Awards
2026: Cascading Dendrobiums —Trophy & First Place Award. Acrylic Collage on canvas-wrapped cradled panel.
2021: Stillness was selected for the 2021 National Juried Exhibition, Metamorphosis at the Tubac Center of the Arts in Arizona. Encaustic collage in the Red Fox Series and one of 62 from 380 submitted.
2020: The Red Fox – My Heart Cries Out was juried into the IEA Encaustic Virtual Show, Vignettes in Wax and Words. Encaustic collage in the Red Fox Series.
2015-2019: Four First Place Awards & one second place for orchid paintings in water media. Greater Lansing Orchid Society, Annual Show, MSU, East Lansing MI.
2016: Set Fire to the Rain, Ravello Hilltop, Turkish Tent & Morning Meadow juried into the 5th Annual Plein Air Salon Competition Online Juried Show.
2015: Piaggio Ap`e juried into the 7th Annual 6″ Squared Exhibition, Costa Mesa, California.
1993-1994: Universal Design Education Grant funded by Adaptive Environments, Boston, MA & the National Endowment for the Arts.
1982-1984: College & University Initiation Grants, Architectural Evaluation, Accessibility, Perception & Behavior.
1965-1969: UCLA Chancellors’ 4 year Teaching Fellowship & Dissertation Fellowship, graduated with Honors & Distinction.
1963-1965: Northwestern University Scholarships, graduated with Honors & Distinction.
1960 +1961: Wieboldt’s Scholastic Art Awards for Achievement in Art, 2 Blue Ribbons, 3 Gold Keys, 4 Places.
Exhibitions
2024 & 2025: Williamston Theatre Exhibition – Featured Artist in two one-person shows, Williamston, MI.
2024 & 2026: Williamstown Township Fine Art Sale & Studio Tour. Two person show — Bobbi’s work displayed in the studio and Chance Liscomb’s metal sculptures in the gardens.
2023: Featured Artist, Shiawassee Art Center, https://shiawasseearts.org/ Owosso, MI. featuring (among other works): Emergence, Zoom Zoom, Earthworks.
2013-2022: Williamstown Township Fine Art Sale & Studio Tour. Work exhibited in the Township Hall.
2016, 2018, & 2023: One Person Show, Featured Artist, Peoples Church, East Lansing, MI.
2016: Shiawassee Arts Center, Owosso, MI.
2015: Featured Artist, Shiawassee Art Center, https://shiawasseearts.org/ Owosso, MI.
2012: Two Person Show, Wax Fantasy, Mackerel Sky Gallery, East Lansing, MI.
2011-2016 Multiple Group Shows sponsored by the Mid-Michigan Art Guild including the 1212 Gallery, Delta Township Library, Absolute Gallery, Lansing, and Framer’s Edge Gallery, Okemos, MI.
2006: Group Show, Water Media, Peoples Church, East Lansing, MI.
1974-2009: Time Out as Interior Design Educator in tenure system.
1973: Group Show, Sumie, Osaka, JAPAN & One Person Show, Sumie & Water Color, Fine Arts Building, Washington State University.
1971: One Person Show, Mixed Media, Compton Union Building, Washington State University.
1969: MFA Group Exhibition, UCLA Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles.
Point Mugu Topographic MFA model on permanent exhibit for viewer orientation at the Point Mugu Recreational State Park, CA.
Selected Workshops Attended & Courses Taken
2026: Saturated Encaustic Monotypes with Paula Roland, Catalyst Art Lab (CAL).
2025 Silkscreen Monotype, ADD MORE! Encaustic monotypes, Mixed Media & Encaustic Monotypes with Jeff Hirst and Paula Roland, CAL.
2024: Refined Transformation: A Master Encaustic class, Gel Plate Printing with Jeff Hirst, CAL.
2023: Alternative Substrates with Jeff Hirst, CAL.
2020-2022: Multiple on-line workshops with Instructors: Helen Dannelly, Paula Roland, Patti Rusotti, Jeff Hirst. Sponsored by Catalyst Art Lab, (CAL). Explorations in 3D Structures, Zen, Big Brush & Expressive Mark-Making, Smart Phone as Camera, Digital Imaging, Brave Space: Working Large with Mixed Media, Carbon Lab.
2019: Encaustic workshop, Layering and Photo Based Imagery with Wayne Montecalvo at R&F, NY.
2012-2016: Water Media Workshops with Mark Mehaffey, MI.
2014: Flying Colors Art Workshop with Mark Mehaffey, Amalfi Coast, Italy.
2010-12: Encaustic Workshops — William Harsh, Carmel, CA, Cynthia Winika, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI, Alexandre Masino, R&F Paints, N.Y. Sarah Rehmer, R&F Paints, La Grange, IL.
2009 & 2011: Pastel Workshops, Sandy Davison & Jim Markle, MI.
2010: Acrylic & Collage Workshop, Robert Burridge, WI.
2009,2012, 2014, 2019: Figure Study, Williamston High School, MI.
2009 – 2010: Life Drawing with Joy Schroeder, MSU Department of Art.
1989-1990: Multiple Marker Workshops, Shopsmith Woodworking & Auto Cad courses.
1982: Lighting Workshop for College and University Professors, G. E. Research Lighting Institute, OH.
1973: Contemporary Sumie Brush Painting, Osaka University, JAPAN.