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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Memberships

Brazosport 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 Inpsirational Contemporary Artist 2020
​Art Reveal Artist Feature September 2020
​Cowboy True 2020

Accomplishments

1980-1995
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 

Art Education

 Art Education
A.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.