EDUCATION
1981-83Yale School of Art, MFA
1976-80Cooper Union, BFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
2005Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
2004Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
2003Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
2002Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
1999Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
1999Between The Muse Gallery, Rockland, ME
1993Gleason Fine Art Gallery, Portland, ME
1993Bengert MacRae Gallery, Wyckoff, NJ
1992Musee du Chateau de Rochefort en Terre, France
1991Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1989Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX
1989Andrews Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
1988Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1986Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009Scene in America, Invital Landscape Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1988-2007163rd - 182nd Annual Exhibitions, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2006Artists Talk, Visiting Artists Exhibition, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT
2004Foliage, Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
2003100 Years of Painting at Rochefort en Terre, Musee du Chateau de Rochefort en Terre, France
2003A Fine Line, Drawings curated by Robert Cottingham, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2002Beyond the Apple and Bottle: Still Life Invitational, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001Still Life, Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
2000The Art of the Garden, curated by Carl Little, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
1999New Jersey Landscapes, Curated by Lois Dodd, Rider University Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
1997Ice Gallery, New York, NY
1993Mostly Maine, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
1992-93On the Edge:, 40 Years of Maine Painting, curated by Ted Wolff, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME. and the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
1989Cranberry Island Artists, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1988Young Masters I, Ingber Gallery, New York, NY
1984-91Faculty Exhibitions, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
1983MFA Thesis Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
1982The Painting Tradition, Cooper Union Alumni 1965-80, Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, New York, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996-presentPainting and Drawing Faculty, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2006-presentPainting Faculty, Art Students League, New York NY
2010Visiting Artist, Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel
2008Visiting Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2007Adjunct Lecturer, Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y., Brooklyn, NY
2006Master Lecturer, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2006Visiting Artist, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
1999, 2006Drawing Faculty, Drawing Marathon, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2005Visiting Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003Visiting Artist, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
2000Painting Workshop, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA
1998-99Painting and Drawing Faculty, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
1984-92Assistant Professor, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT (Chair of Painting Department, 1988-90)
1989Visiting Artist, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1986-87Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1982Teaching Assistant to Professor Roger Tibbetts, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
1979-80Painting Instructor, Cooper Union Saturday Program, Cooper Union, New York, NY
AWARDS
2003Carnegie Prize, National Academy of Design Annual Exhibition
2000Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Fellowship, Chateau de Rochefort en Terre, France
1994NA Elect, National Academy of Design
1992Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Fellowship, Chateau de Rochefort en Terre, France
1988Julius Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design
1983-84Fulbright Fellowship, Painting, Italy
1980Ford Foundation Materials Grant
1980Ethel Cram Memorial Prize, Cooper Union
19792nd Prize at National Arts Club Exhibition
REVIEWS
April 7, 2005John Goodrich, The New York Sun
September, 2003Carl Little, Art in America
Fall, 2001Deborah Mason, Vision
March 25, 1994Roberta Smith, New York Times
Oct./Nov. 1993Carl Little, Art New England,
July 28, 1992Jean-Pierre Chedaleux, Ouest France
March 26, 1989Vivien Raynor, New York Times

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