About The Artist

Biography Born: July 13, 1963, Denver, Colorado Education Associates Degree in Commercial Advertising, Colorado Institute of Art 1983 Awards Best of Show – Open Show, Denver Cooperative Art Center 1990 Finalist for Colorado selection in the Absolut America ad campaign coordinated by Gannett Publishing 1990 Featured artist for Keyline Graphics quarterly calendar poster 2000 Second Place in Oil Painting Littleton Library Call for Entries Show, 2003 First Place in Oil Painting "Own An Original Art Show" Littleton, Colorado, 2009 Exhibitions Recharge! Show sponsored by Kyle Belding and Denver Art Supply 1987 Open show Denver Cooperative Art Center, Denver, CO 1990 Open show New Core Art Space, Denver, CO 1993 Open show New Core Art Space, Denver, CO 1994 Littleton Town Center Art Show, Littleton, CO 1995 DCPA “Saturday Night Alive” silent art auction 2000 “Faces of Woman” show Honorable Mention in 2D category, Las Vegas NM March 2001 Colorado Call for Entries Show, Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO July 2001 The Mask Project, A Benefit for Metro Denver Hospice, 2005 Gallery Exhibitions Anthony L. Rhea Gallery – Exhibit and demonstration during Cherry Creek Arts Festival 1998 –2001 ArtExpo California, Los Angeles, CA 1998 Sandra Philips Gallery, 2001 Great Western Art Gallery 2010 to present Commissions J.D. Edwards & Company – 1997 Thomas Kinkade Gallery, Cherry Creek, Denver, CO 1998 Daniels Business College, Denver University, Denver, CO 2000 Personal Married: Linda M. Velarde, four children, Jennifer, Holly, Christopher, Julia