Occupation: Painter, Instructor Media: Pastel, Oil. Born Elyria, Ohio, June 23, 1941.
Education Studied drawing, painting & sculpture at New York Acad Art, Art Students League, National Academy of Design, Sch Visual Arts & Lyme Acad Art.
Teaching Positions Instr (certification leader), Portrait Club of Greater Southbury, Connecticut.
Commissioned Works Many comn portraits in corporation, institutional, public & private collections.
Exhibitions Portraits Only Int Juried Competition, Washington, DC Soc Portrait Artists, 98; Juried Exhib, New York Soc Portrait Artists, Salmagundi Club, New York, 2002; Faces of Newtown, Booth Libr, Newtown, Connecticut, 2005; Drawings Only Exhib, Portrait Soc of Atlanta, 2005; 55th Ann Nat Exhib Contemporary Realism in Art, Acad Artists Association, First Church Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts, 2005.
Bibliography Who's Who in the East, 1995-1996; Who's Who in America, 1997-; Who's Who in the World, 2004-; Who's Who in Education, 2005-.
Honors and Awards Randolph Chitwood Award, Greenwich Art Soc, 96; 1st Place Award in Pastel, Graphics, Mixed Media, Connecticut Classic Arts, 2001; Meritorious Serv, New York Soc Portrait Artists, 2002; Vernon W Hill Member Award, Connecticut Pastel Soc, 2003; Hon Mention, Connecticut Soc Portrait Artists, 2004; Acad Artists Award, Pastels Acad Artists Association, 2005; Jerry's Artarama Award, Connecticut Pastel Soc, 2007; and others.
Memberships Connecticut Classic Arts (publicity chair, 96-99); Soc Creative Artists Newtown (board director, correspondent secretary & member, 99-2002); New York Soc Portrait Artists (leadership team, 2002); Acad Artists Association (elected artist, 2004); Audubon Artist; Arts & Crafts Association Meriden; Kent Art Association (elected member, board director, 2003-).
Research Area Locator Index to the Portraits of Thomas Sully, 1783-1872.
