Artist
Artist Statement:
I am inspired by western landscapes and wildlife and continue to search for new ways to do justice to nature's beauty through oil painting.
Art Education
- Graduated from Lewiston Porter Sr. High School 1972
- Attended Niagra County Community College 1 ½ year
- Grant awarded from The Greenshield Foundation in 1975 to continue art education
- Graduated from Spectrum Institute for the Advertising Arts, Belle Mead, N.J., 1979
- Attended Sheridan College, in Canada for computer animation, one semester 1998
- Full time oil painting landscapes and wildlife fine art for 40 years
Galleries
- Blue Pig Gallery
Palisade, CO - Redstone Gallery, Redstone, CO
- Stephen O'Brien, Jr. Fine Arts Gallery
Boston, MA - Appleshed Gallery
Cedaredge, CO - Mainstreet Gallery
Glenwood Springs, CO
Awards, Publications & Shows
- Cabela's Spring Catalog
Cover 1975 - Long Island Duck Stamp Contest
1st place 1982 - Philadelphia Wildlife Art Expo
Silver Medal for best of show, 1993 - Federal Duck Stamp Contest
Top twenty list '84,'85, '96, '97 - Ducks Unlimited Magazine
Cover art '84, '85, '92 - New York Conservationist Magazine
Feature article, 1989 - New York State Fair Wildlife Artist of the Year
1994 and 1998 - Birds in Art Exhibition
Wausau, Wisconsin - Wildfowl Art Magazine
Cover art and feature article, 1997 - "Nature and Art in Balance"
One man show, Art Center, Grand Junction, CO, 2001 - Copley Auction
"The Sporting Sale", Plymouth, MA - Grand Valley Magazine
Feature article, 2009 - Wild Dogs Art Show
Grand Junction, CO 2015, 2017 - Colorado National Monument
One-Man-Show, 2017
