 For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated with representations of the visual world. As an artist I try to express my thoughts, feelings, and visions in whatever subject I explore. Whether I am working on a landscape, portrait, or still-life, I search for ways to transform my subjects into compelling images. Often this means enhancing the colors, tones, or textural qualities, but always I try and remain truthful to the source, thus creating an image that will appear tangible to the viewer in its realism.
I'm drawn emotionally towards the beauty in small objects, such as the texture on the petals of a dried flower, or the way light catches the gleam in someone's eye, or the reflections in a mottled glass vase. In carefully observing these subjects I discover a world that is filled with many subtle nuances that are often missed at a quick glance, and in the process of drawing or painting them, I become absorbed in a visual poem. I feel very fortunate to be able to experience this, and I hope that the outcome will touch others as intensely as the process of creating them touches me. This site is a collection of works that reflect my temperament and vision as an artist. A majority of the images are commissions, including pet portraits, still lifes, homes and personalized wedding and anniversary gifts. Each drawing or painting that I accept is done so with passion. Prices vary based upon size, medium and subject matter. Please browse through my site and feel free to contact me through e-mail or phone if interested in an original drawing or painting. I also sell prints of all my work for very affordable prices.
Education
May 2002. M.F.A. degree, cum laude, from New York Academy of Figurative Art.
Concentration in painting. Tuition scholarship.
May 1999. Certificate from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia.
Teaching Experience
March 2010-Present. Instructor of painting in the continuing education program at Bucks County Community College. Conducted painting demonstrations that emphasized glazing and traditional paint layering techniques which improved students' artistic knowledge and skill. May 2002-Present. Adjunct assistant professor of fine arts, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ. (Mercer offers majors in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, architecture, illustration, and computer graphics, as well as in art history). Taught basic drawing, 2-D design and life drawing.
Created anatomy charts and other visual aids used by students and faculty alike. Organized trip to visit Robert Doakes, inc., purveyor of authentic historical pigments and other artists’ materials.
January 2007-February 2007. Instructor of basic drawing, life drawing, and oil painting at the Somerset Art Association, a private organization for artist’s in Somerset NJ.
September 2002-May 2004. Instructor, still-life painting, basic drawing, and portrait painting, West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Education, a continuing education program administered by the West Windsor-Plainsboro school district.
Designed course curricula and visual aids for all classes, as the program had no former art component.
September 1999-May 2002. Adjunct instructor, Mercer County Community College.
June 1997-August 1997. Instructor, Tomato Patch (summer art and craft program for high school students), Mercer County Community College.
June 1995-August 1995. Instructor, Tomato Patch, Mercer County Community College.
Promotions and Awards
May 2010. Best in Show Overall Award, Ellarslie Open XXVIII, Trenton City Museum juried exhibition. April 2008. Utrecht Art Award, Ellarslie Open XXVI, Trenton City Museum juried exhibition. April 2002. Promoted from instructor to assistant professor at Mercer County Community College.
March 2001. President’s Award, Ellarslie Open XIX, Trenton City Museum juried exhibition.
May 1999. Eleanor Gray Prize for Still Life; Earl T. Donelson Figure Painting Award; August Cook Prize for Excellence in Drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
May 1997. Thomas Eakins Award for Figurative Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
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