Biography

Born: July 13, 1963, Denver, Colorado

Education
Associates Degree in Commercial Advertising, Colorado Institute of Art 1983

Awards
Best of Show – Open Show, Denver Cooperative Art Center 1990
Finalist for Colorado selection in the Absolut America ad campaign coordinated by Gannett Publishing 1990
Featured artist for Keyline Graphics quarterly calendar poster 2000
Second Place in Oil Painting Littleton Library Call for Entries Show, 2003
First Place in Oil Painting "Own An Original Art Show" Littleton, Colorado, 2009

Exhibitions
Recharge! Show sponsored by Kyle Belding and Denver Art Supply 1987
Open show Denver Cooperative Art Center, Denver, CO 1990
Open show New Core Art Space, Denver, CO 1993
Open show New Core Art Space, Denver, CO 1994
Littleton Town Center Art Show, Littleton, CO 1995
DCPA “Saturday Night Alive” silent art auction 2000
“Faces of Woman” show Honorable Mention in 2D category, Las Vegas NM March 2001
Colorado Call for Entries Show, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO July 2001
The Mask Project, A Benefit for Metro Denver Hospice, 2005

Gallery Exhibitions
Anthony L. Rhea Gallery – Exhibit and demonstration during Cherry Creek Arts Festival 1998 –2001
ArtExpo California, Los Angeles, CA 1998
Sandra Philips Gallery, 2001
Great Western Art Gallery 2010 to present

Commissions
J.D. Edwards & Company – 1997
Thomas Kinkade Gallery, Cherry Creek, Denver, CO 1998
Daniels Business College, Denver University, Denver, CO 2000

Personal
Married: Linda M. Velarde, four children, Jennifer, Holly, Christopher, Julia

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