Awards, Recognition, Special Commissions
2023 Award of Excellence
Peoria Art Guild
2019 First Place in Metal/Sculpture
Cincinnati Summerfair Cincinnati, OH
2017 Best Booth Award
Chastain Spring Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
2019 Best in Show
Lakeshore Art Festival Muskegon, MI
2017 Merit Award
Vero Beach Under the Oaks
Vero Beach, FL
2021 BEST OF METAL-
Tulsa Mayfest Tulsa Oklahoma
2018 Best of Sculpture
Queeny Park Art Festival St.Louis, MO
2016 Best of Sculpture
Midsummer Arts Fair Quincy, Il
2020 Commission for monumental sculpture-
THE BARED SOUL
Ohio Hospice Association, Dayton, Ohio
2018 Best of Sculpture
Mosaics Art Festival St.Charles, MO
2015 Best of Sculpture
Maitland Fine Arts Festival Maitland, FL
2022 best of Metal
repeat winner
Tulsa Mayfest Tulsa, OK
2015 Best of Sculpture
Queeny Park Fine Arts Festival St.Louis, MO
2014 Best of Sculpture
Arlington Heights Promenade Arlington Heights, IL
2015 Purchase Award
Lindenwood University
Belleville Art on the Square Belleville, IL
2013 Best of Show
Utah Kimbal Art Show Park City, UT
2014 Merit Award
Great Gulfcoast Art Festival Pensacola, FL
2013 Best of Show
Artfest on Walnut Street Springfield, MO
2014 Best of Sculpture
Queeny Park Fine Arts Festival St.Louis, MO
2013 Best of Show
Talbot Street Art Fair Indianapolis, IN
2013 Best of Sculpture
Chicago Botanical Garden Art Show Chicago, IL
2011 Cover Story
Cover Story- feature article
Sunshine Artist Magazine, Nov.
2013 Lifetime Achievement commission
Made to honor Senator Richard Lugar
2011 Best of Sculpture
Halifax Art Festival Daytona Beach, FL
2011 Outstanding Achievement
Barrington Festival of the Arts Barrington, IL
2010 Best of Sculpture
Chicago Eastside Millennium Art Fair Chicago, IL
2011 Best of Sculpture
Chicago Eastside Millennium Art Fair Chicago, IL
2010 Best of Sculpture
Halifax Art Festival Daytona Beach, Fl