- Beatrice and Sidney Laufman Award, National Academy of Design, 183rd Annual Exhibition, 2008
- Elected Member, Century Association, 2007
- Invited Artist, Forbes Trinchera Ranch Residency, Ft. Garland, Colorado, 2006
- Emil and Dines Carlsen Award, National Academy of Design, 179th Annual Exhibition, 2004
- U.S. State Department, Art in Embassies Program, with paintings in Ankara, Turkey and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2004
- Outstanding Faculty Award, State of Virginia, State Council of Higher Education, 1995
- Distinguished Educator Award, University of Richmond, 1993
- Christian Johnson Endeavor Fund, grant for the development of interdisciplinary studies course, “Artists’ Writings,” 1997
- University of Richmond, PETE grant for the development of interdisciplinary studies course, “Music and the Visual Arts.”, 1995
- Henry Evans Traveling Fellowship (Columbia University) to study painting in England, 1978
- National Academy of Design, Merit Scholarship, 1979
- Brooklyn Museum Art School, Max Beckmann Scholarship, 1978-79