About My Experience...Work Experience
in the Arts 1976- Current : Contract Graphic Artist, Animator, Illustrator, Art Therapist 1978-1995 : Contract Sr.Art Director/Animator – Agency and Studio 1995-1997 : Contract Art Director/ Designer -Third Millennium Publishing 2003 to current -5 Speed Therapy 2013 to Current : J. Howard Fine Art 2014 to Current : Organic Pastels Studio Skills –Painting; Illustration; Animation; Production; Photographic & Film Art Direction; Art Therapy Mediums- Organic Soft Pastels; Oils; Charcoal; 2D Animation |
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MembershipsBrazosport Center for Arts and Sciences
Visual Arts Alliance Gulf Coast Art Foundation Pastel Society of the Southwest Pastel Society of Southeast Texas Pastel Society of Central Texas Austin Pastel Society Pastel Society of Texas Pastel Society of America Artist2Artist Network Artist Network Women in Literary and Visual Arts Women Painting Women Southern Artist Group Georgetown Arts Center Cowboy True Wimberly Arts Texas Fine Artists Circle Foundation Spacewood Artists Group |
Awards“Green” Art Ascent Magazine Competition 4th place
Cover Artist - Art Quench Magazine Issue Four 2016 Art Comes Alive Finalist ADC Artist 2016 July Issue Feature Artist - Art Reveal Magazine Winter Issue 2017 feature "Studio Visit Magazine" Judge's Choice Award- The Shirt Factory Gallery 2016 4 International Recognition Awards of Excellence in Photorealism 2016 Media Choice Award - State of the Arts Show 2016 People's Choice- Conceptions Show Houston 2016 Adirondak Pastel Society Judges Choice Award 2016 Best of Show 2016 - Milan Gallery Emerging Artist Solo Show Award 2017 - The Foundry ADC Finalist Art Comes Alive '16 Platfrom Artist of the Year Finalist 2017 Best of Show - State of the Arts HolidayShow 2016 Blink Art Resource Catalog Artist Selection 2017 2nd Annual Adirondak National Pastels Competition Finalist 2016- Shirt Factory Gallery ACA Gallery Rep Award 2017 ACA Purchase Award 2017 Art Reveal Spring Cover 2017 2nd Annual Adirondak National Pastels Competition Finalist 2017- Shirt Factory Gallery DASH Award 2018 Cowboy True Artist Selection 2018 Cowboy True Best of Show Drawing 2018 Best of Show Harvest Moon 2018 Western Art Rodeo First Place Drawing 2018 Western Art Rodeo Second Place Drawing 2018 Western Art Rodeo Gallery Rep Award 2018 American Art Awards Best In Category 2018 American Art Awards 1st thru 5th Place Drawing 2018 American Art Awards 2nd Place Drawing 2019 Woodlands Art Trust Winner 2019 & 2020 Art Quench Cover Winner Art Quench Inspirational Contemporary Artist 2020 Art Reveal Artist Feature September 2020 Cowboy True 2020 |
Accomplishments1980-1995
Graphics and Annimation Studio work 1995-1996 Graphic Arts Curriculum Development Board College of the Mainland, Texas 1995-present private practice 2015 The Factory Gallery Opening Art Space Gallery Exhibit 11th Annual Mile High International Art Exhibit; Denver Art Museum In Dreams: The New South Gallery and Studios Juried Show Gallery Selection Old Post Office Museum and Art Center Exhibit Judge Favorite First Saturday Art Market Bayou City Art Festival Downtown Third Coast Gallery Exhibit Winter Streets Exhibit Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2016 “Water Expressions” Exhibit - Houston “Art and the Senses”– Linus Galleries “Water” Contemporary Arts Gallery “Vision: An Artist’s Perspective” Kalied Gallery “Mad,Mad World” Exhibit – Art Scene Magazine Women Painting Women Exhibit- Custom House Museum 2017 “Texas Views” Solo Exhibit – Saulsbury Gallery “Water Expressions II”- Foundry Art Center D.A.S.H. Fall Feature Artist 2018 Cowboy True Exhibit Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Exhibitor Culture Club Gallery Adobe Western Art Gallery Resident D.A.S.H. Fall and Spring Feature Artist 2019 Gifts of Art University of Michigan Medicine Autumn Trails Commemorative Exhibit Solo Edom Art Emporium Resident Woodlands Art Trust Purchase Award and Residency 2020 Solo Exhibit Custom House Museum 2020 Resident Artist Exhibit The Kerian-Sistrunk Gallery Solo Woodlands Art Trust Purchase Award and Residency 2021 Nave Art Museum Solo 12 Texas Artists to Collect:SW Art Magazine Americana Hall of Fame Edom Art Emporium solo |
Art EducationA.A. Illustration; UH
M.A./Psy.D. Art Therapy/Animation; USC B.S. & M.S. Creative Ed Dev.; Steward U |
A growing effort to share my God driven inspirations with all who are willing.