• Winner of the Body of Work Award, & Museum Purchase Award, 2020 EnPleinAirTEXAS
• Juried into the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Masters art spectacular in Laguna Beach, California.
• Awarded an Extraordinary Ability Green Card by the USCIS as an artist applicant.
Interesting fact: "My native language is Afrikaans which is widely spoken in South Africa where I was born and raised."