Place in professional oil painting division 2001 Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden Washington
First Place, Best of Division, Best of Show in professional category 2000 Orange County Fair
"West Seeks to Tell Stories" by Becca Martin 1/4/2013 What's Up section NW Arkansas Times
Art of America magazine July of 99 issue
Art published in Ellipsis Literary Magazine Spring 98, Fall 96, Fall 97
2014 Exhibited in the Annual Juried West of Center show in Wickenburg, Arizona
2014 Exhibited in the Annual Juried Scottsdale Salon in Scottsdale, Arizona
2013 Exhibited in the American Women Artists Annual National Juried Exhibition in Fredricksburg, Texas
2013 Solo Show with the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale, Arkansas
2013-14 Exhibited with the Artifacts Gallery in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
2013 exhibited with the Underground Gallery in Fayetteville, Arkansas
2012 & 2013 exhibited with Poor Richards Gallery in Rogers, Arkansas
2011 & 2012 Exhibition in the People’s Choice show held by the Artists of Northwest Arkansas
2012 exhibited with Bella Luella in Bentonville, Arkansas
2012 Exhibition in the Juried Art Squared Show in Neosho, Missouri
2012 Exhibition in the Juried Artini Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas
1999-2006 Exhibition with the Coast Gallery in Laguna Beach, California
2002 Solo exhibition at the Allied Arts Gallery in Bellingham, Washington
2002 Art on exhibit at the Stalk Exchange in Seattle, Washington
2002 Art on exhibit at the Karpeles Museum in Tacoma, Washington
2002 Solo exhibition at the Edmonds Washington library
2002 Exhibition in the Mountlake Terrace Annual Juried Art Show
2002 Art on exhibit at the Ironstone Vineyards Spring Obsession Juried Art show in Murphy, California
2011-2013 Imaging Specialist for Scott Imaging, Springdale, Arkansas
June-July 2013 painting instructor for the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas
May 2012, 2013 Judge for the annual "Starry Starry Night" art competition hosted by Youth Bridge
Bachelor of Science and Humanities (2014-2016) Summa Cum Laude
Masters in Professional Writing (2016-2017) 'With Distinction'
Flagstaff, AZ
Completed the Classical Drawing and Painting Program (1996-98, 2003-05)
Corry Studio of Figurative Art
Salt Lake City, UT
Drawing Program (2000-01)
Florence, Italy
Illustration Major, Graphic Design Minor (1999)
Laguna College of Art and Design
Laguna Beach, CA
English Major, Computer Science Minor 1996-98)
Salt Lake City, UT
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