Curriculum Vitae

American Women Artists,
Signature member

  • 2025
    December Group Show | Red Raven Art Company | Lancaster, PA
    Squared 2025 | Creative York, PA
    Art with Heart 2025 | Creative York | York, PA
    Joy in the Garden | Group Show | Red Raven Art Company | Lancaster, PA
    NEOMENIA | JAWBONE Gallery | Cape May, NJ
    2025 Annual Online Juried Show | American Women Artists

    2024
    Art with Heart 2024 | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York, PA
    2024 Online Juried Show | American Women Artists | Online
    Blooming Joy | Red Raven Art Company | Lancaster, PA
    Expanding Horizons | American Women Artists | Loveland Museum | Loveland, CO
    December Group Show | Red Raven Art Company | Lancaster, PA
    Small Works 12” and Under | Creative York | Kerlin Gallery | York, PA

    2023
    Small Works: 12” and Under | Creative York | Kerlin Gallery | York, PA
    2023 Annual Online Juried Show | American Women Artists | 3rd Prize Overall for Raise the Flags
    Pushing Forward Reaching Back | American Women Artists | Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
    Regional Juried Exhibition | Wayne Art Center | Wayne, PA
    19th Annual Juried Exhibition | Adams County Arts Council | Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College

    2022
    Art with Heart 2022 | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA
    One Earth | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA

    2021
    Members' Exhibition "Hope & Resilience" | Creative York Kerlin Gallery |York PA
    Art with Heart 2021 | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA
    Group Exhibition "Hope & Healing: A Journey into Light" | Creative York Kerlin Gallery |York PA

    2020
    SOLO EXHIBITION "Hopeful Expressions" | The Grotto |York PA
    SOLO EXHIBITION "when words aren't enough" | The Gallery in the Scott Center, Carroll Community College | Westminster MD

    2019
    100 UNDER 100 | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA
    YORKFEST JURIED ADULT EXHIBITION | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA
    ORDINARY OBJECTS Group Exhibition | HIVE Artspace | York PA
    Members' Exhibition | Creative York Kerlin Gallery |York PA
    BLUE Group Exhibition | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA

    2018
    100 UNDER 100 Group Exhibition | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA
    THE SPOOKY SHOW Group Exhibition | HIVE Artspace | York PA
    PHANTOM NARRATIVE GROUP EXHBITION | The Gallery in the Scott Center, Carroll Community College | Westminster MD
    YORKFEST JURIED ADULT EXHIBITION | Creative York Kerlin Gallery | York PA
    BEAUTIFUL DEATH Group Exhibition | CreativeYorkWest | York PA

    2017
    RICHESON75 STILL LIFE & FLORAL 2017 | richeson75.com

    2016
    OPA EASTERN REGIONAL EXHIBITION | Eisele Gallery of Fine Art | Cincinnati OH
    TWITTER ART EXHIBIT / NYC | Trygve Lie Gallery | New York City NY

    2015
    7th ANNUAL 6" SQUARED EXHIBITION | Randy Higbee Gallery | Costa Mesa CA

    2010
    40th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT | York Art Association | York PA /Award of Excellence received for 'bone'

    2007
    GROUP HOLIDAY SHOW | Keystone Art & Culture Center | Lancaster PA
    JOINT SHOW | Keystone Art & Culture Center | Lancaster PA
    EXPRESSIONS-Solo Show | HACC Gettysburg Campus | Gettysburg PA

    2005
    35th ANNUAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBIT | York Art Association | York PA
    INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT | Open Stage of Harrisburg | Harrisburg PA
    ONE OF A KIND-Group Exhibit | Zembo Mosque | Harrisburg, PA
    GOOD THINGS-Joint Show | Thistles Fine Art Gallery | Lewe, DE
    NEW WORKS-Three Person Show | Mangia Qui | Harrisburg PA

    2004
    PART OF THE FAMILY-Solo Show | Open Stage of Harrisburg | Harrisburg PA
    THE FLORALS-Joint Show | Thistles Fine Art Gallery | Lewes DE

  • 2023 ANNUAL ONLINE JURIED SHOW / AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS | 3rd Prize Overall for ‘Raise the Flags’
    2018 YORKFEST JURIED ADULT EXHIBITION / Award of Distinction for 'after death, life'
    2017 APRIL • 2016-2017 SEDONA ART PRIZE Finalist for 'do not be blinded by words'
    2017 APRIL • RICHESON75 Still Life & Floral Exhibition - Finalist for 'after death, life'
    2017 APRIL • RICHESON75 Still Life & Floral Exhibition - Meritorius Selection for 'all falls are not the end'
    2017 MARCH • ArtMuseContest.com Merit Award - Emerging Artist Category for 'after death, life'
    2016 JUNE • ArtMuseContest.com Finalist - Emerging Artist Categoryfor 'skull study: elk cow'
    2010 • Award of Excellence for 'bone' | 40th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT | York Art Association | York PA

  • 2025 • October | Fine Art Connoisseur • “The Arrival of Spring” featured in ‘Florals & Botanicals” issue
    2025 • Summer Issue | Balance Magazine • “Painting the Circle of Life” | feature article and cover
    2024 • April | Realism Today •Painting of the Week “Raise the Flags”
    2024 • February | Realism Today • “The Harmonic Armature: “In the Moment” Still Life Painting
    2021 • August | Fine Art Connoisseur • “Caught in the Moment” featured in “Blooms for us All” floral article
    2020 • "Carroll Community College art show explores narrative in the natural world" Carroll County Times/Baltimore Sun
    2020 • "when words aren't enough | Christine Mercer-Vernon" BmoreArt.com
    2018 • 'An Eye for Art: Regional artist Christine Mercer-Vernon uses death to tell stories' | Carroll County Times
    2017 • 'Pennsylvania Narrative Artist Creates Stunning Oil On Dibond Paintings' | 3A Composites
    2016 • 'The Beauty of Skulls' | Scientific American, Symbiartic Blog
    2011 • 'Artist Spotlight: Christine Mercer-Vernon' | Dynasty Brush Blog
    2008 • 'One Smart Woman' | Smart Magazine
    2004 • 'Hiding in Plain Sight' | Cover and Interior Art
    2004 • 'Artist Cove: Featured Artist' | The York Dispatch

  • 2019 Carlo Russo, Studio Incamminati
    2013 Jon DeMartin, Studio Incamminati
    2000 Pennsylvania School of Art & Design
    1993 Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts

  • contemporary still life oil painting of light and dark purple iris flowers from bud to bloom

    3rd Prize Overall

    American Women Artists
    2023 Annual Online Juried Show

    Raise the Flags
    24x24 inch oil on ACM

  • 2025 Florals and Botanicals issue of fine art connoisseur featuring my daffodil painting, The Arrival of Spring

    Featured in Fine Art Connoisseur

    “Florals and Botanicals” issue

    The Arrival of Spring
    20×16 inch oil and graphite on ACM

  • Award of Distinction

    Yorkfest Juried Adult Exhibition Creative York, Kerlin Gallery

    After death, life
    38x36 inch oil on ACM

  • cover of balance magazine, produced by LNP Media Group, Inc. and the Lancaster Newspaper from Lancaster, PA

    Featured in Balance Magazine

    “Painting the
    Circle of Life”
    feature article & cover

    Read the article here >

  • A person working on a botanical illustration or botanical art, tracing or drawing flower sketches on transparent paper placed over a printed photo of flowers, with colored markers and pencils on the table.

    Realism Today