Education
1983- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
1999- Advance Life Drawing Studio, Drawing Studio, Portland, OR
2000- Advance Life Drawing Studio, Drawing Studio, Portland, OR
2014- Alternative Digital Printing, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
2015- Fine Art of Digital Printing, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2015- Lightroom Modules 1-6, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2015- Photoshop Modules 1-6, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Solo Exhibitions
2022- Timeless Engagement, side gallery to Helmut Newton:Private Property Exhibition, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography,Barcelona Spain
2020-Intimate Conversations, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
2019- Timeless Engagement, Umpqua Arts Center, Roseburg, OR
2019-Timeless Engagement, Access Art, Lake Oswego,OR
2018- Verdure, Bedizen, Portland OR
2018- Timeless Engagement, Portland Art Museum Grounds Cafe, Portland, OR
Invitational Exhibitions
2022- 7th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Gala Awards, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography,Barcelona, Spain
2022- 18h Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography,Barcelona, Spain
2021- 6th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Gala Awards, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography,Barcelona Spain
2020-Open Show Award Winners,Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego,OR
2020- 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography,Barcelona, Spain
2019- Open Show Award Winners, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego,
2018- Open Show Award Winners, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Group Exhibitions
2023-London Art Biennale, Chelsea Hall, London, England
2023-Art About Agriculture, Giustina Gallery at the LeSell’s Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2023-The Spring Show,Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
2023-Botanical,Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2023-Fine Arts Juried Show, Northwind Fine Arts Gallery, Saranac Lake,NY
2023- Artist Guild Spring Online Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego,CA
2022- Art In Oregon Holiday Art Show, Mary Elizabeth Gallery, Oregon City,OR
2022- The Fall Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery,Portland,OR
2022-Connections, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, online
2022-Planetarium, Gallerium Art, Ontario,Canada
2022- 4th Botanicals, Art Room Gallery, online
2022-8th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art Gallery,Santa Fe,New Mexico, online
2022 – Diversia Woman 2022, Exhibizone, online gallery and publication
2022- Spring Members Show,Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland,OR
2021- Women’s Work 34th Anniversary Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
2021- Spring to Life, 311 Gallery,Raleigh, NC
2021- Blooms, Kansas City Stockyard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021- Photography: Your Vision, D’Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2020- Open Show, Lakewood Center For the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2020- Black and White Art Show, Grey Cube Gallery, online gallery
2020- Botanicals, Art Room Gallery, online
2020- Monochrome,Las Laguna Gallery,Laguna Beach ,CA
2020- LA Artcore 4th Annual Photographic Competition and Exhibition,Los Angeles,CA
2020- Women’s Work 33rd Anniversary,Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Il
2019- 5th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
2019- Fall Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery,Portland, OR
2019- Portland Open Studios, My Studio, Portland, OR
2019- Northwest Viewing Draws, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2019- Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2019-Spring Members Show,Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery,Portland, OR
2019- Northwest Viewing Draws, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2019- West Coast Biennial at Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA
2018- 4th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
2018- Flower Power, Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018- Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2018- Artworks Northwest, The Arts Center Gallery, Roseburg, OR
2018-Spring Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
2018- Northwest Viewing Draws, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2017- Fall Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
2017- New Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
2017- Members Salon, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2016- Members Salon, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Awards
Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series,20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain,2023
Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series,19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain,2022
1st Place,Curator’s Choice, Cascade Aid’s Art Auction,Portland, OR,2022
Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series,18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain,2021
1st Place, Best of Show, Boise Art Museum Art in the Park, Boise, ID,2021
Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series,17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain,2020
Curator’s Choice, Cascade Aids Art’s Auction,Portland,OR,2020
Yellow Ribbon, Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR,2020
Gallery Choice Award, Women’s Work 33rd Anniversary,Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Il,2020
Honorable Mention, Fine Art,15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain,2019
Honorable Mention, 5th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs,CA,2019
Blue Ribbon Award,Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR,2019
Honorable Mention,4th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs,CA,2018
Blue Ribbon Award,Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR, 2 018
Private Collections
Timeless Engagement, Mercy Hospital, Roseburg, OR, Acquired 2018
Publications
“Women”,Diversia Magazine , Volume 21, March 8,2022, Page 4
“Fretta Cravens,”FotoNostrum Magazine, Volume 24, February 19,2022, Pages 48-61
Arts Festivals
2023- Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA
2023-Salem Art Fair and Festival, Salem, OR
2023-Best of The Northwest, Seattle WA
2023-Art By Design,Seattle Seattle Design Center, Seattle,WA
2022- Audubon Wild Arts Festival, Portland,OR
2022- Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
2022- Indian Wells Art Festival,Palm Desert, CA
2021- Boise Art Museum Art in the Park, Boise, ID
2021- Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, 2017 Ketchum, ID
2021- Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA
2019- Art in The Pearl, Portland, OR
2019- Arts Fair Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, WY
2019- Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA
2018- Arts Fair Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, WY
2018- Salem Art Fair and Festival, Salem, OR
2018- Best of the Northwest, Seattle, OR
2017- Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, 2017 Ketchum, ID
2017- Bellevue Art Museum Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA
2017- Salem Art Fair and Festival, Salem, OR
2017- Chicago Botanical Garden Arts Festival, Glencoe, IL
2017- Lake Oswego Festival of Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2016- Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR
2016- Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA
2016- Lake Oswego Festival of Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Current Representation:Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery,Portland, OR