Artistic Credentials:

•  Certified Professional Faux Finisher, by Paint and Decorating Retailers Association & Faux Finisher Magazine

•  Licensed in Faux Effects professional products and Certified in Designer Wall Finishes including LusterStone, Venetian Plasters, Authentic Italian Venetian Plasters.

•  Continuing education in Advanced Color with D. Jansen; in Perspective and Trompe L'Oeil with P. Kirwin, in Tuscan Landscape Furniture Painting with Jean-Pierre Besenval of Paris; France; and Faux Marble with Michelle Santilli of NASODA, and Faux and Decorative Finishes through The Finishing School of New York, Pennsylvania, and Atlanta, Award Winning Venetian Plaster techniques with BUON FRESCO.

•  Studied with more than 25 World Class Master Decorative Artists (MDA), and Certified Decorative Artists (CDA).

Professional and Business Membership Affiliations:

•  The Art League, Alexandria , Virginia
•  SALI, and Capital Area Decorative Artisans;
•  Nation's Capitol Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters, Washington DC
•  Chamber of Commerce Member
•  Lions Club Member

Community Project: Decorative plastering of the gallery walls for the Art League Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia in the old historic Torpedo Factory for a special Art event, judged by the Design Director of The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.