Work and Art Resume
EDUCATION
1994 Custom Framing Training - Larson Juhl’s, Methuen, MA
1986 Accounting 1 & 11 - D.W. College, Nashua, NH
1985 Portraiture (oil & pastel) Daniel Green (Renowned Artist) New York, NY
1982 Portraiture (watercolor) Pheobe Flory (Renowned Artist) Mount Vernon,NH.
1980-1981 3 Full Semesters Fine Art Degree, University of New Hampshire, NH
1980 College Degree in Arts, University of New Hampshire, NH
1978 Watercolor with Martin Ahearn (Renowned Artist) Gloucester, MA
1019 PACE 19 - Plein Air Convention San Francisco CA
WORK HISTORY 2020
2016 to 2020: Holding Broker License as Polly Berlin
2004 to 2016 Real Estate Broker/Owner, Lake Gallery Real Estate, Belmont, NH
2000 – 2003 Real Estate Broker, Re/Max, Laconia & Meredith, NH
1999 - 2000 Real Estate Broker, Coldwell Banker, Laconia, NH
1997 - 1999 Real Estate Sales Associates, Better Homes and Garden, Nashua, NH
1995-1997 Teaching Art, private lessons and at the Institute of Art, Nashua, NH
1995-1999 H & R Block Tax Preparation (part-time)
1986-1995 Accounting, Canteen Corp., Waltham, MA
1983-1986 Accounting, Service America, Nashua, NH & Stoneham, MA
1981-1982 Secretary, G.N. Johnston Equipment, Lachine, Quebec
Prior 1977 10 years Banking Experience, Montreal, Quebec
1977-1997 ART EXPERIENCE
Exhibits and Shows, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusset & New Hampshire
Conducted several art classes in oil, watercolor for adults and children
Operate a small business “Framing Nook” 1994-1997
CHAIRPERSON: “Spring Palette” Art Exhibit 1992, 1993, 1994
BOARD ADVISER: Nashua Artists Association 1993-1994
PRESIDENT: Nashua Artists Association - 1992
Gallery Owner/Partership, Amherst NH - 1986
TREASURER: Nashua Artists Association 1983-1985
AWARDS 1977 to Present
1978- 1st place, oil, Merrimack, NH
1980 - 1st place, w/c, Merrimack, NH
1980 - Honorable mention, oil, Merrimack, NH
1980 - Honorable mention, Manchester, NH
1980 - 1st place, graphite, Merrimack, NH
1980 - 3rd place, graphite, Manchester, NH
1981 - 1st place, oil, Merrimack, NH
1983 - 3rd place, graphite, Merrimack NH
1983 - 3rd place, w/c, Nashua, NH
1983 - 1st place, w/c , Manchester, NH
1983 - 2nd place. w/c, Manchester, NH
1983 - 2nd place, w/c, Lowell, MS
1983 - 3rd place, w/c, Chelmsford, MA
1983 - 3rd place, w/c, Andover, MA
1984 - 2nd place, w/c, Nashua, NH
1985 - 2nd place, w/c, Manchester, NH
1987 - 3rd place, w/c, Manchester, NH
1990 - Purchase award, oil, Portland, ME
1991 - Honorable mention, w/c, Milford, NH
1992 - Purchase award, oil, Saco, ME
1993 - Purchase award, oil, Saco, ME
1994 - Purchase award, oil, Saco, ME
1997 - Purchase award, oil, Saco, ME
1997 - Purchase award, oil, Wolfeboro, NH
1997 - 3 Purchase award, oil, Conway, NH
1997 - Purchase award, oil, Portland, ME
2013 - 2nd place, acrylic, Dunedin, FL
2014 - Best of Show, oil, Creative Artists Guild, Dunedin, FL
2014 - Honorable Mention, Alcohol Ink, Creative Artist Guild, Dunedin, FL
2015 - 2nd place, oil, Creative Artist Guild, Dunedin, FL
2015 - Honorable Mention, oil, Pinellas Park Art Society, FL
2016 - 2nd place, oil, Creative Artists Guild, Largo Library Exhibit, FL
2016 - 2nd place, oil, The Exhibiting Society of Artists, FL
2016 - 2nd place, oil, Creative Artists Guild, Dunedin, FL
2017 - Medal - International Society of Acrylic Painters, FL
2017 - Honorable, oil, Creative Artist Guild, Dunedin, Fl
2017 - Honorable Mention - Miniature Art Exhibit, oil - Winter Haven, FL
2017 - Honorable Mention - Stirling Exhibit - TESA - Dunedin, FL
2017 - Merit Award - Miniature Painting, oil - TESA - Largo, FL
2017 - 3rd place, acrylic - Tarpon Spring Art Association, TS, FL
2017 - First place, acrylic - Creative Artists Guild, Clearwater, FL
2018 - Honorable (Still Life) - Miniature Exhibition Mariposa, CA
2018 - Honorable (Birds) - Miniature Exhibition Mariposa, CA
2018 - 2nd place, oil - Creative artists Guild, Clearwater, FL
2018 - Honorable Mention - The Exhibiting Society of Artists, FL
2018 - 2nd place, oil - Lakes Region Art Association, NH
2018 - 2nd place, mixed media - Lakes Region Art Association, NH
2019 - 3rd place, seascape - Miniature Show, Sierra Artists, Mariposa CA
2020 - 1st place, seascape - TESA Show, Seminole Campus, Seminole FL
2020 - Honorable Mention - Miniature Show, Mariposa, CA
2021 - Second Place Award - TESA Show, Stirling Art Studios & Gallery, FL
2021 - Third Place Award - Miniature Show, Mariposa, CA
Art Associations
"CAG" Creative Art Guild, Dunedin, FL.
President 2011-2013 - President 2014-15
"MASF" Miniature Art Society of Florida