Artists Acres

Born

Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. B.A. 1929
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. 1936
Hans Hoffman Workshop, New York, New York. 1945-46
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. M.A. 1958
Fine Arts Institute, New College, Sarasota, Florida. 1964-65

Teaching Experience
Head of Art Department, Clinch Valley College, Wise, Virginia. 1956-57
Artist-in-Residence, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. 1959
Head of Art Department, Cumberland Community College, Cumberland, Kentucky. 1960 and 1964
Head of Art Department, Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida. 1977-1980

Honors and Awards

1929: First Prize, Allied Artists, Winter Park, Florida
1935: Award of Merit, State of Florida, Florida Federation of Art
1936: Florida Pavillion Gold Medal for Best Oil Collection, New York World's Fair, New York, New York
1946: Second Place Watercolor Prize, 12th Southeastern Annual, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
1947: AAUW Most Creative Work of Art, Granite Show, Currier Museum, Manchester, New Hampshire
Oil Prize, Audubon Artists, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
1948: First Watercolor Prize, Pen and Brush, New York, New York
1949: Watercolor Prize, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
1950: Gaisman Award, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
Larkin Award, Watercolor Exhibition, Pen and Brush, New York, New York
1951: 1st Oil Prize, Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, Florida
1956: Larkin Award, Watercolor Exhibition, Pen and Brush, ew York, New York
1958: Aileen Webb Award for Contemporary Painting, ational Association of Women Artists, 66th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
Gaisman Award, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy of Design, ew York, New York Watercolor Prize, Norfolk Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
1959: Award of Merit for Oil, Florida Artists Group, Circuit Exhibition, jacksonville, Florida
1960: Oil Prize, Audubon Artists, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
Purchase Award, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina
1963: Best Modern Oil, Virginia Highlands Festival, Abingdon, Virginia
1967: First Prize for Collage, Florida Artists Group, jacksonville Museum, jacksonville, Florida Arvida Award, Annual Members juried Show, Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, Florida
1972: Gold Medal for Excellence in Painting, International Platform Association, Washington, DC
1989: Merit Award, International Platform Association, Washington, DC