Artist's Proof  A/P
Years ago it was customary for people to collect artist's proofs most often because
 in the French tradition of printmaking the artist worked closely with a printer who
inspected the proofs submitted by the printer and marked his choice "bon a tier"
(ready to print), and signed the prints as a guide for the edition. Since collectors felt
this print was the first to meet the artists approval, it was therefore more desirable.
Because artists now print editions themselves and give equal care to the first and last
 prints in an edition, this fixation of the artist's proof as the most accurate state has diminished.

Education

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
M.F.A. 1996   Concentration: Printmaking

East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
B.F.A. 1991    Concentration: Printmaking

Awards, Exhibitions, and Publications

First Place Award, Clayton Art Faire, September 2006
Never Exhibited Works Show, Visual Art Exchange, September, 2006
Purchase Award, Cary Fine Arts League, Juried Art Exhibition, April, 2005
Goldsboro Fine arts Exhibition, May, 2005
Second Place Award, North Carolina State Fair, October, 2004
First Place Award, Clayton Art Faire, September, 2004
Best in Show, Clayton Art Faire, September 2003
Best in Show, Clayton Art Faire, September, 2002
Clemson Print and Drawing Exhibition, April, 1996
First Place Award, Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Gray Art Gallery
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 1991

"Tool Study" published in Rebel: The Literary and Art Magazine of East Carolina University,  East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 1990