Education

M.Ed. University of Pittsburg, Department of Communications & Technology
BFA The College of Wooster - State of Ohio Teaching Certificate
Additional Training
Children's Book Writing and Illustration: UNH
GNSI Master Class: Humboldt Institute, ME
Scientific Illustration: Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago, IL
Member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Scientific Illustration: Chicago Art Institute
Art Therapy: Adlerian Institute of Chicago
Illustration: Ohio University; Athens, OH
Design and Illustration: Ivy School of Art; Pittsburgh, PA
Painting: Skidmore College; Saratoga Springs, NY

Work Experience

1981 - Free-lance Natural Science Illustrator
Present Graphic Designer/Illustrator - VA Lakeside Medical Center; Chicago, IL
Artist-in-Residence - National Endowment for the Arts; Pittsburg, PA

Teaching Experience

1998- Nature Drawing and Studio Art Classes - Private Studio; Portsmouth, NH
Present Scientific Illustration - DCE, UNH
Elementary Art - Pittsburgh Public Schools
Puppetry and Narrative drawing - DCE, Ohio University

Publications & Exhibits

Biology, Morphology, and Systematics of the Ant-like Litter Beetles of Australia. Donald S. Chandler, Associated Publishers, 2001, 560 pgs., 160 illus.
Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeast North America. Garret Crow and Barre Helquist, University of Wisconsin Press, 2000, 400 pgs., 15 illus.
Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plants of New England. Garret Crow, US Department of the Interior, Office of Endangered Species, 1984, 130 pgs., 75 illus.
Slides and instructional pamphlets, Dr. Alex Shigo, US Forest Service, 1982-84
Numerous Taxonomic Journals, for research scientists: Dr. John Burger, Dr. John Weaver, Dr. Alan Eaton, Dr. Win Weaton, and Dr. Donald Chandler UNH Department fo Zoology/Entomology and UNH Department of Botany
Cover: The Coleopterists Bulletin, September 1997
Cover: Rhodora Journal of New England Botanical Society, 1983
Book Cover: From the Window, Liz Knies, Teal Press, Portsmouth, NH, 1984
Book Cover: White Peonies, Liz Knies, Oyster River Press, Durham, NH 2001
Children's Museum of Portsmouth "Wings, Tails, Jaws & Claws" --an exhibit of aquatic creatures, 2000
Sandy Point Discovery Center, Nh Department of Fish and Game-- "Osprey Paintings" and promotional pamphlets 1999-2000
NH Audubon Center Concord, NH 2002 One man show.
CRICKET Magazine March and August 2003 illustrations