EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR OF DRAWING AND PAINTING
2019 - Present Adjunct Professor of Figure Drawing for the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD
Tonality, Vitality, and Gesture of the Human Figure; Advanced Portraiture, Complete Artistic Anatomy,
Cast Drawing, Studying the Hands and Feet in Figure Drawing, Structural Drawing, Figure Drawing Intensive,
History of Drawing Techniques, Long Pose Figure, Portrait, Drapery, and Atmosphere.
2014 - present THE ART LEAGUE SCHOOL Alexandria, VA (fall, winter, spring, summer) Design and teach beginner to advanced figure drawing and painting courses. Figure Drawing: Gesture, Structure, Light, and Form, Three-color Chalk Figure and Portraiture, Observations from Life, Long and Extended Pose Figure Drawing, Calligraphy, and Arabesque. Painting from Life: The Nude and the Draped Figure; Portrait Painting, Figure in Pen & Ink, Still Life, Costumed Portrait, Limited Palette.
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WORKSHOPS: Local and Travel workshop in Watercolor. The Bahamas; Italy
2018 - present at the STUART STREET ATELIER The Plains, VA Designed and taught workshop courses for figure drawing and Plein-air watercolor painting: Gesture Drawing and Structural Understanding, Rhythmic Modeling,
of Form, Pen & Ink. Plein-Air Watercolor Painting, Anatomy and Rhythmic Modeling, Pen & Ink
2022 FRANCISCAN LIFE PROCESS CENTER, Figure Drawing Workshop, Lowell, MI
2017 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART - NGA Teachers Institute, Washington, DC
Taught and demonstrated for the National Gallery of Arts Annual Teachers Institue.
1997-2000. Instructor, School of Painting, Yokosuka, Japan
Private and Group Lessons in Plein-Air Watercolor painting on location in Yokosuka, Japan
1995 - present Private Students and Mentoring.
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, GALLERIES
2020 SALMAGUNDI CLUB, Member
2019 PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Member
2017 2019 THE ART RENEWAL CENTER, ARC Annual Salon
2014 THE ART LEAGUE, Alexandria, VA Lecturere, Instrcutor, Demonstrator
2020 First Prize in the Drawing Competition of the Figure (Nude), Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2016, 2018 Exceptional Merit, Portrait Society of America, International Portrait Conference, Washington, DC
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JUROR
2022 Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association, Juror 36th Annual Juried Show
2021 Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association, Juror 35th Annual Juried Show
2019 Potomac Valley Watercolorist Annual Exhibition
2019 Springfield Arts Guild
2018 Annual Student Watercolor Exhibition, Host Gwenth Bragg
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GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2014 - present Represented by Principle Gallery, Old Town Alexandria, VA 22308
AWARDS AND HONORS
2022 - Finalist Strokes of Genius 14 International Competition - December
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2021 - Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition, Honorable Mention
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2020 - Finalist Strokes of Genius 12 International Competition - Fall
2019
Best In Show - Clemente Award for Contemporary Realism, The Art Leauge, Alexandria, VA
Finalist, ARC Renewal
Salmagundi Club Members Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2018
Best Drawing and 3rd Place Overall - International Ivory and Lead Competition
Best In Show - Clemente Award for Contemporary Realism, The Art Leauge, Alexandria, VA
Best In Show - The Gilded Frame, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2017 50-Select Finalist - 19th Portrait Society of America International Competition
2016 Exceptional Merit Award - Finalist - Portrait Society of America, 18th International Portrait Competition
2015
Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America, 17th International Portrait Competition
Finalist /Drawing, The Arc Renewal Center ARX, 11th International ARC Salon Competition
First Place Award - 2015 Art League Student Show (Juror Joseph C. DiBella), Alexandria, VA
2013 Second Place Award - Art League All Media Exhibit (Juror Lauren Dickens), Alexandria, VA
2012
Anne Banks Collage Award "Earth Exhibition," The Art League (Juror Helen Frederick), Alexandria, VA
Best in Show - Alexandria Commission for the Arts Award of Merit, "Art in City Hall," Alexandria, VA
Alexandria Commission for the Arts Honorable Mention, "Art in City Hall," Alexandria, VA
Equal Merit Award "2012 Student Show," The Art League (Juror William Schran) Alexandria, VA
2011
Second Place Award "All-Media Membership Exhibit" (Juror Lillian Fitzgerald), Alexandria, VA
Honorable Mention Award "All-Media Membership Exhibit" (Juror Farar Elliott), Alexandria, VA
2004
National 2nd Place Award "Go Figure" Maryland Federation of Arts National Juried Exhibition Annapolis, MD
Equal Awards (2 Awards), "All Membership Show - July," The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Honorable Mention "Clashes of Color," Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC
Equal Award "All Membership Show - January," The Art League, Alexandra, VA
1995 Best In Show Award "Navy Newport Artists & Art Annual Juried Show," Newport, RI
