Resume

BORN: Labrador, Canada, 1961

EDUCATION:
                  Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
                    Sept. 1979-Dec. 1981
                    Fine Arts Major in Painting, 5 semesters

                    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
                    Jan. 1983-May 1984
                    Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting: 1984

                    Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
                    Sept. 1998- May 2002
                    Master’s Degree in Art Education: 2002

SOLO EXHIBITS:
                  Gunn Memorial Library, Washington Depot, CT
                    June-July, 2005

                    Canton Art Guild, Canton, CT
                    New Landscapes, Sept. 2004

                    Atrium Gallery, Torrington, CT
                    March-May, 2004

                    Canton Art Guild, Canton, CT
                    Master’s Thesis show, July, 2002

                    “Zuzu’s Cafe,” Hartford, Ct
                    Selected works on canvas and paper, April, 1996

Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
“Symphony of Noise,” Aug. 1981

MEMBER OF:
                   International Guild of Realism

DUAL SHOWS:
                  The Art Guild, Farmington, CT
                    Selected works on canvas with Morgan Showalter,
                    June, 1999

JURIED SHOWS:
                  Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts,
                    95th Annual Juried Show
                    Mystic Arts Center, CT, June-July 2006

                    The Salmagundi Club,
                    Annual Non-members’ Juried Show
                    New York, NY June 2006

                    New Britain Museum of American Art,
                    Members’ Show
                    New, Britain, CT, Dec. 2003

                    Kent Art Association,
                    “President’s Show”
                    Kent, CT August, 2003

                    The Slater Memorial Museum,
                    60th annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition,
                    Norwich, CT February 2003

                    Milford Fine Arts Council
                    Annual Juried Show,
                    Milford, CT Oct. 1998

                    Mattatuck Museum,
                    Connecticut Artists Show
                    Waterbury, CT July-August, 1993

                    Artworks Gallery Fall Juried Show,
                    Hartford, CT 1993

AWARDS:
                  Jack Richeson Award for "Symphony #2", at the 96th Annual Juried exhibition at the                             Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT. 2007

Finalist with “Viva L’Acadie” in Landscape category of the 23rd Annual Artist’s Magazine Competition, 2006

Hudson River Art Association Award for “Afternoon Rush”,
at The Salmagundi Club”, 2006 Non-members’ Juried Show

                    Arthur Lowell Award for “Afternoon Rush”, at the 2005
                    Canton Art Guild members’ show

                    Central Connecticut State University,
                    Art Show; First Place in Drawing, April, 1993

1st Place for “Reservoir,”
Torrington Art Association Annual Show, May 1992

PUBLISHED:
                  Winsted Journal, CT May 12, 2004 interveiw

                  Winsted Journal, CT June 13, 2008 interveiw

                  Hartford Courant, CT Nov. 8, 2008 I-Town cover highlight

                  Register Citizen, Torrington, CT Jan. 22, 2009 interveiw