Born: 1946 (Port Chester, New York, USA)
First painting attempted: 1956 (a paint-by-numbers picture of a beagle)
First "color field" painting completed: 1967
First "lyrical abstraction" completed: 1970
First "remembered landscape" completed: 1978
Exhibitions
First group exhibition: 1971 (Cheltenham Art Center, Pennsylvania)
First one-man exhibition: 1973 (Earlville Opera House, New York State)
Most recent group exhibition: 2010 (Galerie Thomas Jaeckel, Chelsea, New York)
Most recent one-man exhibition: 2004 (Art Under Construction gallery, New York)
Complete exhibition listing available upon request
Public Installations
Instituto Cultural Mexicano-norteamericano de Jalisco (Collaboration with Mexican artists. Mural dedicated to the transnational migration of the monarch butterfly.)
Phoenix Art Museum Temporary mural in honor of the exhibition “Diego Rivera, The Cubist Years.” Collaboration with Mexican-American artist.
Philippines Refugee Processing Center, Bataan (Collaboration with Khmer, Lao artists. Design for mural dedicated to “sport.” )
Oakland Arts School, Oakland, CA (Collaborated with children, teachers, and staff to produce “Where Are We Going?”, a permanent mural made of ceramic tiles.)
Relevant Education
Teachers
James Brooks (Abstract Expressionist; muralist); Jimmy Ernst (visionary); Robert Postma (colorist);
Angelo Savelli (idealist); Theodoros Stamos (Abstract Expressionist); Neil Welliver (realist)
Degree
M.F.A. in Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Collectors (partial listing)
Mr. Charles Belbin, San Francisco, CA Mr. Steven Rozwenc, Hadleyville, MA
Mr. John Butchart, Oakland, CA Ms. Dorothy Russell, Phoenix, AZ
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cassin, Fairport, NY Ms. Hanni Sager, Vista Hermosa, Mexico
Dr. and Mrs. David Curtis, San Francisco, CA Mr. Marvin Schenck, Ukiah, CA
Ms. Betty Ferguson, Oakland, CA Mr. Wayne Stutzer, Phoenix, AZ
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Reilly III, Huntington Beach, CA Mr. Christopher Trakas, New York, NY
