Visual Art Resume

•   International Guild of Realism: MASTERWORKS MUSEUM TOUR, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA, 2015

•   2014 ILLINOIS RIVER SALON, Heart of America Artists' Association, Bentonville, AR, 2014

•   Finalist & Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 31st ANNUAL ART COMPETITION (Still Life Category), 2014

•   "DAYLIGHT & DUNGEON" Solo Exhibition & Workshop, Bolton-Davis Gallery, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA 2014

•   Gwen & Harold Long Memorial Award, 20th ANNUAL REGIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Artist of Northwest Arkansas: Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR, 2014

•   HOT SPRINGS REGIONAL ART COMPETITION, Hot Springs Fine Art Center, Hot Springs, AR, 2014

•   Honorable Mention, 56th ANNUAL DELTA EXHIBITION, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2014

•   Invitational Exhibition at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, Little Rock, AR, 2014

•   "AMERICAN STILL LIFES" National Museum Exhibition, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA, 2014

•   2nd Place, 10th ANNUAL DIAMOND NATIONAL ART COMPETITION, Hot Springs Fine Art Center, Hot Springs, AR 2013-2014

•   "21st CENTURY: 5 DEGREES OF REALISM" Bossier Arts Council's Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier City, LA, 2013-2014

•   "CREATIVES RISING" See.Me: Digital Exhibition, New York, NY, 2013

•   Finalist, Southwest Art Magazine ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE COMPETITION, 2013

•   2013 ILLINOIS RIVER SALON, Heart of America Artists' Association, Bentonville, AR, 2013

•   Oil Painters of America: EASTERN REGIONAL, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD, 2013

•   "COMING HOME: AN EARLY RETROSPECTIVE" Solo Exhibition, Snyder Museum, Bastrop, LA, 2013

•   Finalist & Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 30th ANNUAL ART COMPETITION (Still Life Category), 2013

•   Landscape Exhibition (with Marlen Waters) Bossier Arts Council's East Bank Gallery, Bossier City, LA 2013

•   International Guild of Realism: 8th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ, 2013

•   Oil Painters of America: 2013 SALON SHOW, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, 2013

•   Finalist, Art Renewal Center: INTERNATIONAL SALON 2012/2013

•   IAC Award of Excellence, 28th TEXAS & NEIGHBORS REGIONAL ART EXHIBIT, Irving Art Association, Irving, TX, 2013

•   CRITICAL MASS: NEA Funded Critic's Series, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA, 2013

•   Oil Painters of America: 22nd ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Insight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX, 2013

•   BONAFIDE 2: Juried Roster Artist Exhibition, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA, 2012

•   43rd NATIONAL JURIED RIVER ROAD SHOW, Louisiana Art & Artists' Guild, Baton Rouge, LA, 2012

•   "YOURS, MINE & OURS" (with Diana Lynn Garrison), Magale Library Gallery of Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, 2012

•   "POSSIBLE OBJECTS" (with Gladys Poorte & Pablo Taboada), Davis Gallery, Austin, TX, 2012

•   Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 29th ANNUAL ART COMPETITION (Still Life Category), 2012

•   "STILL LIFES" Solo Exhibition, Taylor's Contemporanea Inc., Salon of Fine Art, Hot Springs, AR, 2012

•   HOT SPRINGS REGIONAL ART COMPETITION, Hot Springs Fine Art Center, Hot Springs, AR, 2012

•   Merit Award, 42nd NATIONAL JURIED RIVER ROAD SHOW, Louisiana Art & Artists' Guild, Baton Rouge, LA, 2011

•   Honorable Mention, 47th JURIED FINE ART SHOW, Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC, 2011

•   First Place, Jerry's Artarama: Talentcall, Open Artist Call Competition, 2011

•   NATIONAL JURIED SHOW, Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, Blue Ridge, GA, 2011

•   Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 28th ANNUAL ART COMPETITION (Still Life Category), 2011

•   Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 27th ANNUAL ART COMPETITION (Still Life Category), 2010 - Competition Spotlight, featured July/August Issue, 2011

•   Third Place, 45th JURIED FINE ART SHOW, Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC, 2009

•   Honorable Mention, ON THE WALL: EMERGING ENC, JURIED FINE ART SHOW, Emerge Art Gallery, Greenville, NC, 2009

•   Best in Show, First Place, & Honorable Mention, 44th JURIED FINE ART SHOW: Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC, 2008

•   Best in Show, & Honorable Mention, 43rd JURIED FINE ART SHOW: Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC, 2007

•   Honorable Mention, 39th JURIED FINE ART SHOW: Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC, 2003

•   Honorable Mention, 37th JURIED FINE ART SHOW: Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC, 2001

•   CCA '98 17th ANNUAL COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION, Kinston, NC, 1998

•   26th ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR NORTH CAROLINA ARTISTS, Fayetteville, NC, 1998

•   ARTS IN THE HOSPITALS, Purchasing Competition, MCV Hospital, Richmond, VA, 1993

•   STATE OF THE ART '93, Boston, MA, 1993

•   GALEX 27 NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Galesburg, IL, 1993

•   Second Place, PUBLIC ART COMPETITION, BURROUGHS WELLCOME CO., Greenville, NC, 1991

•   SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS, NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION, New York, NY, 1986

•   Best of Show, & First Place, MANSFIELD ART COMPETITION, Mansfield, LA, 1982

•   Best of Show, & First Place, MANSFIELD ART COMPETITION, Mansfield, LA, 1981

•   Best of Show, STUDENT ART COMPETITION, Monroe, LA, 1979

•   Best of Show, & First Place, NORTH LOUISIANA COTTON FESTIVAL, Bastrop, LA, 1979

