Education

Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
Dean’s List, Graduated with Honors June 1979

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Summer Internship
Exhibition Department, Summer 1978

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Painting, with visiting artists Alex Katz and Janet Fish
Blossom/Kent Summer Program 1977

The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia
Classes and open studio in figure drawing and painting, 1979 - present

The Walter Gropius Masters Workshop with Janet Fish
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, April 1995

Figure, Landscape and Still Life Painting Workshops with Sharon Yates
Virginia, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2016

Plein-air Painting Workshops with Sharon Yates
Sunbury Shores Art Center, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Summer 2002, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2006

Plein-air Painting Class with Ross Merrill
The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia, Fall 2004

Plein-air Painting Class with John Leone
Millwood, Virginia, Spring 2005 

Emptying Out the Figure Workshop with Martin Campos
Washington Studio School, Washington, DC, July 2018

An Alternative Way to Approach the Portrait, class with Erin Raedeke
Penn Studio School of Art, September 2021

Color for Painters, class with Al Gury
Beverly Street Studio School, November 2021

Master Your Palette, Secrets to Successful Color Mixing, class with Nicole Santiago
Penn Studio School of Art, August 2022

Awards

1977 Tuition-Waiver Scholarship, Blossom/Kent Summer Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
1979 Weber Art Award
2000 68th Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD., A. Lesley Gardner Landscape Award
2000 Vienna Arts Society "Treasury of Art" Equal Merit Award 
2019 Vienna Arts Society "Treasury of Art" Honorable Mention
2020 Honorable Mention, July Open Exhibit, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2020 Honorable Mention, October Open Exhibit, The Art League, Alexandria, VA

National Gallery of Art Copyist

November 2000-present

Solo Shows

April 2022 — Still Life A-Z, Centreville Regional Library, Centreville, VA
August-Oct 2019 — Landscapes and Still Lifes, Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
April-July 2018 — Local Landscapes and Still Lifes, Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices PennFed Realty, Hamilton, VA
June 2007 — Recent Paintings, Packing Shed Gallery, Washington, VA
May 2006 – Painting the Local Landscape, Centreville Regional Library, Centreville, VA
May 2005 – Painting on the Coast of New Brunswick, Canada, Centreville Regional Library, Centreville, VA
Fall 2004 - Up Close and Far Away, Jewish Community Center, Annandale, VA
May 2004 - Centreville Regional Library, Centreville, VA

Juried Shows

October 2020– October Open Exhibit, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, Honorable Mention
July 2020– July Open Exhibit, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, Honorable Mention
June 2020– June 2020 Landscape Exhibit, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
April 2020– April Open Exhibit, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
April 2019 – Treasury of Art Juried Show, Vienna, VA
Oct-Dec 2018— Art Copies Nature, Paintings by National Gallery of Art Copyists, Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA
January 2018 — Why Copy? Paintings by National Gallery of Art Copyists, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
February 2015 — Main Street, Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA
March 2009 – Art and Design @ 50 Expo and Sale, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
September 2006 – The Four Seasons of Oatlands, Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, VA
October 2006 – Art at the Mill, Aldie, VA
Summer 2006 – Sunbury Shores Student Show, Sunbury Shores Art Center, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Spring 2004 – Community Art Show, Haymarket, VA, Third prize
November 2003 – Open Exhibition 2003, Arts Council of Fairfax County, Inc., Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus, Annandale, VA
November 2003 – The Four Seasons of Oatlands, Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, VA
November 2002 – Treasury of Art Juried Show, Vienna, VA
November 2002 – The Four Seasons of Oatlands, Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, VA
Fall 2002 – Art at the Mill, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA
Spring 2002 – Art at the Mill, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, VA
November 2001 – The Four Seasons of Oatlands, Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, VA
November 2001– Open Exhibition 2001, Arts Council of Fairfax County, Inc., Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus, Annandale, VA
November 2000 – Treasury of Art Juried Show, Vienna, VA, Second prize
November 2000– Open Exhibition 2000, Arts Council of Fairfax County, Inc., Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus, Annandale, VA
June 2000– 68th Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD., A. Lesley Gardner Landscape Award
January 1995– Members' All-Media Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
November 1994– Treasury of Art Juried Show, Vienna, VA
October 1994– Members' All-Media Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
September 1994– Members' All-Media Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
April-July 1994– Grand Opening Exhibit, Mill River Gallery, Ellicott City, MD
April-June 1994– D'Art Center 4th Annual Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition, Norfolk, VA
March 1994– Spring Fine Arts Show & Sale, Springfield Art Guild, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
Jan. 1994– Art of the Human Figure Show, Springfield Art Guild-Vienna Arts Society, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
November 1993– Treasury of Art Juried Show, Vienna, VA
May 1992– Works-on-Paper Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA