EDUCATION BA Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
Shenandoah Skyscapes, Clementine Cafe, Harrisonburg, VA (Forthocoming
Solo)
Trailing Clouds of Glory, Shenandoah Valley
Art Center, Waynesboro, VA (Forthcoming Solo)
2011
XXth Annual Juried Exhibition, Central Virginia
Watercolor Guild, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA (Juror: Jean Gill, AWS) (Forthcoming)
South River Skyscapes: Silo Installation, The Barn at Firnew, Hood, VA (Featured Artist)
(Forthcoming)
Summer Members' Show, McGuffey Art
Center, Charlottesville, VA
Equus III: The Modern Horse
Juried Exhibition, The Arts Center in Orange, Orange, VA (Juror: Mary Shira, JMU)
Eighth Annual VMRC Juried Multimedia Art Exhibition, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg,
VA (Jurors: John Hancock; Janly Jaggard, Beverly Street Studio; Cole H. Welder, James Madison University)
XXth Annual Members' Show, Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, Albemarle
County Courthouse, Charlottesville, VA
The Sky's the Limit!, The Barn at Firnew, Firnew Farm Artists' Circle, Hood, VA
Crystal
Light, The Gallery at Fifth and Water, Charlottesville, VA (Solo)
A Little
Light Magic, Morin Gallery of The Arts Center in Orange, Orange, VA (Invitational)
Charlottesville Albemarle Art Association's Seventeenth Annual Juried Show, The Gallery
at 5th and Water, Charlottesville, VA (Juror: Carole Garmon, University of Mary Washington)
2010
Artists’
Invitational Gallery, Augusta Medical Center, Fishersville, VA
Firnew Farm Artists’
Circle Holiday Exhibitions, DuCard Winery, Madison, VA, Sweely
Estate Winery, Madison, VA and River District Arts Collective, Sperryville, VA
Central Virginia Watercolor Guild’s 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA (Juror: Leah Stoddard, Independent Curator)
Virginia
Landscapes and Gardens, The Arts Center in Orange, Orange,
VA (Juror: Catherine Hillis, Southern Watercolor Society)
Virginia Watercolor Society’s Salon des Refusés,
Crossroads Arts Center, Richmond, VA
The Painted Garden, Virginia Beach Garden Club, Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach,
VA (Invitational)
Reflecting Women’s Wellness 2010: A Juried Show Featuring Art by Women and Art About Women
or Girls, Presented by Women’s Health Virginia, Atrium
of the James Center, Richmond, VA, and Richmond Marriott West, Glen Allen, VA (Jurors: Andrea Douglas, UVA Art Museum; Maggie
Guggenheimer, Piedmont Council of the Arts; Holly Morrison, Department of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth
University)
Know Your Place, Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle, Hood, VA
Members’ Award Show, Central Virginia
Watercolor Guild, Albemarle County Courthouse, Charlottesville, VA (Juror: Rick Weaver)
Charlottesville-Albemarle Art Association’s Sixteenth Annual Juried Art Show, The Gallery at Fifth and Water, Charlottesville, VA (Juror: Kathleen Olson,
Washington and Lee University)
February Regional Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA (Juror: Laura
Tenekjian, Assistant Curator, University of Mary Washington)
For the Beauty
of the Earth, Blue Skies Gallery, Hampton, VA (Solo)
2009
Firnew
Farm Artists’ Circle Holiday Show, Sweely Estate Winery, Madison, and Pomme Restaurant, Gordonsville, VA (Traveling
Show)
The 30th Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Workhouse Art Center,
Lorton, VA (Juror: Tony Van Hasselt, American Watercolor Society)
Central Virginia Watercolor Guild’s 18th Annual
Exhibition, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA (Juror: Betty Calabria, Bridgewater College)
Tenth Annual Juried Show, Nelson
Gallery, Lexington, VA (Juror: Talia Logan, Director, Olin Hall Galleries at Roanoke College)
Sixth Annual Juried Multimedia Art
Exhibition, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA (Jurors: Yuriko Yamaguchi, George Washington University; Robert Stuart,
Beverly Street Studio; Margot Bergman, 150 Franklin Street Gallery)
Members’ Award Show, Central Virginia Watercolor
Guild, Charlottesville, VA (Juror: Rob Browning)
Native Virginia Plants, The Studio at Firnew Farm, Hood,
VA
Nature’s Enduring Palette,
Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA (Solo)
