Selected Exhibitions
Cofrin Gallery, Gainesville, FL (Realism) 2009
Appleton Museum, Ocala, FL (Appleton Biennial) 2006
Pastel Society of America, New York, NY 2004
Southeastern Pastel Society, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA 2004
Ft. Walton Beach Museum of Art (Pastels 2000, 6th Biennial National Exhibition) 2000
Walt Disney World Festival of the Masters, Orlando, FL 2000
Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH (The Figure, Draped and Otherwise) 1998
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (64th Annual Open Exhibition) 1989
Walt Disney World Festival of the Masters, Orlando, FL 1980

Solo Exhibitions
Melrose Bay Gallery, Melrose, FL (After Dark, Night Paintings by Melanie Peter) 2010
Hippodrome State Theater, Gainesville, FL (Revealed-Concealed) 2008
Burgin Gallery, St. Augustine, FL Featured Artist, August 2000
Wile-Kovach Gallery, Columbus, Ohio (Landscapes and Lifescapes) 1995
Artspace/Lima, Lima, OH (The Play of Light) 1993
Highland Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (The Garden of Eden) 1981

Selected Awards
Pastel Society of America, New York, NY, 32nd Annual International Open Exhibition 2004
Southeast Pastel Society, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, GA, International Exhibition 2004
Pastel 100 National Competition, Silver Medal 2003
Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Grins to Growls, Best of Show 2002
Festival of the Masters, Disney World, Purchase Award 2000
Pastels 2000, Sixth Biennial National Exhibition, Dahler-Rowney Award 2000
Pastel 100 National Competition, 2nd Place, Portraits 2000

Public Commissions
The Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine,
University of Florida, Shands Hospital, Portrait of Dr. Gravenstein 2008
The Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine,
University of Florida, Shands Hospital, Portrait of Dr. Modell 2008
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, College of Medicine,
The University of Florida, Portrait, Dr. Enneking 2007

Collections
Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
Entertainment Coaches of America, Leesburg, FL
Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Leesburg, FL
Crealde Art Center, Winter Park, FL