RESUME

Born 1934, Custer, OK

Raised Clinton, OK

Education  1956 BA, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Selected Public & Private Commissions  1997 Eight murals 4-by-8 feet, Barth Bracken Ranch, Ft. Gibson, OK  1993 Six murals 6-by-4 feet, Mercy Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK  1990 Robert S. Kerr Conference Center, Poteau, OK  1985 Two murals 8-by-4 feet, State Senate, Oklahoma Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK

Selected One Person Shows 2011 Plein Air Palettier, The Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 2006 Ports O'Call, The Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK 2003 Trans U.S.A., Gallery Grace, Laguna Beach, CA 2002 Postcards from Provence, Gallery Grace, Laguna Beach, CA 2001 Alitalia, Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale  2000 LaRue: Giverny, Normandy & Provence, Oklahoma City, OK  1996 LaRue: California Coast & Country, White Dome Gallery, Chickasaw, OK

Selected Group Shows 2013-2009 American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA  2012-2011  The Allure of Water: On Location with the Plein Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA  2008 European Tradition, American Vision, Paintings by the Plein-Air Painters of America, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD 2007 From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America 21st Annual Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA 2006-2005 The Max Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 Painting Canyon de Chelly, Eric Firestone Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005-1992 Plein-Air Painters of America, Avalon & Lake Tahoe, CA 2003 Plein Air from Coast to Coast, Lyme Art Association, CT The Allure of Light, The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO Glories of the Sonoran Desert, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ 2003-2000 Miniatures Show, Albuquerque Museum, NM 2003-1990 Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Midland, TX 2003-2000 Settler's West, Tucson, AZ 2003-2002 Gallery Grace, Laguna Beach, CA 2003-1995 Shriver Gallery, Taos, NM  2001-1996 Joan Irvine Smith, Laguna Beach, CA  2000-1999 Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ  2003-1998 El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, AZ  2003-1995 Northwest Rendezvous, Park City, Utah/Helena, MT  2003-1993 American Women Artists, Sorrento Italy/Taos/Santa Fe, NM/Jackson, WY, Tucson Museum  2000-1993 Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK  1999 Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK  1993 National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK  1991 Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK

Awards  1999 Merit, Plein-Air Tucson, Tucson, AZ  1999-98 Merit, California Art Club, San Juan Capistrano, CA  1997-94 Merit, Oil Painters of America  1992 Best of Show, Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY

Periodicals 2012 M. Stephen Doherty, "Following Big Footsteps in Italy," PleinAir Magazine, February/March 2010 Chain Bridge (cover) & article, Pain Practice, May/June, Vol 10, No 3  2009 Amy Abrams, “Plein and Simple,” Arizona Highways, August 2005 M.J. Van Deventer, "Pursuing Plein Air Perfection," Nichols Hills, Nov Norman Kolpas, "Near & Far," Southwest Art, April "Three of a Kind," Tucson Home, May

2004 Peggy Arenz, "Painting from a Different Angle," American Artist, February 2003  Bob Burke, et. al., "Treasures from the Oklahoma State Capitol," Oklahoma State Senate Historical Preservation Fund Nancy Moure, "Califonia Impressionism," Art & Antiques, June 2002 M.J. Van Deventer, PAPA, Persimmon Hill, Spring  Greg Schaber, "A Passion for Plein Air," The Artist's Magazine, May 2001 Bonnie Gangelhoff, "Painting Catalina," Southwest Art, March  1999 Suzanne Deats, Focus, Santa Fe, June Bill McComber, Art-Talk, June  Vicki Stavig, Art of the West, March  1998 Craig Lockwood, Orange Coast, November  1989 Susan H. McGarry, Southwest Art, August

Selected Collections  Frye Museum • Mercy Health Center • OK State Capitol • Robert S. Kerr Conference Center • St. Anthony Hospital • Baptist Medical Center Memberships American Women Artists • California Art Club. • Northwest Rendezvous Group •Signature Member, Oil Painters of America • Oklahoma Society of Impressionists • Tucson Plein-Air Painters’ Society