•   First Place, NORTH LOUISIANA COTTON FESTIVAL, ­­­­­­Bastrop, LA, 1978

PURCHASE & COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS 

•   Permanent collection R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA: A Closer Examination of Time, 2018

•   Permanent collection R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA: Double Juicy Frog Kisses, 2018

•   Arkansas Colleges of Health Education: College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Smith, AR, Multiple Artworks, 2017

•   Permanent collection R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA: Keys to the Kingdom, 2015

•   Leased image used in film "Catch Hell" directed by Ryan Phillippe, 2012-14

•   Brookwood Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA: Corner Mural, 2012

•   Atlanta Foods International, Atlanta, GA: Corporate Artwork, 2011

•   Brookwood Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA: Children’s Lowland Mural & Cabin Facade, Circles Mural, & Jungle Mural, 2010

•   Atlanta Foods International, Atlanta, GA: 2010 Catalog Cover

•   Atlanta Foods International, Atlanta, GA: 2009 Catalog Cover

•   Parker & Becky Overton Residence (of Overton's Sporting Goods), Greenville, NC: Interior Murals

•   Harkers Island Fishing Center, Inc., Harkers Isl., NC: Environmental Graphic Design, 2001

•   MCV Hospital, Richmond, VA: Caribbean #1, 1993

•   Pepsi Bottling Co., Greenville, NC: ST. Thomas Series

•   Pepsi Bottling Co., Greenville, NC: Greenville, NC Plant

•   Burroughs Wellcome Co., Greenville, NC: Greenville, NC Cityscape, 1991

•   Burroughs Wellcome Co. East Carolina University Student Art Collection, Greenville, NC: Industrial Series #1, #2, #3, 1989

•   News Star - World Publishing Co., Monroe, LA: Christmas Painting

•   Collected privately in the United States and Internationally 

PUBLIC ARTWORK PROJECTS 

•   NEA funded Temporary Art Installations for "Discover Shreveport Common" via the Shreveport (LA) Regional Arts Council, 2011

DEMONSTRATIONS & JUDGING

•   Judging: BEST ART AWARDS International Competition, 2025

•   Demonstration/Talk: Marshall Art League, Marshall Fine Arts Center, Marshall, TX, 2023

•   Juror of Awards: SouthWest (AR) Artists'  Art of the Heartland: NATIONAL JURIED PAINTING COMPETITION, Mena, AR, 2021 

•   Judging: BLOOM, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA 2020

•   Judging: MUSE, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA 2019

•   Judging: BLOOM, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA 2019

•   Judging: BLOOM, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA 2018

•   Judging: ART IS, Regional Collegiate & High School Exhibition, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA 2018

•   Judging: ART IS, Regional High School Exhibition, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA 2017

•   Demonstration/Talk: Marshall Art League, Marshall Fine Arts Center, Marshall, TX, 2017

•   Juror of Awards: American Institute of Architects (Arkansas Chapter) Convention: ART COMPETITION, Hot Springs, AR, 2017

•   Juror of Awards: SouthWest (AR) Artists' National SMALL WORKS SHOW, Mena, AR, 2017

•   Jury of Selection Committee: Oil Painters of America: EASTERN REGIONAL, 2017

•   Workshop/Talk/Judging: Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance & Emerge Arts, "ARTS & THE PARK" STILL LIFE SHOW, Hot Springs, AR, 2017

•   Judging: Louisiana RiverArts 2015 COLLEGIATE ART CONTEST, R.W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA 2015

•   Workshop/Demonstration/Talk: River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA 2014

•   Demonstration/Talk/Judging: "Creative Arts Connection" SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL, Bossier City, LA 2014

•   Demonstration/Talk: Marshall Art League, Marshall Fine Arts Center, Marshall, TX, 2013

PUBLICATION & PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

•  Daniel Cassity's Art Kingdom: short film by Dave Rhodes of Content Chemistry, 2024 (voted Best Documentary Short at The Persistence of Vision Film Festival, 2025

•   The Drowning House: poetry collection cover, 2021

•   The Inflectionist Review: Volume 10, Cover & Featured Artist, 2020

•   INPA 7 - International Painting Annual: Volume 7, Manifest: Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2016 (published 2017)

•   Juxtaprose Literary Magazine: Volume 10 cover, 2016

•   The Artist's Magazine: feature article "The Kingdom of the Origami Dragon Guy" November issue, 2014

•   KLAX TV: television interview produced by ABC affiliate of Alexandria, LA, 2014

•   Red River Radio: radio interview produced by NPR affiliate of Shreveport, LA, 2014

•   ArtistsNetwork: F & W Media, 2013

•   American Art Collector 96:promotion for the Oil Painters of America, & the International Guild of Realism, 2013

•   Southwest Art Magazine: "Artist to Watch" feature August issue, 2013

•   KSCL 91.3 FM: radio interview produced by Centenary College Radio, 2012

•   The Artist's Magazine: "Competition Spotlight" feature July/August issue, 2011

•   Newspaper Articles: Bastrop Enterprise (LA), Mansfield Enterprise (LA), The Sentinel Record, The Democrat Gazette, Arkansas Times (AR)

•   Accelerated Public Education Programs, Bastrop, LA

•   Private Instruction: Anne Goss Nelson, Bastrop, LA

•   Bastrop/Mansfield High Schools, 1983

•   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Louisiana Tech University, 1988

•   Partial Postgraduate Studies, East Carolina University