2008
Recent Landscapes, Albemarle County Offices, Charlottesville, VA (Solo
The 29th Virginia Watercolor
Society Juried Exhibition, The Shenandoah Club, Roanoke, Va (Juror: Donna Watson, American Watercolor Society Signature
Member)
Members’ Award Show, Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, Charlottesville, VA (Juror:
Tom Tartaglino)
Bloomin’ Art, Louisa Arts Center, Louisa, VA
It’s A Ball!, The Studio
at Firnew Farm, Hood, VA
Charlottesville-Albemarle Art Association’s Fifteenth Annual Juried Show,
The Boars Head Inn Shop, Charlottesville, VA (Jurors: William Barnes, Professor of Art, The College of William and Mary, and
Linda Carey, Painting and Sculpture, The College of William and Mary)
Central Virginia Watercolor Guild
Show, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
2007
Charlottesville-Albemarle Art Association’s Fourteenth Annual Juried Show, Keller Williams
Realty, Charlottesville, VA
Magical Miniatures, The Studio at Firnew Farm, Hood, VA
Central Virginia Watercolor Guild
Show, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
Members’ Award Show, Central Virginia Watercolor
Guild, Albemarle County Courthouse, Charlottesville, VA
Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle Holiday Show, Hood,
VA
SELECTED AWARDS
2011
Honorable Mention, Equus III: The Modern Horse Juried Exhibition, Orange,
VA
2010
The Award of Excellence, XIX th Annual
Juried Show, Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, Charlottesville,
VA
Honorable Mention, Virginia Landscapes
and Gardens Juried Show, Orange, VA
Third Place, CAAA Juried Show, Charlottesville,
VA
2011-7
Merit
Awards (five), Central Virginia Watercolor Guild Members’ Shows, Charlottesville, VA
2009
The Award of Distinction, Virginia Watercolor
Society’s 30 Juried Exhibition, Lorton,
VA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Augusta Health, Fishersville,
VA
City
of Hampton, VA
F. D. Goodale and Sons, Camden, SC
Ferguson Enterprises Corporate Headquarters,
Newport News, VA
Hampton Roads Academy, Newport News, VA
J. B. Hickman, Ltd,
Williamsburg, VA
KDK and Associates, Williamsburg, VA
Parker-Shinholser, Inc, Realtors, Williamsburg, VA
Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, VA
Rockingham Regional Medical Center, Harrisonburg, VA
The International Storytelling Festival Visitors’ Center, Jonesboro, TN
The Porcelain Collector,
Williamsburg, VA
Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, VA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Central Virginia Watercolor Guild: President, 2010;
Vice-President, 2008, Charlottesville, VA
Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle: Studio Chair, Summer Session, 2011, Hood, VA
McGuffey Art Association, Associate Member, Charlottesville, VA
Piedmont Council for
the Arts, Charlottesville, VA
Virginia Watercolor Society
PUBLICATIONS
2011
Bertram, Summer.
"Art Life: Crystal Light." Albemarle Magazine. April/May, 2011. 22.
2010
Orange County Review. “Arts Center announces ‘Gardens and Landscapes’; Opening
Reception July 22.” July 15, 2010. A7.
Gifford,
Page H., “Artists Paint the Pastures.” Fluvanna Review. July 15, 2010. 21.
Hawk, Pearl. “Art Meets Inspiration at Firnew Farm: ‘Artists’
Circle” Group Enjoys Camaraderie and Love of the Land.” Greene County Record. April, 22, 2010, B1.
Schulin, Craig. “Stellar Show
at the FCCA Brings Together Artists From Across the Region.” Fredericksburg.com, February 18, 2010. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/022010/02182010/528373/index_html/.
Perkins, Morgan. First Fridays Charlottesville.
Episode 11, TV 10 (Charlottesville, VA), 2010. http://charlottesville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=492/.
Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads. “Chee Ricketts:
For the Beauty of the Earth.” http://culturalalli.org/calendar.cfm?id=13443/.
2009
Carrier,
Alex. “Greene’s Enduring Gardener: Local Artist Prepares for Solo Exhibition.” Greene County Record.
March 26, 2009, A1, A12.
“Datebook.” Eightyone, April 2009. 14-15 (Reproduction). http://www.calameo.com/books/000020587fca9546e8674/.
2006
Lepore,
Jennifer, Ed. North Light Bulletin. F+W Publications, 40, no. 3374 (December 2006): 30 (Image).
