SPS Member Profile

I participated in art programs for high school students at the Carnegie Museum of Art and Carnegie Mellon University. With my engineering and business degrees, I pursued an academic career in accounting at several major universities, with the last 23 years at the University of South Carolina. During my career I taught thousands of students, published over 60 articles in leading journals, coauthored three books, held endowed professorships, and served as a department chair and as an associate dean. Upon retirement from USC I was named Distinguished Professor Emeritus. I decided to renew my love of art upon retirement from USC. I participated in numerous Columbia and Southeastern Pastel Society workshops. I have been active in the Columbia art community serving as workshop coordinator, Vice President, and President of the Crooked Creek Art League. I currently show my originals and prints at Partager Gallery, Gifts and Home in Columbia, Palmetto Fine Arts in Chapin, and Custom Framer in Lexington. In addition to exhibiting my work in Columbia and Charleston, where I won numerous awards: I was juried into numerous Southeastern Pastel Society's Member and International Exhibitions in the Atlanta area; the North Carolina Statewide Pastel 2022 and 2025 Exhibition; the Appalachian Pastel Society's 2018 Show; and Artfields 2017. I participated in a show at the Center for the Arts at USC Beaufort, an Exhibit at the Bibliowicz Gallery at Cornell University, the Art Market at the Historic Honey Horn in Hilton Head, and the Bluffton Arts and Seafood Festival in Bluffton, SC. I am a Member of Excellence in the Southeastern Pastel Society, and an Associate Member in the American Pastel Society. I recently received a merit award in the Pastel Society of South Carolina's 2024 Member's Exhibition, participated in the Bullets and Bandaids Exhibit at the Ringling College of Art and Design in 2024, received 1st place in the Masters Division at the Crooked Creek Art League’s 2025 Annual Juried Show and 1st place at TAG’s 2025 Still Hopes Show.