Vicky entered one of her first paintings in a county fair in her native Washington State and was awarded the top award.

She has been a design draftsman, leaving that field for the opportunity to travel when she moved with her family to Saudi Arabia.  There she found a professional mentor in Hannah Garrett, a landscape artist from Texas.  She won awards for her artwork, helped lead the local art group and create sets for the theater group.  Travel afforded her the opportunity to visit museums and study the works of some of the world's enduring masters firsthand.

Since returning to the US, Vicky has studied at the Glassell Art School in Houston, the North Light School and Scarab Club while in the Midwest.  Once again in Houston, she has studied with Houston sculptor, Wei Li Wang and oil painters Polly Lui and William Kalwick.

Recent Awards:
First Place, Honorable Mention; Houston Civic Arts Association,  Fall 2007
First Place, Second Place, Third Place; Sugar Land Area Artists, Fall 2007

Affiliations:
Portrait Society of America
Oil Painters of America, Associate Member
Houston Civic Arts Association
Houston Art League

Vicky enjoys painting landscape and still life, but finds figures and portraits the most rewarding.  She enjoys the challenge of discovering the traits that make each person unique and bringing them to life through oil painting and sculpture.