My interests include traditional and digital painting, botanical art, nature
photography, and my studies of Native American culture and art.
I had my own graphic design business from 1980-1998. I began teaching
part-time at Elgin Community College in 1988 and at College of DuPage in
1989. From 1990-1998 I was full-time Senior Faculty at Illinois Institute of
Art/Ray College of Design teaching 30 different courses, multiple times, in
Visual Communications/Computer Art and Design. In 1998 I became a full-time
instructor (now tenured) at Elgin Community College.
Between 1991-1998 I worked on the design and production of varied publications, including Sarajevo: Anthology for Bosnian Relief, Bilingual Basics, A Few Local Tales (Pat Parks), The Eagle Book (Trygve Rovelstad), and Native American publications. From 1992-2005 I served as Art Advisor for the Spire.
Education~
- M.A. in Humanities (concentration in art) California State University Dominguez Hills, Ca.
- M.S. in Education California State University East Bay, Ca.
- Graduate Certificate in Native American Studies Montana State University Bozeman, Mt.
- Online Teaching Certificate University of California Los Angeles, Ca.
- Online Teaching and Learning Certificate California State University East Bay, Ca.
- Graduate work at Western Illinois University and at the University of Alaska Southeast.
- B.A. in Applied Behavioral Sciences, National Louis University, Evanston, Illinois
- B.A. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
- An Associate of Arts - Elgin Community College
- Four Associate of Applied Science degrees in Graphic Design areas of study -
Elgin Community College
Awards, Honors, Exhibits~
Over my teaching career I have received numerous awards and honors, and have had
numerous exhibits of my artwork in galleries.