EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art, Creative Writing
Arizona State University, 2005
Coursework in Secondary Science Education, Northern Arizona University, 1995
Bachelor of Science, Atmospheric Science
University of Arizona, 1991
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Society of Botanical Art Distance Learning Diploma Course, 2018-2020
University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Visual Art and Art History Coursework, 2017-2018
Private Painting Mentorship with Abbey Ryan, 2017
Courses in Botanical and Natural History Art
Desert Botanical Garden, Tempe, AZ, 2008-2010
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Research and Development Grant, 2019
Distinguished Book Award
Miniature Book Society, 2008
Virginia G. Piper Summer Creative Writing Fellowship, 2004
Professional Development Grants
Arizona Commission on the Arts
2001, 2003, 2008, 2017
Barbara Karlin Grant
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
2003
AFFILIATIONS
Linnean Society of London, Fellow
Society of Botanical Artists, Student Member
American Society of Botanical Artists
Miniature Book Society
Movable Book Society
Oil Painters of America
PRESENTATIONS
Arizona State University Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2019
Miniature Book Society Conclave
San Diego, CA, 2008
University of Washington
Bellingham, WA, 2007
Millennial Open Symposium on the Arts and Interdisciplinary Computing
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, 2000
National Science Teachers Association Regional Conference
Phoenix, AZ, 1996
California Science Teachers Association Annual Conference
Palm Springs, CA, 1994
Arizona Science Teachers Association Conference
Mesa, AZ, 1993
Arizona Society of Physics Teachers
Tucson, AZ, 1993
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
American Society of Botanical Artists
(ASBA ) A Banner Year, 2019
Bulbs: Preparing for Spring,
21st Annual Botanical Art Exhibition at Filoli, Woodside, CA 2019
Nature Nurtures Us
Herberger Theater Center
Tempe, AZ 2016
Miniature Book Society
Traveling Exhibition, 2008
Stenden University
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 2008
Columbia College Chicago
Center for Book and Paper Arts
Chicago, IL, 2005
Denver Public Library
Denver, CO, 2005
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL, 2005
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, 2004
Mesa College
San Diego, CA, 2004
Brookfield Craft Center
Brookfield, CT, 2004
Arts Centre Washington
S. Kensington, England, 2004
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, 2000
The Kunsthal, Museumpark
Rotterdam, Holland, 1999
Museo Laboratorio D’arte Contemporanea
University of Rome, La Sapienza
Rome, Italy, 1998
Flandrau Science Center
Tucson, AZ, 1994
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