2025
- My painting The Skies Open on the Ancient Village was selected to be featured in the exhibition “Down to Earth” at the Arts Center, Carrboro, NC
2023
- Jurors Valerie Hillings PhD, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Arts, and Peter Baker PhD, Director of the Contemporary Art Museum, selected my painting Found Deep Down In Our Oceans for the NC Artists Exhibition of the Raleigh Fine Arts Society. They selected 79 pieces from the 970 submitted.
2022
- Raleigh Arts, Art Access, and LEAD (Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability) invited me to exhibit my paintings at the Block Gallery, Sertoma Arts Center and the Raleigh Convention Center during the summer, Raleigh, NC
- My painting A Tree Planted in the Heavens was selected by the Raleigh Art Collection
2021
- A jury from the Durham Art Guild has selected me for a special 6 months exhibition of my paintings at the North Carolina Medical Board, Raleigh, NC
2018
- Ultralight 2 Exhibit of the Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, selected my painting A Simple, Happy Life
- My painting What Memory Is Made Of was included in the exhibit THE WALLS WE BUILD of Pleiades Gallery, Durham, NC
2017
- Juror Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA selected my painting A Pause and Awakening for the 2017 North Carolina Artists Exhibition of the Raleigh Fine Arts Society
- Curator Ruth Gould, Liverpool, UK, selected two of my paintings for the Ultralight Exhibit of the Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC. This exhibition showcased the work of 21 artists across the United States. My painting Where the Intangible Hovers was awarded Third Place.
2015
- Juror John Beerman selected the painting A Pause and Awakening I for the 2015 Bank of the Arts juried exhibition and awarded a Merit Award
- Awarded the 2015 Latino Diamante Award for Arts and Culture, North Carolina
2013
- Eddie Carpenter selected the painting Back When We However Moved, We Danced The Tune for the 59th Annual Juried Art Show of the Durham Art Guild
2012
- Juror Sarah Powers selected the painting The Deep Solace of Spring for the 58th Annual Juried Art Show of the Durham Art Guild Jurors Mark Hewitt, Elysia Borowy-Reeder, and Trevor Shoemaker selected my painting A Space of Lingering Remnants (I), for the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Art of the Auction 2012 Exhibition 2011 Juror Peter Nisbet, Chief Curator of the Ackland Museum of Art of Chapel Hill, NC, selected my painting A Place to Dwell in my Own Serenity for the Raleigh Fine Arts Society 2011 Artists Exhibition
2010
- Invitation to present a lecture about my paintings at the Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
- Juror John Beerman selected my painting Traveling through the Maze of Time for the 2010 North Carolina Artists Exhibition
2008
- The jurors at the 2008 Arts at the Meadows Festival organized by the Orange County Artists Guild of North Carolina awarded me the Festival’s prize Best Show in Fine Art o4 prize
- Juror Brad Thomas, Director of the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davison College selected my painting Rainfall Through Trees for the NEW (Never Exhibited Work) Annual Juried Art Show of the Visual Art Exchange of Raleigh, NC
- Juror Beverly McIver selected my painting Silence Escapes from My Skin for the 54th Annual Juried Art Show of the Durham Art Guild
- Juror Dr. Lawrence J. Wheeler, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, selected my painting The Impressions of Forestal Dreams for the 2008 North Carolina Artists Exhibition
2007
- Juror Barkley Hendricks selected my painting Snake Charmer’s Playground for the 53rd Annual Juried Art Show of the Durham Art Guild and awarded the Honorable Mention to that painting
- Residency: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2006
- Juror Petah Coyne selected my painting Floating Nothingness for the 52nd Annual Juried Art Show of the Durham Art Guild and awarded the Third Prize to that painting
- Residency: International Art Colony of Kicevo, Macedonia
2005
- Juror Judy Chicago selected my painting Building Lights on Past Pains for the 51st Annual Juried Art Show of the Durham Art Guild
- Residency: Cedar Park International Art Colony, Highland Beach, FL
2004
- Phyllis and Tyler Bennett acquired my painting Pain in Spain that received the Purchase Award at the Fine Arts League of Cary’s 10th Annual Exhibition.