Occupation: Painter, Instructor Media: Oil, Pastel. Born New York, New York.
Education Traphagen Inst Fashion Illus. Art Students League, studied with Greene, Sanden & Passantino, 79-80. private study with J H Sanden & Burton Silverman, 82-91. Centenary Coll, BFA, Hackettstown, New Jersey, 97.
Teaching Positions Fac member, portrait, Nat Portrait Home Study, 85-87; painting, portrait, still life, landscape, oil & pastel, Morris Co Art Association, Morristown, New Jersey, 89-; instructor oil, pastel & portrait landscape, Int Workshops, Italy, Panama, 92 & Switzerland, 94 & Coupeville, Washington, 2004; faculty member, Morris Co Art Association, Somerset Art Association; faculty member, Visual Arts Center, Summit, New Jersey, 2006.
Business and Professional Positions Sem administration & advisor coun, Nat Portrait Sems, New York, 80-83; board member, Morris Co Art Association, Morristown, New Jersey, 84-86; board member & president, Blackwell St Center Arts, Dover, New Jersey, 89-2004.
Commissioned Works Portrait, Hilton Hotels, Parsippany, New Jersey, 82; portrait, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland, Morristown, New Jersey, 84; portrait, State Senator Ret, Convent Station, New Jersey, 86; portrait, Judge Court of Appeals, Ret, New York, 87; portrait, New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, 98.
Public Works America Broadcasting Co, New York; United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC; Schering Plough Corp, Madison, New Jersey; Marsh Insurance, Morristown, New Jersey.
Exhibitions Grand Nat America Artists Prof League, 81-98 & Nat Open Juried Ann, 90-2000, Salmagundi Club, New York; Blackwell St Center Arts, members & New Jersey HS students, 86-2006; Hudson Valley Art Association, Westchester Co Community Center, White Plains, New York, 88-90; Portraits of the Northeast, Creative Workshops, New Haven, Connecticut, 89; Art Showcase, Schering Plough Corp, Madison, New Jersey, 89; PSA National Arts Club, New York, 91-2006; Connecticut Pastel Soc, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, Connecticut, 96-98; Arts Coun Morris Area, April Arts Biannual, Madison, New Jersey, 96-2003; Morris Mus, Morristown, New Jersey, 2005; Northwest Pastel Soc, Seattle, Washington, 2005-06.
Bibliography Anne Corcoran (author), Dover gallery, 8/91 & Janet Adamec (author), Portrait artist, 3/92, Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey; Ruth Faulkner (author), Reflective Moments, America Artist Mag, 9/99.
Publications Author, How to Paint Portraits in Oil, Walt Foster Publ, Tustin, California, 94; contributor, Best of Pastel 2, Rockport Public., 98.
Honors and Awards Portrait & Figure Award, America Art Prof League, New Jersey, 81-82, 84-87, Medal of Hon, 2000; Gold Medal Pastel, America Art Prof League, New York, 90; First Place, America Soc Portrait Art, 98; others.
Memberships Pastel So America, New York; Hudson Valley Art Association, New York; America Artist Prof Leage New York & New Jersey; Arts Coun Morris Area, New Jersey (visual art chairman, 82 & 92); Morris Co Art Association, Morristown, New Jersey (board, 84-86 & 2004-06); Northwest Pastel Soc, Seattle (2005-06).
Gallery Speciality Realism, landscape, still life, portrait.
Areas of Interest Hiking & reading.
Dealers Blackwell St Center Arts Post Office Box 808 Denville New Jersey 07834; Revelation Gallery Denville New Jersey; Burnt Mills Gallery Bedminster New Jersey; Studio Gallery Bernardsville New Jersey.
