Artist Statement
I am an oil painter who lives and works in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I receive inspiration from the beauty that surrounds me. I love to take my easel outdoors and paint directly from my environment, but I also enjoy the solitude of studio painting where many of my outdoor studies become larger paintings. While the outdoors provides the freshness and vitality of the first response, the studio is the place to extend that first expression and make it something new and even more interesting. I also paint still lives in the studio.
Education
Dickinson College, BA in English Literature and Art History
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts- Four Year Certificate in Painting
Exhibits Include:
Juried Shows:
The Philadelphia Sketch Club “Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2012
Coryell Gallery “Lambertville Historic Society Annual Juried Exhibition” 2004,
The Delaware River Mill Society “Images of the Mill” Stockton New Jersey, 2004
Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey 2005
Canal Frame Gallery “All that Jazz” Washington Crossing, PA. 2006
Howard Gallery “From Easton to Bristol- Scenes from the Valley” New Hope, Pennsylvania, 2006
Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission “The Artist Looks at Hunterdon County” Stockton, New Jersey, 2006
Canal Frame Gallery “Historical Perspectives” Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, 2007
Artsbridge Thirteenth Annual Juried Show, Lambertville, New Jersey 2007
Mixed Media Juried Painting Exhibition, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 2007
The Phillips Mill Annual Juried Exhibition, New Hope, Pennsylvania 2008
Canal Frame Gallery “Creative Flow”, Washington Crossing, PA. 2009
Canal Frame Gallery “Visions of Hope”, Washington Crossing, PA. 2011
The Coryell Gallery 30th Annual Juried Show “Lambertville and the Surrounding Area,” 2011
The Philadelphia Sketch Club “Art of the Flower,” Philadelphia, PA. Juried Exhibition, 2011
Artsbridge Seventeenth Annual Juried Show, New Hope, PA. 2011
Friends of the Delaware Canal Juried Show New Hope, PA. 2011
Hidden Hunterdon County Juried Art Exhibition, Stockton, NJ. 2012
The Phillips Mill Annual Juried Exhibition, New Hope, Pennsylvania 2012
“Lambertville and the Surrounding Area” chaired by Janet Hunt at the Robert Beck Gallery
2013, 2014, and 2015.
Artsbridge Nineteenth Annual Juried Show, New Hope, Pa. 2013
Stover Mill Art Gallery Juried Art Exhibit, Tinicum PA., 2013 , 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017
Invitationals:
Burnt Mills Gallery “An Artistic Celebration of Dogs” Whitehouse, New Jersey 2001
The Barn Studio Gallery “Holiday Art Exhibit” Doylestown, PA. 2001
Salon Des Amis Gallery “Legacy” Malvern, Pa. 2005
The Delaware River Mill Society “Artists of the Mill “ 2007
Canal Frame Gallery “Holiday Exhibit” Washington Crossing, PA. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, and 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017
Group Shows:
“Trio of Artists”, Doylestown, PA. 1998
Tinicum Art Festival, Tinicum, Pennsylvania 2000
The Art Colony Gallery, “Artistic Ventures” Stockton, New Jersey 2003
The Gallery at the Frame Shop “The Monhegan Group” Lambertville, New Jersey 2005
One Person Show
Canal Frame Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA. “Far and Near” 2010
Nassau Club, Princeton, NJ "Painted Light" 2017
Awards:
Selected for the “Images of the Mill” 2006 Calendar. The Delaware River Mill Society “Images of the Mill” Calendar Competition, Stockton, NJ, 2004.
Second Prize for Oil Painting. Friends of the Delaware Canal Juried Show, New Hope PA. 2011
Emeritus Chairman’s Award, Stover Mill Gallery 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Eriwnna, PA. 2014
Press:
Featured in Bucks County Home & Garden Magazine!
Bucks County Home & Garden, January 2018, Pages 24-29
Gallery Affiliation:
Canal Frame Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA.