Occupation: Painter, Instructor Media: Oil on Linen. Born Fort Collins, Colorado, 1954.
Education Univ Virginia, BS, 76. USDA, certification, 90-93. National Academy of Design, with Raymond Kinstler, 99, with Sam Adoquei, 2002.
Teaching Positions Instr painting, NAPPAP, 97-2007; Public Arts Prog, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2007-.
Commissioned Works Wetlands and Wildlife 2007 calendar, DNR restoration projects & Chesapeake Bay Wetlands (fundraising program).
Public Works Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia; John Nuveen Co, New York; Pardoe Properties, Washington, DC; Schultz Inc, St Louis, Missouri.
Exhibitions Artist America Exhib, Colorado Hist Mus, Denver, 88, 90; ASMA Marine Exhib, Maryland Hist Mus, Baltimore, 89; ASMA Marine Exhib, RJ Schaffer Mus, Mystic, Connecticut, 92; Solo Exhibs, Meridian Int Center, Washington, DC, 92, 97; National Arts Club, New York City, 98 & 2003; Salon des Independants, Grand Palais, Paris, France, 93, 94; Salon Socite Nationale des Beaux Arts, Louvre, Paris, France, 99-2001; Ketterer 17-20th Century Marine Art Exhib, Hamburg, Ger, 2000; Arts for the Parks Top 100, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 2004-2005; SEWE, Chrleston, South Carolina, 2005-2008; Touring Exhib, 10/2006-10/2007; Natural World Observed, National Arts Club, NYC, 2005; Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2007; CM Russell Art Auction, CM Russell Mus, Great Falls, Montana, 2007; Mystic Int, Mystic, Connecticut, 2007.
Bibliography Edward Archibald (author), Dictionary of Sea Painters, London, 89; Gerlinde de Beer (author), Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon, 97; The Artists Blue Book, 2000-2007.
Publications Contribr, Chesapeake Bay Mag, 5/1983, 5/90; Marine Art, America Art Mag, 6/88; United States Art, Adams Public, 12/90; author, Recording the Sea & Surf, America Artist Mag, 10/95 & Capturing Life & Movement in Plein Air, New Horizon Studios, 11/2000; Gerlinde de Beer (author), Ludolf Backhysen, 2001.
Honors and Awards President's Award, Chesapeake Bay Found, 90; Paint America Grand Prize Winner, Paint America, 2007.
Memberships Nat Arts Club; Artists Fellow; California Arts Club; Nat Acad Prof Plein Air Painters (founder, 99); Societe Nat des Beaux Arts.
Gallery Speciality Plein air painting, wildlife and nature art.
Arranged Collections Casa Genota, Historic Home of Eugene O'Neille, Sea Island, Georgia.
Areas of Interest Conservation Programs, wildlife & nature walks & safaris.