1995 Honorable Mention "Navy Newport Artists & Art Annual Juried Show," Newport, RI
1986 Richard Wilt Memorial Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1981 / 1982 National Scholastic Art Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 "Rhythmic Expressions," Solo Virtual Watercolor, March
2014 "Figural Fine Lines" Art League, Alexandria, VA
2004 "Nostalgia "Tunni Cliffs, Washington, DC
2003 "Watercolors" Sapporo Archives Museum, Sapporo, Japan
2002 “Meanderings” Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 "Pieces of Japan" Tika Gallery, Kamakura, Japan
1999 "Watercolors of Japan" Gallery Yu, Kamakura, Japan
1998 "Colors of Japan" Zushi City Hall, Zushi, Japan
1998 "Winter Show" Kellogg Gallery, Yokosuka, Japan
1997 "Oak Leaf Bazaar" Yokosuka, Japan
GROUP and JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Figuratively Speaking Exhibition, International Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2019 Figuratively Speaking Exhibition, International Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2018 Invitational Show, North End Gallery, Leonardtown, MD
The Gilded Frame, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2018
Mid-Atlantic Invitational Silverpoint Exhibition, Gaithersburg, MD, 2018
Annual Faculty & Student Exhibition, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, March 2015 - 2018
Strokes of Genius 10 Winner, 2017
The Artistic Frame: An Inquiry into the Enhancement of Paintings, The Art League Gallery, November 2016
Anatomy Drawing Exhibition, Howard University, Washington, DC, May 2014
Sketches from Life, Dorchester Center for the Arts, Cambridge, MD, August 2013
All Media & Themed Exhibitions - Various months, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2012 - 2018
Earth Exhibition - Juried, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, April 2012
Art in City Hall Juried Exhibition, Alexandria, VA, March 2012
Faculty & Student Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2011 & 2012
All-Media Membership Juried Exhibit - Various Juried Exhibitions, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2011
Figurative Works - Juried Show, Chesapeake, VA, 2009
TAA Miniature Show - Juried Exhibition, Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA, 2008
American & International Landscapes Exhibition - August, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2004
Go Figure / National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, 2004
Results Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia, 2004
The Fine Art of Fun & Leisure - July, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2004
Food & Still Life - May, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2004
The Artist's Garden - April, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2004
Untitled II, Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC, 2004
Basic Black & White, Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC, 2004
Capitol Art Network National Juried Human Figure Show, Bethesda, MD, 2004
Textures, Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC, 2004
Clashes of Color, Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC, 2004
All Membership Show - January & September, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2003 - 2004
Small Works Show - November, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, 2003
You & You, O-Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2003
14th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, 2001
Expressions in Encaustic, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, 2001
Artists of Yokosuka, Yokosuka, Japan, 2000
Navy Newport Artists, & Art Annual Juried Show, Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI 1995
Spring Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California, 1995
Seaside Summer Show, Seaside, CA, 1993
Group Show, Villa Corsi Salviati, Florence, Italy, 1992
Additional juried shows (Michigan, Italy, Rhode Island, California) 1985 - 2001
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2022 - Finalist STROKES OF GENIUS 14 International Competition - December Issue
2020 - Finalist. STROKES OF GENIUS 12 International Competition - Fall
2018 STROKES OF GENIUS 10: Inspiring Subjects, November
2018 Finalist - PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA - International Competition
2016 Certificate of Excellence - PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA - International Competition
May/June 2018 Ivory and Lead Online Art Competition, May/June 2018
EDUCATION
2020 The Art Student League of New York, NY
2017-2018 Studio Incaminati ,Philadelphia, PA
2004 - 2015 The Art League, Alexandria - Studies with Robert Liberace, Dan Thompson, Danni Dawson, Alexandria, VA
2003 Corcoran School of Art, Academic Figure Drawing, Washington, DC
1996 / 2001 Rhode Island School of Design, Advanced Adobe Photoshop /Creative Process Course Providence, RI
1995-1997 University of Michigan, Graduate Studies - Italy; St. Andrews University, Scotland; Dublin, Ireland
1981-1985 University of Michigan, BFA - School of Art - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
1981 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
1979 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI
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