Awards

Award in Memory of Robert Sakson for Watercolor for “Stick In the Mud” — Ellarslie Open 40 – Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, NJ – Jun 2023 – Sep 2023

Merit Award for “Fragile Balance 1” — New Jersey Watercolor Society Annual Online Associate Members’ Show – Mar 2023

Loew and Patel Orthodontics Award for “Stick in the Mud” — Garden State Watercolor Society Signature and Associate Member’s Exhibition – AOY Arts Center, Yardley, PA – Nov 2022

Associate Members Award of Excellence in Watercolor for “Bufflehead Duck” — Garden State Watercolor Society Signature and Associate Member’s Exhibition – Middletown, NJ – Nov 2017 – Jan 2018

Professional accomplishments

Juried shows:

Ellarslie Open 40, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie – Jun 2023 – Sep 2023

Mercer County Artists Exhibition, Mercer County Community College – Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

“Migration: Movement for Survival” 53rd Open Annual Juried Exhibition, Garden State Watercolor Society, D&R Greenway Land Trust – May – September 2023

AOY 11th Annual Juried Show, AOY Art Center – April – May 2023

“2023 Online Annual Elected Members’ Show”, New Jersey Watercolor Society – Jun 2023 – Jun 2023

Ellarslie 39 Annual Juried Show, Trenton City Museum – Trenton, NJ – Jun 2022

“After the Charm: In the Name of Autumn” Watercolor and mixed media exhibition, Alfa Art Gallery – New Brunswick, NJ – Nov 2022

“Beyond the Brush: The Contemporary Imagination” Oil and mixed media exhibition, Alfa Art Gallery – New Brunswick, NJ – April – August 2022

Garden State Watercolor Society Signature and Associate Member’s Virtual Exhibition – March – April 2021

John James Audubon “Drawn From Nature”, 13th Annual Juried Show – Audubon, PA – Apr 2019

1719 William Trent House “300 Years of Trenton History” Juried Show – Trenton, NJ – Nov 2018 – Jan 2019

D&R Greenway Land Trust “Lovely as a Tree” Annual Juried Show – Princeton, NJ – Nov 2018 – Jan 2019

John James Audubon “Drawn from Nature”, 12th Annual Juried Show – Audubon, PA – Apr 2018

D&R Greenway Land Trust “Feather and Flight” Annual Juried Show – Princeton, NJ – Dec 2017 – Feb 2018

Garden State Watercolor Society Signature and Associate Member’s Exhibition – Middletown, NJ – Nov 2017 – Jan 2018

Belmar Arts Bird Art Juried Show – Belmar, NJ – Jul – Aug 2017

John James Audubon “Drawn from Nature”, 11th Annual Juried Show – Audubon PA – 2017

New Jersey Audubon Plainsboro Preserve “Wild New Jersey”, 3rd Annual Juried Art Show – Plainsboro, NJ – Apr – May 2017

D&R Greenway Land Trust “Earth and Fire”, Annual Juried Show – Princeton NJ – Nov 2015 – Jan 2016

Solo shows:

Chambers Walk – Lawrenceville, NJ – Jul 2023 – Sep 2023

Sumo Sushi – Pennington, NJ – Feb 2020 – Mar 2022

Ewing Township Municipal Building – Ewing, NJ – Sep 2019

Hopewell Valley Vineyards – Pennington, NJ – Jul 2019

Sumo Sushi – Pennington, NJ – Mar 2019

Trenton Social – Trenton, NJ – Aug 2018

Base Camp Trenton – Trenton, NJ – Aug 2018

Sumo Sushi – Pennington, NJ – May – Jun 2018

Select Group Shows:

“10 x10 Red Dot Fundraiser”, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ, Nov 2023

Art Jam 2023, HomeFront, Princeton, NJ – May 2023

New Members Show, AOY Arts Center, Yardley, PA – Feb 2023

AOY Small Works Show, AOY Arts Center, Yardley, PA – Jan 2023

Members Exhibition, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ – Nov 2022

“10 x 10 Red Dot Fundraiser”, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ – Dec 2022

Members Exhibition, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ – Dec 2022

