Bio

November 29, 1951, Albuquerque, New Mexico; lives and works in Maryland

Education

1979 Masters of Divinity, Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon
1975 Bachelor of Arts, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
1969 Oxford O Levels, United States Highschool Diploma,
International Quakerschool Beverweerd, Werkhoven, The Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Cedar Ridge Community Church, Spencervile, Maryland
2006 Severna Perk, Severna Park, Maryland
2005 Forcey Memorial Church, Silver Spring, Maryland

Group Exhibitions

May 1 - 27, 2010 Small Works Exhibit, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland
April 15 - May 15, 2010 Slayton House Gallery Exhibit, Columbia, Maryland
April 3 - 5, 2010 7 eme Fete du n'Oeuf, Saint Antonin Noble Val, France
January - February, 2010 Laurel Art Guild Exhibit, Howard County Conservancy Center, Woodstock, Maryland
December, 2009 - April, 2010 “Generations of Art” - A Benefit for Chuck Heidel, Snowhill Manor, Laurel, Maryland
2009 Sudorne Infant School, Shrewsbury Shropshire, England
Giant Egg Event, Zoo Zurich, Switzerland
Friendship Heights Center Art Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
Laurel Regional Hospital, Laurel, Maryland
U.S. District Courthouse, Greenbelt, Maryland
National Wildlife Visitor Center - Hollingsworth Art Gallery, Laurel, Maryland
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland
2008 Greenbelt Art Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland
Snowhill Manor, Laurel, Maryland
U.S. District Courthouse, Greenbelt, Maryland
2007 Councilman Thomas Dernoga's Chambers, Prince George's County, Maryland
Kentlands Mansion, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Laurel Regional Hospital, Laurel, Maryland
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland
Paintbranch Unitarian Universalist Church, Laurel, Maryland
Severna Perk, Severna Park, Maryland
2005 Cedar Ridge Community Church, Spencerville, Maryland
2004 Cedar Ridge Community Church, Spencerville, Maryland
Forcey Memorial Church, Silver Spring, Maryland

Juried Exhibitions

2009 Patuxent Art League, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland
2008 Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland
Rockville Art League, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, Maryland
2007 Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland
Laurel Art Guild, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel Maryland
2005 Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland

Awards and Service

2010 Juror, Laurel Regional Hospital/Laurel Art Guild Annual Youth Art Contest
2008 - 2009 Speaker & Juror, Laurel Regional Hospital/Laurel Art Guild Children's Art Contest and Exhibition
2008 - 2009 President, Laurel Art Guild
Laurel, Maryland
2007 - 2008 Painting and Set Design, Grace Community Church
Columbia, Maryland
2007 - 2008 Vice President, Laurel Art Guild
Laurel, Maryland
2007 Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel Art Guild Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
2007 - 2008 Creative Life Group
Cedar Ridge Community Church
Spencerville, Maryland
1978 Senior Class President, Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon
1977 Secretary, Student Council, Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon
1969 International Quaker Youth Pilgrimage, Representative for England, England and Switzerland
Swiss Civil Service, Hoher Kasten, Switzerland
Summer Institute of Linguistics, Norman, Oklahoma
1968 New Mexico State Top Teen Award

Association, Enterprise and Instruction

2005 - Present The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
2005 - Present President, Hatton Creations, LLC
Burtonsville, Maryland
2005 - Present Art Instructor, Hatton Creations, LLC
Burtonsville, Maryland
2008 Commissions: The Speech and Debate Club
2 paintings, 14 x 18", oil on canvas
2008 - Present Oil Painters of America
2009 - Present Art Instructor, Montpelier Arts Center
Laurel, Maryland
2010 - Present Olney Art Association

Bodies of Work

2007 - 08 Daily Small Works, oil on canvas board
2007 Dream Series, oil on canvas
Dreams of a child's flight of celestial adventure and discovery.

Publications

March/April 2010 Sangre de Christo Sentry
Art of the West, March/April 2010
2008 - 2009 Dream: Celestial Adventure
MD/DE/WV Authors and Illustrators 2008 - 2009
The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators