Occupation: Painter, Instructor Media: Oil, Watercolor. Born Lansdowne, Pennsylvania November 01, 1934.
Education Philadelphia Mus Sch, 1948. Pennsylvania State Univ (architecture), 1957. Univ California, Berkeley (master of architecture), 1963. Mus Art (special study), Vero Beach, Florida, 1992.
Teaching Positions Prof, archit/art, Univ Miami, Miami, Florida, 1970-1972; instructor, advancement watercolor, Vero Beach Mus Art, Vero Beach, Florida, 1992-; adjunct professor, architecture, Indian River Community Coll, Fort Pierce, Florida, 2003.
Commissioned Works Glen Black (portrait), Glenda Black & Family, Fort Pierce, Florida, 2005; Mousehound (sailboat), Martha Davis, Littleton, Colorado, 2005; Sailboat (art forms), John K P Stone III, Pompano Beach, Florida, 2005; Weatherbird (sailboat), John Isleib, SW Harbor, Maine, 2006; Mt Desert Island (seascape), Edward Madara, London, Eng, 2007; Causeway Golf Club, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Public Works Smithsonian Institution Maritime Mus, Washington, DC; Vero Beach Mus Art, Vero Beach, Florida; Reedsville Maritime Mus, Reedsville, Virginia; Lighthouse Mus, Tequesta, Florida; Peddie Sch Marabo Mus, Hightstown, New Jersey.
Exhibitions Nat George Gray Medal, Salmagundi Club, New York, New York, 2000; Northeast Watercolor Soc Nat Juried, Kent Mus, Kent, Connecticut, 2000; We Are the World, Vero Beach Mus Art, Vero Beach, Florida, 2001; Nat America Marine Artist, Del River Mus, Wilmington, Del, 2001; Lemoyne Art Found Tri State, Lemoyne Mus, Tallahassee, Florida, 2003; Nat America Marine Artist, Vero Beach Mus, Vero Beach, Florida, 2004; Coos Art Museum Ann Maritime, Coos Bay Mus, Coos Bay, Oregon, 2004-2006; Steel Away, The Travels of Philip Steel, Lighthouse Mus, Tequesta, Florida, 2006.
Bibliography Karyn Greep (author), South Florida Galleries, Treasure Coastline, fall 1996; Beth Moulton (author), Painting Ports of Call, Vero Beach Mag, summer 2001; Willi Miller (author), Philip S Steel, Coastal Boating, April 2004; Carolanne G Roberts (author), Painting the Fishermen, Southern Living Mag, 9/2006; Barbara O'Reilly (author), Net Loss, Forum, July 2006.
Publications coauthor with Evelyn Wilde Mayerson, Net Loss, Long Wind Publ LLC, 2004; illus, Net Loss (performance art, 20 locations in Florida), Florida Humanities Coun, 2005.
Honors and Awards Gallery Award, Tri-State, Lemoyne Art Found, Florida, 1995; First Place Watercolor, Ann Four-Co Juried, Backus Gallery, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1996, 1997; Silver Brush Award, Florida Watercolor Soc, Melvin Gallery, Lakeland, Florida, 1997; First Place, Nat George Gray Medal Award, Salmagundi Gallery, NYC, 2000; First Place Oil, Ann Four-Co Juried, Backus Gallery, Fort Pierce, Florida, 2002; Merit Award, Coos Bay Nat Juried Show, Coos Bay, Oregon, 2004, 2005; First Place, Watercolor, Vero Beach, Mus Art, Vero Beach Florida, 2008.
Memberships America Soc Marine Artists (Signature Member); Florida Watercolor Soc (Signature Member); America Artists Prof League (Fellow); America Watercolor Soc (Assoc Member); Portrait Soc America (Assoc Member).
Dealers Salty Dog Gallery 323 Main St Southwest Harbor Maine 04679; Patricia Cloutier Gallery 377 Tequesta Dr Tequesta FL 33469; McBride Gallery 215 Main St Annapolis MD 21410.
