I've recently been hired by the University of Maine-Farmington as an assistant professor of painting in the department of Sound, Performance, and Visual Inquiry. My fiance Jason Irla and I will be teaching and developing a new painting curriculum in the department. For more about UMF and SPVI, visit http://spvi.umf.maine.edu

I'll be having a solo show at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center in Frederick, Maryland tentatively scheduled for September 2013. For more about the Delaplaine, visit www.delaplaine.org

F. Lennox Campello, in his "Letter from Washington, DC" in the American Contemporary Art magazine, has written about my work in the FALL SOLOS at Arlington Arts Center. View the issue in its entirety here: http://issuu.com/acamag/docs/a

Lenny Campello has written an article featuring myself and other Fall SOLOS artists for the Old Town Crier based in Alexandria, VA. Access the article here: http://oldtowncrier.com/gallery-beat/1473-aacs-fall-solos-2011

Here's a link to information regarding an award I just received from McDaniel College: |http://www.mcdaniel.edu/11889.htm

I am honored to have been chosen as one of three recipients for the 2011 McDaniel College Alumni Professional Achievement Award. According to the McDaniel website, "this award is presented to graduates who have gained distinction in his/her chosen field or profession and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on McDaniel College." Thank you McDaniel!

I just got back from a month-long residency at the Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY. I can't say enough great things about this place--it was a fun, productive month at a truly special and exciting place. For more info about the WP, visit their website: www.wassaicproject.org

My work is featured in issue #94, the Southern region competition, of New American Paintings. The issue is on newsstands now!

I just received notification that I'm a semi-finalist for the Bethesda Painting Awards

I'll be participating in the Arlington Art Center's solo shows in October--exact dates TBD, but I can promise an entirely new body of work!

For more on AAC, go to www.arlingtonartscenter.org

I'll be having a solo show of new work at the DC Arts Center from mid-April to mid-May (official dates TBD). For more on DC Arts Center, go here:

http://www.dcartscenter.org/

To see the exhibition online, go here:
http://hatton.colostate.edu/dr

I have been chosen to be one of 10 finalists in the Washington Post's Real Art DC Competition. An article and photos posted here:

http://bit.ly/bZDk9C