Her academic background includes the M.F.A. in Painting/Printmaking from Auburn University, the M.A. in History from the University of Alabama-Huntsville,theM.A. in Art Education from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and theB.F.A. in Studio Art from the Mississippi University for Women. She has presented multiple solo exhibitions in North Mississippi, West Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Huntsville Museum of Art, Mobile Museum of Art, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Morris Museum of Southern Art and Mississippi Museum of Art. Her multiple awards and participation in juried exhibits include an Award of Honor at the 1994 American Pen Women 37th Biennial National Art Exhibit at the Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City.