Résumé
I came to painting relatively late. Twenty years of three-dimensional work and perhaps the arrival of midlife left me longing for a change of subject, medium, interpretive style -- all of it. Though I attended RISD (studying sculpture), as a painter I am essentially self-taught. I began with pastel and then moved on to oil, did a lot of reading and scrutinized the masters of still life. Most of my heroes are not still life painters per se. Martin Johnson Heade and Johannes Vermeer top my list, but I am drawn to and influenced by the Spanish painters Cotan and Zurbaran, the American John Peto and the French master of fruit and flowers Henri Fantin-Latour.
Born: Trenton, New Jersey, March 26, 1950
Lives in Barrington, RI
Member: Art League of Rhode Island
Education: Rhode Island School of Design, 1968 - 1971
Selected Shows and Exhibitions:
Solo Shows
2005 Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
Group Shows
2007 The William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2006 Art League of Rhode Island Annual Members Show at The Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2005 Art League of Rhode Island Annual Members Show at The Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
2004 The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2004 The Art League of Rhode Island Annual Members Show at A&C Fine Art
2003 A&C Fine Art Gallery
2003 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2002 The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2002 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2002 Robert Wilson Galleries, Nantucket, MA & Sarasota, FL
2001 Virginia Lynch, Tiverton, RI
2001 Grand Central Gallery at The Boston Fine Arts Show, Boston, MA
2000 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2000 Rhode Island Foundation, Providence, RI
1997 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1997 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
Juried Shows
2005 Arnot Art Museum 71st Regional Exhibition, Elmira, NY
2002 Third Annual National Exhibition, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
2002 Allentown Art Museum 28th Juried Show, Allentown, PA
2000 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 104th Annual Exhibit, New York, NY
1996 Providence Art Club
Awards
Finalist, The Artist's Magazine 21st Annual Competition
Third Place, Third Annual National Juried Exhibition, Shippensburg University
Public Collections
Colby College Museum of Art
Selected Sculpture Solo Shows
1995 Mark Milliken Gallery New York, NY
1993 Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Incorporated Galleries, New York, NY
1983 Georgetown Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
1982 Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1979 Art Latitude gallery, New York, NY
1979 Frank wood Gallery, Houston, TX
1979 Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1979 Cooper & French Ltd., Newport, RI
1978 Incorporated Galleries, New York, NY
1977 Incorporated Galleries, New York, NY
Sculpture Group Shows
1995 Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, FL
1994 Edith Lambert, Santa Fe, NM
1989 The Sommerhill Gallery, Durham, NC
1983 The Cadme Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Georgetown Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
1981 Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1980 Art Latitude, New York, NY
1979 Art Latitude, New York, NY
1979 Frank Wood Gallery, Houston, TX
1979 Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1979 Gallery 700 Milwaukee, WI
1978 Frank Wood Gallery, Houston, TX
1977 Incorporated Galleries, New York, NY
1976 Incorporated Galleries, New York, NY
1974 Newport Art Association, Newport, RI
Sculpture in Public Collections
Merriam Webster Co., Springfield, MA
Marathon Companies, Providence, RI
National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
Highlights Sports Museum, Portland, OR
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