born 1947 Louisiana
education
1970
M.F.A. City University of New York, Queens
1968
B.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
selected solo exhibitions
2010
David Lusk Gallery
2008
Venus in Transit, David Lusk Gallery
2007
Louisiana Arts & Sciences Museum, Baton Rouge
2006
Ann Connelly Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Wind and Night, David Lusk Gallery
2005
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
2004
Dusk Through Dawn, David Lusk Gallery
2002
David Lusk Gallery
2000
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
1999
David Lusk Gallery
1998
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
1996
A Distant Pool, A Distant Garden, David Lusk Gallery
1995
Skokie Public Library Gallery, IL
Shelby Restaurant, New York
1993
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Carson Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
1992
Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis
1991
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Miriam Walmsley Gallery, New Orleans
1990
Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
1988
University of Southeastern Louisiana, Hammond
1986
New Orleans Center for the Performing Arts, New Orleans
selected group exhibitions
2009
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery
2007
Southern Living's 2007 Idea House, David Lusk Gallery, Watersound, FL
2006
Artists for the New Century Invitational, Bennington Center for the Arts,
Bennington, VT
Works on Paper, David Lusk Gallery, The Armory, New York
2004
Something Blue, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Countless Perspectives: Louisiana Bicentennial Exposition, Louisiana Tech Unviersity Art Galleries, Baton Rouge, LA
Birdspace; A Post-Audubon Aviary, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (ttraveling exhibition), Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
2003
San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco
2002
New Work, Cudahy’s Gallery, Richmond, VA
Oral Keefe Museum, Biloxi, MS
2000
Forbidden, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
Art Auction 2000, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Opening Group Exhibition, D. Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
Visual Poetry, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA
1999
Spectrum `99, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga
Memphis College of Art Biennial II, Memphis College of Art, Memphis
1998
Spectrum `98, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga
Art Auction `98, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Too Many Fish in the Sea, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
awards and honors
2004
Awarded A Percent for the Arts Commission to paint a 28 x 14”piece for the Claiborne Governmental Buildingin Baton Rouge, LA (national competition
2000
Alumni Professorship, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Outstanding Teacher, College of Design, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
1998
Distinguished Professor of Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
1994
National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation Grant
1987
Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist Fellowship Award
1981
Graduate Council on Research Summer Award, Italy
1977
Graduate Council on Research Summer Award, Italy
selected bibliography
Country Roads Magazine, cover design, January 2006, Baton Rouge
Bookhardt, Eric D., Rare Bird, Indeed, Gambit Weekly, Arts & Entertainment, February 24, 2004
New Delta Review, Winter 2000: Vol. 17, No.1, Creative Writing Program of the LSU English Department, Baton Rouge, LA, cover image
Smith, Dave, The Wick of Memory, LSU Press, 2000
New American Paintings, Spring 1997
Crespo, Michael L., Watercolor Class, New York: Watson Guptill Publications, 1994
Appellof, Marian, Editor, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Oil Painting, ( Twelve Sections ), New York: Watson Guptill Publications, 1993
selected collections
Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans
Arthur's Landing Restaurant, Weehawken, NJ
City National Bank, Baton Rouge
Entergy Corporation Headquarters, New Orleans, LA, Little Rock
Hnedak Bobo Group Architects, Memphis
J. McIlhenny Collection, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Lombari Mare, Dallas
Louisiana Arts & Sciences Center, Baton Rouge
Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge
Nordstrom, Seattle
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans
Promus Hotel Corporation Headquarters, Memphis
Roger Houston Ogden Collection, New Orleans
Rose Family Foundation, Memphis
Taco Bell Corporation, San Diego
The Grill Room of the World Financial Center, New York
Union Planters National Bank, Memphis