Professor Emeritus of Art
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK
Faculty Appointment – Summer 1971
Degrees Earned
B.S. Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS – 1959
M.S. Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS – 1963
Additional Studies:
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Area of Specialization – Painting
Professional Experience
1958-1959 Columbus Public High School, Columbus, Kansas
1959-1964 Carthage Jr. High, Carthage, Missouri
1964-1967 Art Supervisor, Carthage Public Schools
1967-1968 Independence Jr. College, Independence, Kansas
1968-1971 Carthage Public Schools, Carthage, Missouri
1971-2006 The University of Tulsa, Tulsa Oklahoma
Professional Memberships
Kappa Delta Pi
Omicron Delta Kappa
Kappa Pi
Oklahoma Alliance for the Arts
Oklahoma Art Education Association
National Art Education Association
Oklahoma School Board Association
Honors & Awards
[4 of 28 listed here]
One of four honored at the National Scholastic’s benefit dinner in New York City. Other honorees were Glenn Close, Kathy Bates and Kitty Carlyle – 2006.
Acknowledgment in the 8th edition of Children and Their Art textbook by Al Hurwitz/Michael Day for being a reviewer – 2006.
Featured Artist for TU Homecoming in conjunction with The University of Tulsa Faculty Exhibition – 2005
Governors Art Award 2002
Publications in Referred Journals
[2 of 16 listed here]
Listed in Art in America Guide, Museums/Galleries/Artists of 2006-2007-2012
Nimrod International Journal – Cover Design/Spring/Summer 1998 Vol. 41 No. 2
Professional Presentations – Exhibits
[33 of 84 listed here]
Laura Moore Fine Arts Studio, McKinney, Texas – One–man Exhibition Summer 2012, 2011, 2010
Wolf Production Gallery, Claremore, Oklahoma – One-man Exhibition 2007
One-man Exhibition, the University of Tulsa, Alexander Hogue Gallery, Fall 2006
Tulsa Arts Coalition 5″ x 5″ Exhibition 2005
Paintings exhibited at the Horwich Gallery in Chicago – 2005
One-man exhibition, Central City, CO 2004
Route 66 Invitational, Tulsa Arts Coalition Gallery – 2003
Spiva Center for the Arts Invitational Art Exhibition, Joplin, Missouri – 2001
Rogers State University, One-man Exhibition – 2000
One-man Exhibition Pittsburg State University – 1999
One-man Exhibition, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL -1996
T.U. Faculty Exhibition at the University of Arkansas – 1995
Artist Circle, Ltd. Gallery, Maryland Downs, Maryland – 1994
Exhibit, Joy Horwich Gallery Chicago, Group Show April 1993
“The Elements: Earth Wind and Sky” Exhibition at the Independence Arts Council, Independence, Kansas – 1993
“The Elements: Earth Wind and Sky” Sabbatical Exhibition, Alexander Hogue Gallery at The University of Tulsa – 1992
SoHo’s Gallery 13, Landscape Exhibition, New York, NY – 1992
“Celebration California” Exhibition, The Eye International Group, Inc.,
Los Angeles, California – 1991
Slides taken of the Valley Curtain sent to Christo and then to be housed in the Smithsonian Institute Archives, 1990
Group Show, The Eye International Group, Inc., New York, NY – 1990
One-man Exhibition, The University of Tulsa Law Library – 1987
Oklahoma Central State University Invitational Exhibit – 1987
Featured Artist of the month, Gallery 26 East, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 1987
Horwich Gallery, Oklahoma City University, Invitational Exhibition – 1986
One-man University of Central Arkansas, 1986
Art Center Gallery Exhibition, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 1986
One-man Exhibition Wilde-Meyer Gallery Ltd., Scottsdale, Arizona 1984
One-man Exhibition The University of Tulsa – 1979
One-man Exhibition Williams Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 1977
One-man Exhibition Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma – 1978
Mid U.S.A. Drawing Exhibit, Joplin, Missouri, Purchase Award – 1970
Exhibit, Country Gallery, North Kansas City, Missouri – 1969
One-man Exhibition, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas – 1963
Current Gallery Representations:
Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, OK
Laura Moore Fine Arts Studio, McKinney, TX
Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Eye International Group, Inc., New York, NY
Art 4 Business.com Philadelphia, PA
Selected Commissions & Collection:
Architect of Dallas Cowboys Stadium, TX
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc., French-American Pharmaceutical Firm, Collegeville, PA Painting “Desert Reflections” Phillips Research Center
The Chugai Upjohn Company, “Infinity” 3’ x 5’ and “Tropical Disturbance” 3’ x 5’ Chicago, IL. (Paintings are now included in Permanent Collection in Tokyo.)
Omni Melrose Hotel, Dallas, Texas, “Monsoon,” Copyright: Omni Melrose Hotel, Dallas TX
Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, AL, “The Birds are Heading South,” 3’ x 5’
Helen McGinnis, Assistant VP & Executive Editor, McMillan Publishing Company, New York, NY
Kelley Corporation, Tulsa, OK
Phillips Petroleum Permanent Collection, International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Santa Fe Petroleum Art Collection, Tulsa, OK (3 paintings)
Flow-Quip Corporation, Tulsa, OK
Phillips Petroleum Bartlesville, OK (2 paintings) in Permanent collection
Greenwood Project, Tulsa, OK (3 paintings)
Phillips Petroleum Hotel, Bartlesville, OK
Domestic Violence Intervention Services, Tulsa, OK