Education
Boston University, BFA Painting, 1988
American University, MFA Painting, 1991
Teaching
American University, Teaching Assistant, 1989-91
Pennsylvania State University, Adjunct, Fall 1993
Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C., 1994-96
Wright State University, 1996-present
Current Position: Professor, Chair
Other:
Instructor, Landscape Art Program in Tuscany, Italy, 1998.
Instructor, Washington Studio School, Landscape Workshop, 1997,1999
Instructor, The Chautauqua Institute Summer Program in Art, Chautauqua, NY, 1999-02
Mt. Gretna School of Art, Mt. Gretna, PA, Summer, 2013
Landscape workshop, Eliot, Maine, Summer, 2014
Mt. Gretna School of Art, Mt. Gretna, PA, Summer, 2016
Exhibitions
2019 Group Exhibition, "Self Portraits", Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
2018 Group Exhibition, "East Meets Midwest II", Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
2017 Solo Exhibition, Dayton Visual Art Center, Dayton, OH
Group Exhibition, "Color and Abstraction", Village Gallery, Caledonia, NY
Group Exhibition/Midwest Paint Group, “A Winter’s Work”, Kishwaukee College,
Malta, IL
Group Exhibition, Midwest Paint Group and invited guests, Dutoit Gallery, Dayton, OH
Group Exhibition, "East Meets Midwest II", William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA
2016 Group Exhibition, Midwest Paint Group, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Group Exhibition, Midwest Paint Group, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Group Exhibition, Members Exhibition, Dutoit Gallery, Dayton, OH
2015 Group Exhibition/Auction, to support the Mt. Gretna School of Art, Lancaster, PA
Group Exhibition, Works on Paper, Kanazawa Yuwaku Sousaku No Mori Center for Crafts and
Culture, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibition, Tecumseh Land Trust Invitational, Yellow Springs, OH
Group Exhibition, Fifth Street Gallery, Stivers School for the Arts, Dayton, OH
2014 Group Exhibition, “Of Rhythm and Color”, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
Juror/participant, Landscape Exhibition (one painting exhibited), Tellus 360 Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Solo Exhibition, Glenn House Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH
2013 Group Exhibition, “Twelve Ways of Looking at a Painting: An Homage to Jean Helion”, Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville
Solo Exhibition, Diane Kidd Gallery, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
2012 Group Exhibition, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Group Exhibition/Midwest Paint Group “Realism and its Discontents”, Manchester College, North
Manchester, IN
2011 Solo Exhibition, Anderson College, Anderson, IN
Group Exhibition/MPG “The Figure”, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Group Exhibition/MPG “The Figure”, Alexandre Hogue, Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2010 Solo Exhibition, Recent Work, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
Group Exhibition, “Work from Perception”, Recent work of the Midwest Paint Group, Albrecht-
Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO
Group Exhibition, “Work from Perception”, Recent work of the Midwest Paint Group, Spiva Art
Center, Joplin, MO
Traveling Group Exhibition, “East meets Midwest: New visions of Figurative Painting”, Beverly Art
Center, Chicago, Ill; Hoffman-LaChance Contemporary, St. Louis, MO; Westbeth Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, “Body Show Redeux”, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Group Exhibition, “The Figure”, Leedy-Voulkas Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009 32nd Annual Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Solo Exhibition, “Black and White”, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Two Person Exhibition, Link Gallery, Dayton, OH
Group Exhibition, Link Gallery, Dayton, OH
Group Exhibition, “Work from Perception” – Recent work of the Midwest Paint Group, Swope
Museum of American Art, Terre Haute, IN
2008 National Competition, Bowery Gallery, N.Y, NY, Juror: Jed Perl
“Pride of Place”, invitational landscape group exhibition, Ryerson Woods, Deerfield, IL
“Unchained”, group exhibition, Link Gallery, Dayton, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Q-Base Gallery, Fairborn, OH
Group Exhibition, “Edu.”, Cannery Gallery, Dayton, OH
Works on Paper, Rosewood Art Center, Dayton, OH
2007 Group Exhibition, “New Works by the Mid-West Paint Group”, Rose Hulman
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
Invitational Fundraising Exhibition, Washington Art Association, Washington
Depot, CT
2006 Solo Exhibition, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
Four Person Exhibition, University Art Galleries, Wright State University,
Dayton, OH
2005 Solo Exhibition, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
2003 Group Exhibition, “The Body Show”, Pittsburgh Art Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Solo Exhibition, “Paintings and Drawings”, Missouri Southern State
University
Group Exhibition, “Self-Portraits”, 5th St. Gallery, Dayton, OH
Group Exhibition, “Faculty Show”, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2002 Paintings and Drawings, Riverbend Art Center, Dayton, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
2001 Paintings, solo exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Exhibit/Fundraiser, invitational group exhibition, Bowery Gallery, N.Y., NY
Perception and Invention, solo exhibition, Colonel White Magnet School for
The Arts, Dayton, OH
Faculty Exhibition, group exhibition, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY
2000 Figurative Painting Now, invitational group exhibition, 55 Mercer Gallery, N.Y.,
NY
National Painting Exhibition, juried group exhibition, Washington and Jefferson
College, Washington, PA. Juror: Stanley Lewis
2000 National Spring Open, juried group exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne,
PA. Juror: Barbara Grossman
Painting as Landscape, two-person exhibition, University of Dayton,
Dayton, OH
Faculty Exhibition, group exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
The View 2000, juried group exhibition, Rosewood Arts Centre, Dayton, OH,
Juror: Ron Krouten
Self-Portraits, invitational group exhibition, Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, Troy,
OH
1999 Recent Work, solo exhibition, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville,
MO
Recent Work, solo exhibition, Edison State College, Piqua, OH
National Small Works, juried group exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council,
Cobleskill, NY. Juror: Frances Barth
National Competition, Bowery Gallery, N.Y., NY, Juror: Bernard Chaet
The View 1999, juried group exhibition, Rosewood Arts Centre, Dayton, OH
Juror: Deborah McGoff.
