Personal Statement

"Artistry is not bounded by the arts. I tell my students that as they become more confident in their own creativity it will make them a better engineer, mathematician, or forester. My goal is to help students reach their greatest potential."

Research Focus

• Watercolor painting

• Mary Ann Beckwith, Creative Watercolor, Japanese Language Edition, 1997, MPC, Tokyo.
• Mary Ann Beckwith, Creative Watercolor: A Step-by Step Guide and Showcase, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, December 1995.

Featured in ...

• International Artist Magazine (.com), Experimenting With Texture and Media, February/March 2006
• The Art of Layering: Making Connections, Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, 2004.
• Collected Best of Watercolor, Rockport Publishers, 2002.
• Watercolor Magic, F&W Publications, Autumn 2002.
• Midwest Watercolor Society: 25 Tips by the Best of MWS, 2001.
• Mary Alice Braukman, Watercolor Magazine, American Artist Publication, Winter 2000
• Nita Engle, How to Make a Watercolor Paint Itself, Watson-Guptill Publications, NY, 1999, pg. 137.
• Rachel Wolf, Splash 5, Northlight Publishing Co., 1998, pg. 93.
• Best of Watercolor: Creative Inspirations, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1997.
• Best of Watercolor: Painting Texture, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1997.
• Schlemm, Best of Watercolor 2, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1997.
• Chris Unwin, The Artist’s Touch II, Northlight Publishing Co., 1996.
• Schlemm and Nicholas, Best of Watercolor, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA, 1995.
• Chris Unwin, The Artist’s Touch, Creative Arts Press, 1995.
• Rachel Wolf, Splash 2, Northlight Publishing Co., 1992, page 90.
• Maxine Masterfield, In Harmony with Nature, Watson Guptill, Inc., 1990, page 42.
  

Awards, Society postions, Editorships, etc.

• Audubon Artists, Inc., Full membership
• National Watercolor Society, signature member
• Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Midwest Watercolor Societies, signature member
• Society of Experimental Artists, Nautilus Fellow
• Served as president and National Show chair for the Midwest Watercolor Society
• MTU distinguished teaching award, 1996 and 2003