“Spring Into Art”, Straube Center – Pennington, NJ – Apr 2022

Collaborative show with Luna Sconty, Straube Center – Pennington, NJ – Sep 2021 – Feb 2023

Annual Membership Show, Arts Council of Princeton – Princeton NJ – Dec 2021

“10 x 10 Red Dot Fundraiser”, Artworks Trenton – Trenton, NJ – Dec 2021

“10 x 10 Red Dot Fundraiser”, Artworks Trenton – Trenton, NJ – Dec 2020

Art All Night Selects Exhibition, Artworks Trenton – Trenton, NJ – Aug 2020

“Quarantine In Isolation”, Artworks Trenton – Trenton, NJ – May 2020

“The Way We Live”, Base Camp Trenton – Trenton NJ – Oct 2019

“Wild!”, Ewing Township Municipal Building – Ewing NJ – Oct 2019

“Midsummer Menagerie”, Straube Center – Pennington NJ – Oct 2019

“Legacy of Loss”, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville NJ – Jun – Jul 2019

“All in the Family”, Artworks Trenton – Trenton, NJ – May – Jun 2019

Prindiville Moher Gallery “Small Works Show”- Hopewell Valley Vineyards, Hopewell, NJ – Jan – Feb 2019

“Members Exhibition” and “10 x 10 Red Dot Fundraiser”, Artworks Trenton – Trenton NJ – dec 2018 – Jan 2019

“Out of the Ashes – Slice of Art”, Hopewell Valley Vineyards – Hopewell, NJ – Sep 2018

“Mix Tape”, Visual Stream Vallery – Lambertville, NJ – Aug 2018

Art All Night, Artworks Trenton – Trenton NJ – Jun 2018

“The Birds”, LITM – Jersey City, NJ – May – Jun 2018

My paintings have also been shown in group shows at the Arts Council of Princeton, West Windsor Arts Council, Artworks Trenton, and the Monmouth Museum, as well as many locations in Central New Jersey. I have been in shows with the Garden State Watercolor Society, Artworks Trenton, Prindiville Moher Gallery, Visual Stream Gallery, ArtJam, and the Creative Collective.

Public Installations:

“TRANSITional Art Project”, New Jersey Transit – Trenton, NJ – 2021

Press / Articles:

Discover Jersey Arts, September 6, 2023, “Afternoon Delight: Artworks’ “Art All Day”, Chris Lillja

https://jerseyartsfeatures.com/content/2023/9/6/afternoon-delight-artworks-art-all-daynbspnbsp

Discover Jersey Arts, July 12, 2023, “Ellarslie Open Celebrates 40 Years of Award Winning Artists”, Ilene Dube

https://jerseyartsfeatures.com/content/2023/7/13/ellarslie-open-celebrates-40-years-of-award-winning-artists

The Times of Trenton, March 31, 2021, “Fine Arts: Garden State Watercolor Society Members Exhibition is an online event this year”, Janet Purcell

https://www.nj.com/times/2021/03/fine-arts-garden-state-watercolor-society-members-exhibition-is-an-online-event-this-year.html?fbclid=IwAR2bue-wPG8N5GiEVHkrokG41SsKt6-YLGNU4vHv2pVn2S0heM8Ax-frnCk

The Times of Trenton, April 22, 2020 “Trenton is the ‘art home’ for Laura Beard”, Janet Purcell

https://www.nj.com/times/2020/04/fine-arts-trenton-is-the-art-home-for-laura-beard.html

The Times of Trenton, July 26th, 2019, page G9, “Creatures are featured at ‘Midsummer Menagerie’ exhibit in Pennington”, Janet Purcell

https://www.nj.com/times/2019/07/fine-arts-the-straube-center-offers-art-enthusiasts-a-midsummer-menagerie.html

Teaching Experience:

Elementary Art Education, Grades 1-4 – Sprout U School of the Arts, Trenton, NJ – Sep 2019 – Jan 2020

Beginning Drawing and Painting – That Pottery Place, West Windsor, NJ – Mar 2017 – Jul 2018

Elementary Art Education, Grades K-5 – Homeschool Support Network, Lawrenceville, NJ – Sep 2012 – Jun 2014

Arts Education:

Orange Door Studio

Westerly Learning Center

Arts Council of Princeton