Artist Statement: 2020
I am inspired by western landscapes and wildlife and continue to search for new ways to do justice to nature's beauty through oil painting.

Art Education
Graduated from Lewiston Porter Sr. High School 1972
Attended Niagra County Community College 1 ½ year
Grant awarded from The Greenshield Foundation in 1975 to continue art education
Graduated from Spectrum Institute for the Advertising Arts, Belle Mead, N.J., 1979
Attended Sheridan College, in Canada for computer animation, one semester 1998
Full time oil painting landscapes and wildlife fine art for 40 years

Awards, Publications & Shows

Cabela's Spring Catalog
Cover 1975

Long Island Duck Stamp Contest
1st place 1982

Philadelphia Wildlife Art Expo
Silver Medal for best of show, 1993

Federal Duck Stamp Contest
Top twenty list '84,'85, '96, '97

Ducks Unlimited Magazine
Cover art '84, '85, '92

New York Conservationist Magazine
Feature article, 1989

New York State Fair Wildlife Artist of the Year
1994 and 1998

Birds in Art Exhibition
Wausau, Wisconsin

Wildfowl Art Magazine
Cover art and feature article, 1997

"Nature and Art in Balance"
One man show, Art Center, Grand Junction, CO, 2001



Copley Auction
"The Sporting Sale", Plymouth, MA

Grand Valley Magazine
Feature article, 2009

Wild Dogs Art Show
Grand Junction, CO 2015, 2017

Colorado National Monument
One-Man-Show, 2017

Source:
Website of the Artist, 2020