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As a portraitist I have been a member of the American Society
of Portrait Artists, the Portrait Society of Atlanta, the Portrait Institute of New York, the Providence Art Club and the
Copley Society of Boston. I teach drawing, color theory and composition and I have demonstrated portraiture in schools and
art associations. I have studied portraiture with contemporary portraitists, Frank Covino, John Howard Sanden and Daniel Greene. My heroes in art are, to name a few, Sargent, Cezanne, Manet, Caravaggio, Sorolla, Rembrandt, Vermeer and contemporary masters, Fairfield Porter, Lucian Freud and Wayne Thiebaud. I earned a bachelor of fine art degree from the Lyme Academy, College of Fine Art. I co-founded IMAGO Gallery of Art and Fine Craft in 2003 as a non-profit
cooperative committed to showcasing, supporting and promoting the visual arts, where my work is on display continually alongside
some very accomplished artists and artisans, my fellow Members and Guest Artists.
I opened my first studio in 1974 and began painting full time. Faces have always been a fascination. The great portraitists inspire me. My interests have always been figurative, recording people and the world they occupy. As a young artist I thought of the portrait as a special way to connect with fellow human beings while pursuing my goals as a painter. I was right. I spent fifteen years sketching countless numbers of people for a living and getting practice and knowledge from every face, while interacting with people in a very positive way. The experience evolved into a formal portraitist career. My work has brought me to New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, as well as Dublin, Ireland and Borgo San Lorenzo, Italy.
Painting people and places, as I see them, is important to me, not so much as a record of my surroundings, but as a way to
reflect and communicate what I feel about my environment. I have a sense of optimism about the beauty in life despite
its difficult circumstances. I am an artist that thrives on visual expression.
Curriculum Vitae JURIED EXHIBITIONS Rhode
Island State Council on the Arts, “Scenes of Rhode Island”, Providence, RI, juror, Sara Agniel, 2004 "Beyond the BFA", Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, juror, Philip Pearlstein, 2003 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, Ct, juror, William Varieka, 2003 National Arts Club, Annual Student Exhibition, New York City, jurors, Dianne Berhard, etc., 2003 National Arts Club, Annual Student Exhibition, New York City, jurors, Everett Raymond Kinstler, etc., 2003 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, juror Merlin Szaasz, 2002 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, juror, Janice La Motta, 2001 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, juror, Jeremiah Patterson, 2000 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, juror, David Pease, 1999 Providence Art Club, Providence, RI 1998 Avery Gallery, Juried Portrait, Atlanta, GA, 1996 GROUP EXHIBITIONS Imago, Gallery of Art and Fine Craft, Warren, RI, 2003-present Garvin Gallery, Essex, CT, 2004 Donovan Gallery, Tiverton, RI, 2001 Art on the Waterfront, Warren Land Conservation Trust, Warren, Rhode Island, Stonington Vineyard Gallery, Stonington, CT, 2000 Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA 2000 Atrium Gallery; Providence, RI, 1998 Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, 1980, 1981 East Greenwich Art Club, East Greenwich, RI, 1979 Newport Art Association, Newport, RI, 1978 SOLO EXHBITIONS Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, 2006 Providence Art Club, Providence, RI, 1998, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI, 1992-1997 Wamsutta Club, New Bedford, MA, 1998 CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI Fleet Bank, Providence, RI Aubin Corporation, Seekonk, MA Blount Shipyard Corporation, Warren, RI Italo-American Club, Warren, RI Bristol Town Hall, Bristol, RI Kickemuit Village, Warren, RI PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI Copley Society, Boston, MA Providence Art Club, Providence, RI Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT Portrait Institute, New York, New York American Society of Portrait Artists, Montgomery, AL Portrait Society of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI IMAGO, Inc., Warren, RI PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Founding Member, IMAGO, Gallery of Art and Fine Craft, 2003 – Present Co-Founder and Board member, Imago Foundation for the Arts, 2007 - Present IMAGO Workshop Instructor, plein aire painting, 2005 Juror, Wickford Art Festival, 2000 Art Instructor, Providence Art Club, 1999, 1998 Art Instructor, East side Art Center, 1998, 2004 - Present Art
Instructor, Brimstone Studio - Present
Art Instructor, Private - Present Workshop Coordinator, Covino Academy of Fine Art, 1997 Administrative Director, The Architect's Gallery, 1990 Arts Coordination Committee, Providence Art Club, 1997-1999 Publicity Director, Sakonnet Painters' Cooperative Gallery, 1998, 1997 Art Committee, Newport Outdoor Art Festival, 1994-1996 Art Committee, Tiverton Art and Artisan Festival, 1998 Executive Board member, East Bay Coalition of Independent Artists, 1980, 1981 Portrait Artist, 1974 – Present EDUCATION Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting, 2003 National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, 2001 Frank Covino, Covino Academy of Fine Art, Foster, RI; Bridgeport, CT; Pawtucket, RI; Waitsfield, VT Cedric and Joanette Egeli, Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA . John Howard Sanden Mentoring Program, New York, NY Daniel Greene, Gloucester Academy of Art, Gloucester, MA; Newport and Foster, RI LECTURES/DEMONSTRATIONS Yale University Art Gallery, May 2003 Yale University Art Gallery, December 2002 Bristol Public School Art Department, 1990-1998 East Greenwich Art Club, 1997 Wickford Art Association, 1995 Woonsocket Fine Arts Society, 1982 UNITED STATES TRAVEL California, Nevada, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine , Massachusetts and Connecticut FOREIGN TRAVEL Rome, Florence, Tuscany and Venice, Italy Dublin, Ireland Mexico and Canada AWARDS AND HONORS Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, "Scenes of Rhode Island", Third Prize, 2004 Warren Art Festival, First Place, Painting, 2004 Warren Art Festival, Second Place, Painting, 2003, 2005 National Arts Club, Will Barnet Award, 2003 Little Compton Community Art Show, Honorable Mention, Painting, 2003 National Arts Club, Stephen Slobadin Award 2002 Warren Art Festival, Best of Show, 2001 Providence Art Club, Gianfarani Award, 1999 Warren Art Festival, Best of Show, 1996 Wickford Art Association, Honorable Mention, 1995 Newport Outdoor Art Festival, second place, painting, 1995 North Providence Art Festival, second place, painting, 1994 East Greenwich Art Club, first place, painting, 1979 Newport Art Association, second place, painting,1978 |
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