Color Connections, invitational exhibition, The Experiencenter, Dayton Art
Institute, Dayton, OH
1998 Recent Work, solo exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Recent Work, two-person exhibition, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
National Small Works, juried group exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council,
Cobleskill, NY. Juror: Sidney Tillim
The View 1998, juried group exhibition, Rosewood Arts Centre, Dayton, OH,
Juror: Todd DeVriese.
The Figurative Tradition, invitational group exhibition, Dayton Visual Arts
Center, Dayton, OH
Recent Work, solo exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1997 VII Annual Painting, juried group exhibition, Synchronicity Space, N.Y., NY
Juror: Priska Juschka
Washington Studio School Faculty Retrospective, group exhibition, The Artist’s
Museum, Washington, D.C.
The View 1997, juried group exhibition, Rosewood Arts Centre, Dayton, OH,
Juror: Sean Wilkinson
7th Annual Dayton Works on Paper, juried group exhibition, Rosewood Arts
Centre, Dayton, OH
1996 Recent Work, solo exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Washington, D.C.
National Competition, Bowery Gallery, N.Y., NY, Juror: Gabriel Laderman
Drawings, two-person exhibition, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1995 Washington Studio School Faculty Exhibition, group exhibition, Courtyard
Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Paintings, invitational group exhibition, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
1994 Paintings, invitational group exhibition, Minorca, Spain
National Competition, Bowery Gallery, N.Y., NY, Juror: Natalie Charkow
1993 Paintings, solo exhibition, Main Gallery, Pattee Library, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA
1991 Regional Exhibition, group exhibition-graduate painting, CAA sponsored,
The American University, Washington, D.C.
Invited Lectures
“On Poussin’s Landscape with a Calm, Mt. Gretna School of Art, Mt. Gretna, PA, 2016
“Paying Attention to the Old Masters”, Taylor University, Upland, IN, 2015
“On My Painting” – Diane Kidd Gallery, Tiffin University, 2013
“On Poussin’s Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, Mt. Gretna School of Art, Mt. Gretna, PA, 2014
“My paintings and those of the Masters”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2011
“Thoughts on Painting, Ithaca College”, Ithaca, NY, 2011
“Work and Influences”, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA, 2010
Gallery Talk, Swope Museum of American Art, Terre Haute, IN, 2009
“On Drawing From the Masters”, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 2009
“On the work of Rosemarie Beck, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH, 2008
“Work and Influences”, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 2005
“Work and Influences”, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO, 2003
Gallery Talk, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 2000
“Work and Influences”, Northwest Missouri State University, Marysville, MO
Grants and Exhibition Awards
Individual Excellence Award, Ohio Arts Council, 2017
Professional Development Grant, Wright State University
1ST Prize, Purchase Award, 32nd Annual Painting Exhibition, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 2000
Juror’s Award, The View, Rosewood Arts Center, Dayton, OH, 1998
Juror’s Award, The View, Rosewood Arts Center, Dayton, OH, 1997
Public and Private Collections
Stein Collection, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
The American University, Washington, D.C.
Charles Cajori and Barbara Grossman
Cathy Weisman
Dr. Charles Taylor
Q-Base Corporation, Fairborn, OH
Dr. Mike Ervin
Wentworth Military Academy and College, Lexington, MO
Reviews
Pam Dillon, Dayton Daily News, April 30, 2017
Whitney Faber, The Ithacan, September 23rd, 2011
Jud Yalkut, Dayton City Paper, 2011
Jud Yalkut, Dayton City Paper, 2009
Jud Yalkut, Dayton City Paper, 2/08/06
Jud Yalkut, Impact Weekly, 12/26/03
Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post, 5/10/01
Joel Silverstein, NY Arts, 1/01
Other
Drawing reproduced, Observational Drawing, Joseph Podlesnik, Tempe Digital, 2017, pp. 99
Founding member, Dutoit Cooperative Gallery, Dayton, OH, 2016
Drawings reproduced, Two Drawings in the textbook, Drawing Inspiration; Visual Artists
At Work, Michael Fleishman, Delmar Cengage Learning, 2011, pp.117, 136
Editorial Advisory Board, On Drawing, Roger Winter, Third Edition, Collegiate Press, 2002