Awards & Accolades

Portrait Society of America Awards

• Honors Award, 2006 International Portrait Competition, Portrait Society of America, Dallas, Texas, May 2006

• Second Place, Women Category, Portrait Society of America Member Competition, January 2009

• Honorable Mention, Children Category, Portrait Society of America Member Competition, January 2009

• Best Portfolio, 2007 International Portrait Competition, Portrait Society of America, Reston, VA, May 2007, Summer 2007

• Honorable Mention Portfolio Award, 2009 International Portrait Portfolio Competition, Portrait Society of America, April 2009

Magazine Awards

• Masters Showcase, The Art of the Portrait, International Artist Magazine, June-July 2009

• Best of Oil, American Artist 70th Anniversary Readers' Choice Award, November 2007

• Finalist, 23rd Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition, Portrait and Figure Category, Summer 2006

• Finalist, 23rd Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition, Still Life Category, Summer 2006

• Semifinalist, American Artist 70th Anniversary Art Competition, Summer 2007

Other International & National Awards

• 2nd Place, 2006 International Portrait Arts Competition, Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 2006

• First Place, 9th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA, February 2006

Regional & Local Awards

• Best of Show, Something Hot Regional Juried Show, Gallery 222, Leesburg, VA, August 2009

• Best of Show, The Eleanor Boudreau Jordan Award, Large Works All Media Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, November 2008

• Best of Show, Something Hot Regional Juried Show, Gallery 222, Leesburg, VA, August 2006

• Best of Show, The Urquhart Award, All Media Show,The Art League, Alexandria, VA, June 2005

• First Place, Edges Juried All Media Exhibition, League of Reston Artists, Reston, VA, November 2005

• People's Choice Award, Images 2006, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA, June - July 2006

• People's Choice Award, 14th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, League of Reston Artists, Reston, VA, June 2006

• First Place, Honorable Mention, All Media Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, December 2008

• Honorable Mention, All Media Show,The Art League, Alexandria, VA, July 2009

• Honorable Mention, All Media Show,The Art League, Alexandria, VA, January 2009

• Equal Merit Award, All Media Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, January 2006

• Honorable Mention, Edges Juried All Media Exhibition, League of Reston Artists, Reston, VA, November 2005

• Honorable Mention, 12th Annual Juried Exhibition of Fine Art, League of Reston Artists, Reston, VA, June-July 2005

• Awarded September 2008 Solo Exhibition in a juried competition for a solo exhibition, at The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA

• Featured Artist, one of three artists honored and awarded certificates by The Art League's Board of Directors for for their painting, teaching, and service to The Art League, Alexandria, VA, September 2006