Education:

Master of Fine Arts Degree, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Mo. 1995
Michael Grimaldi, New York, NY, 2003, 2007, 2008
Jacob Collins, Grand Central Academy, NY, NY, 2007-2008

Select Group Shows:

Madison Avenue Gallery, Memphis, TN, 1997
Quest Gallery, Taos NM, 1998
Salmagundi Club, New York; Allied Artists of America, 1999, 2007
National Arts Club, New York; Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 2004, 2006
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago IL, 2005

Museum Show:

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism

Awards:

National Arts Club, NY, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Cash Award, 2004
Salmagundi Club, NY Allied Artists of America, Cash Award, 2007

Artist Statement:

My paintings are about beauty, light, and luminosity inspired by the Dutch Masters of the 1500’s onward and the Academic Painters of the 1800’s along with Contemporary Classical Masters. All provide inspiration. The Dutch painters challenge; the Academics and Contemporary Classical Masters challenge and provide the technique and method. In addition, contemporary thought, subject matter and concept are guiding lights. The paintings are executed with a reverence for the objects represented, with awe for the play of light and color plus the need for a bit of mystery and wonder.

My desire is to paint beauty and by doing that to provide a moment for the viewer to transcend the ordinary, to give time for contemplation and meditation, to allow space for the human spirit. Each piece is a moment of stillness and life’s energy simultaneously. My paintings are offered as a refuge, a sanctuary, a place to rest and a time to renew your spirit.