2010

Chicago Pastel Painters Third Biennial Juried Show, Chicago Cultural Center  

Sanford Award for "Leelanau Lavender"      Ron Monsma Juror of Selection and Awards

McCord Cultural Center, the “ Process of Painting “ a two person show with artist Beth Leahy, 

McCord Gallery,Palos Park , Ill.   Opening September 1- October 16   Reception September 11

Work includes paintings in pastel and oil as well as sketchbook  and preparatory work

Gallery 537  Fine Arts Building  410 South Michigan Ave. Chicago Il.

Paintings on exhibit include oil and pastel of Chicago and Michigan water views

September 1 to September 30   reception September 10,2010

2009

Koehline Museum,Des Plaines , Ill. Chicago Pastel Painters National Juried Show

Palette and Chisel, Chicago Plein Air Painters Spring Exhibit 

Fernwood  Botanical Garden Summer Soltace Plein Air Event, Niles ,Michigan

Clarke Gallery,Niles,Michigan  selected works June thru August

McCord Gallery Faculty Show  August

Palos Plein Air  Fall Exhibit, McCord Gallery  Sept. thru Nov. 2009

Selected Past Exhibitions and Events

School of the Art Institute, Graduate Exhibition in Painting and Drawing,Chicago 2003

Grand Rapids Art Museum, Great Lakes Pastel Society National Juried Show 2008

Fine Arts Building Open Studio Exhibits by Resident Artists

Solo Exhibit “She Dreams in Color: Pearl Jam to Pavarotti”  Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art,Chicago 1998

Hilton Head South Carolina Self Family Art Center National Juried Show May 1998

National Touring Exhibit  “Chicago to L.A.:Images from the Southwest Chief” 

This trip and exhibition was a collaboration between artists Liz Wall and Kathleen Newman and produced  over 40 paintings and sketchbook drawings  to document the landscape as well as train interiors. The exhibit was installed in various gallery spaces for over a year and was featured in a segment on the Chicago PBS Channel 11 Artbeat Chicago in 2005. Host Fawn Ring did an on camera interview with the artists and did a gallery walk to show the paintings and sketchbooks. The segment aired in May,2005. The exhibition was partially funded by Amtrak.