Originally from Duluth, Minnesota, Bonnie graduated with a BFA in illustration and design. After arriving in the Colorado Rockies, she started her career in the commercial field of T-shirt designs and book illustration before moving on to the world of fine art with gallery showings and commissions. Her subject matter includes mountain scenes, wildlife, western, local points of interest, home renderings and portraiture. She has also spent the last 15 years painting murals and carving bas relief sculpture in private homes and businesses. Bonnie was profiled in the 2001 Breckenridge and Summit magazines. She painted the back drop portrait murals for the Lutheran Synod conference of 2003, and was invited to hang the same pieces at a peace conference in Italy in September 2004. Bonnie also won the prestigious 2004 Bach Beethoven and Breckenridge poster competition for the Breckenridge Music Institute.

Experience Fine Art & Murals
· Private & Public, Fine Art & Mural commissions with a wide variety of subject matter including; scenery, wildlife, people & the solar system.
· Design work with logos, furniture, decorative painting and public metal art sculpture.
· 24 published Itd edition prints that include 2 fine art posters that are distributed throughout the western United States.
· Pastel workshop instructor at Colorado Mountain College Breckenridge,Colorado

Commercial - can be seen at the following places
· Wetlands Mural at Summit Cove Elementary
· Aspen Mural at Cool River Bakery, Breckenridge
· Scenic Wildlife, Lake Dillon Mural in Dillon Mall
· "Rainbow Bridge" Mural at the Summit County Animal Shelter
· Scenic Bighorn Mural for Bighorn Supply in Silverthorne
· Design & Illustration for County Commons Metal Sculpture
· Bighorn Design Center River Mural
· Smith & Hawken Lake Dillon Mural
· Movie Star Mural Speakeasy Movie theater CMC, Breckenridge
· Hotel murals in Omaha, NE

Publications
· 12 Summit Daily Newspaper articles about her art work since 1997
· Ten Mile Times News article
· Breckenridge & Summit Magazine Profile Interview 2001
· Pictures and Quotes in the Spring 2006 “The Faux Finisher Magazine”
· Portrait Murals in “The Lutheran” Magazine 2002

Organizations
· Summit County Arts Council member, periodic board member, and art events participant ongoing since 1990
· Lord of the Mountains Lutheran Church Art Committee since 1997
· Summit County Arts Exhibit Committee 2006

BFA in Illustration and Design

Studied with Public artist William Cochran in Frederick, Maryland and the Vigini Studio in San Antonio, Texas, as well as various professional artists across the US

Fine Art & Mural commissions since 1991