First Place, Visual Arts, Works on Canvas, “Identity: A Self Portrait”
Literary Works Winner, Poetry, “Identity”
Dallas, Texas

Honorable Mention,
Oil/Acrylic/Pastel, Any Subject, Teachers and Professionals Division
“Ghanaian Village School Kids”
Dallas, Texas

Second Place, Works on Canvas, “We Writin’ It ALL!”
Duncanville, Texas

Faith, Family, Foliage, Future Series
Museum of International Cultures
Duncanville, Texas

Journal of Language and Literacy Education
Fall Edition, Volume 13, Issue 2
Futures of Mpeasem Series,
“Family Homecoming Fantasy”

(not directly related to my painting, but definitely an award and a recognition!)
University of North Texas
PhD Curriculum and Instruction
Area of Interest: Arts-Related Multimodal Literacies

International Museum of Cultures
Duncanville, Texas

Third Place, Works on Canvas, “Wreckless Praise”
DeSoto, Texas

Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, “Midnight on the Lake”
Dallas, Texas

Richardson, Texas

Cedar Hill, Texas

Three Abstracts
Dallas, Texas

First Place, Works on Canvas,
“Discarded, Reclaimed”
DeSoto, Texas

First Place, Acrylic, Abstract
Cedar Hill, Texas

First Place, Mixed Media, “The Root of Jesse”
Second Place, Mixed Media, “Water”
DeSoto, Texas

First Place, Mixed Media, “Midnight on the Lake”
Second Place, Pastel, “Santorini”
Cedar Hill, Texas

Second Place, Oil, “Baseball Boys”
DeSoto, Texas

“Art Walk,” Uptown Village
Cedar Hill, Texas

“The Joy of It”

Honorable Mention, Oil, “Mother and Child ”
Cedar Hill, Texas

First Place, Pastel, “Teach Me”
DeSoto, Texas

First Place, Photography, “Italian Hillside”
Cedar Hill, Texas

Duncanville Public Library Board Room
Duncanville, Texas

Bakery on a Hill,
Cedar Hill, Texas

Phd, Curriculum and Instruction
University of North Texas, Denton
May, 2017