Education
                       
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Degree: Master of Fine Arts,

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts,


Work Experience

2000-Present    Chair of the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Associate Professor of Art, MacMurray College
1998-2000    Coordinator of Art at Darton College.
1997-1998    Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at West Virginia Wesleyan College.


Exhibitions

    2010    Raymond Yeager: The Janus Series
               Edwardsville Art Center
               Edwardsville, IL

    2009    Contemporary Painting
               Ford Gallery at Eastern Michigan University
               Ypsilanti, MI

               Esprit de corps
               Applebee Gallery at MacMurray College
               Jacksonville, IL

               16th Annual Juried Art Exhibit
               Jasper Art Center
               Jasper, IN

               Solo Exhibition
               Three Legged Dog
               Jacksonville, IL

              23rd Biennial Southern Illinois Artists Exhibition
              Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
              Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

              Contemporary Artists Exhibit
              Andrews Art Museum
              Andrews, NC

              From Nature
              The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago
              180 Gallery
              Chicago, IL

              Encaustic Works Biennial Exhibition
              Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle
              New Rochelle, New York

              Group Exhibition
              Three Legged Dog
              Jacksonville, IL

 2008      Solo Exhibition - Abstract Realism
              Kresge Gallery
              Lyon College
              Batesville, AR

              KY7 Biennial
              Lexington Art League
              Lexington, KY
       
              Painting
              Foundry Art Centre
              St. Charles, MO

              Rockford Midwestern Biennial
              Rockford Art Museum
              Rockford, IL

              Group Exhibition - Corporeal Ardor
              Springer Cultural Center
              Champaign, IL
   
              Solo Exhibition-Dissolution
              Quad City Arts Center Gallery
              Rock Island, IL

  2007     Solo Exhibition - Abstraction of the Real
              Alexander Brest Museum and Gallery
              Jacksonville University
              Jacksonville, FL

  2006     Art St. Louis XXII
              Art St. Louis Gallery
              St. Louis, Missouri

              LaGrange National Biennial XXIV
              Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
              LaGrange, Georgia
              Juror: Pamela Franks, curator of academic
              initiatives at the Yale University Art Gallery

  2005     New American Paintings Midwest Competition No. 59
              Juried Exhibition-in-Print
              Juror: Dominic Molon,
              Pamela Alper Associate Curator,
              Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

  2004     Inaugural Biennial Juried
              Underground Railroad Exhibition
              Northern Kentucky University
              Institute for Freedom Studies
              Highland Heights, Kentucky
              Juror: Michael Ray Charles

  2003    Solo Exhibition
             Applebee Gallery
             Jacksonville, IL

             20th Biennial Southern Illinois Artists Exhibition
             Mitchell Museum,
             Mt. Vernon, IL

  2002    16th Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition

             Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University,

             Warrensberg, MO

  2001    Solo Exhibition
             Mobil Art Gallery
             Jacksonville, IL

             51st Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition
             Quincy Art Center
             Quincy, IL

  1998    Solo Exhibition
             Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College
             Buckhannon, WV

             Artists of West Virginia
             Daywood Gallery, Alderson-Broaddus College
             Phillipi, WV

  1996     VSU Faculty Emeritus & Alumni Invitational
              Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery
              Valdosta, GA

  1995     Art of the Southeast
              Firehouse Center                                                                                                                                              Bainbridge, GA

  1994     Florida Biennial
              Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL
              Juror Michael Auping, Chief Curator,
              Modern Museum of Fort Worth

  1993      Solo Exhibition
               Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery
               Valdosta, GA

               Valdosta Works On Paper
               Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery
               Valdosta, GA
               Juror: Larry Walker


Grants, Awards and Residencies

   2008      Visiting Artist Residency
                Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas
                Residency and exhibition in the Kresge Gallery
   
                Green Foundation Grant
                $20,000 grant for updates to the art computer lab.
       
   2007      Finalist award from the Illinois Arts Council.
                The Finalist Award category recognizes and
                encourages additional applicants who
                demonstrate considerable talent.

                   Visiting Artist Residency
                   Residency and exhibition in the Alexander Brest Museum. Also included the creation of a glass
                installation in cooperation with the glass studio.

Lectures

    2008    Dissolution of Realism
                   Artist lecture at University of Illinois at Springfield.

    2007    Abstraction of the Real
                  Artist lecture at Jacksonville University
                  in conjunction with artist residency.

    2002    Lecture and week long seminar on how to
                  incorporate art into MacMurray College’s General Education Curriculum.

    1993    Panel of selected artist from the Florida Biennial
                  discussing and examining the state of the arts in Florida and nationally.

    1993    Lecture and workshop about Monoprinting given at Georgia Southern University.