Curriculum Vitae
BIRTHPLACE - April 27, 1958. East Hampton, Connecticut
EDUCATION - 1976 to 1980 BFA Painting, University of Connecticut.
CONTINUED EDUCATION
- 2006: Carolyn Anderson Workshop
- 1990 –1994: Weekly portrait and figure classes with Bob Gerbracht
- 1990 – 1994: Landscape workshops with Michael Lynch
- 1991: Milt Kobayashi figure painting
- 1987 – 1989: various courses at The San Francisco Academy of Art
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2004-2009 Pixar University/ / Private Workshops- Vermont, Maui , and CA. 2003: La Rusticana Painting Workshop, Los Gatos, CA
- 1999 – 2005: Private classes/ workshops in Landscape, Still-life, and Figure painting 2000 : “Experience Italy 2000”, Summer abroad program, Tuscany, Italy
- 1996 – 2003: Instructor at the San Francisco Academy of Art in the following courses in the undergraduate or graduate programs: -Figure Drawing -Intermediate Figure Drawing -Intro to Figure Painting in Oil -Still-life Painting -Landscape Painting -Composition -Directed Study
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- The Baywood Artists Group
- The Northern California Painters Group
- The Outsiders, California Art Club
- Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 2010: “Artists Choice” Maui Plein Air Festival. “Artists Choice Award” 10th Annual LPAPA Show, Laguna Beach Museum, “Best of Show”, Telluride Plein Air, ,Artists’ Choice- Copia/Napa Valley Land Trust Art Festival
- 2007: Best of Show-Northern Views/ Napa Museum of Art 2006:Artist’s Choice/ Sedona Plein Air Festival/ /Best of Show, Artists’ Choice – Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational
- 2006, 2005: Third Place- Carmel Art Festival
- 2004: Best of Show, First Place “Quick-draw”- Carmel Art Festival
- 2003: Peoples’ Choice, Laguna Plein Air Festival- Quick Draw. “Second Place, Carmel Art Festival 2003,“Best Work on Canvas or Panel” – Carmel Art Festival 2002, Carmel, CA., Honorable Mention – Carmel Art Festival
- 2001: Carmel CA., “Best of Show”- The Fine Art of the Automobile, June 2001, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA “Purchase Award”- Neighborhoods of the 90’s,
- 1994: Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT., Merit Award – 68th Annual Crocker Kingsley Exhibition,
- 1993: The Crocker Museum, Sacramento , CA.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRINT
- Workshop Magazine, Fall 2006 Feature
- Plein Air Magazine, November 2004
- Southwest Art, July 2003 feature
- American Artist Magazine, August 2000
- Artweek , Summer 2000
- San Francisco Chronicle, June 9, 2000
- Antiques and the Arts Weekly
- Nob Hill Gazette, (cover)
- The Plein Air Scene featured artist/ January 1999
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
- The John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- The Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmel, CA.
- Telluride Fine Art Gallery, Telluride, CO
- Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island, CA
- Michael Carroll Gallery, Lanaii City, HI
- Tomales Fine Art Gallery, Tomales, CA
- Knowlton Gallery, Lodi, CA
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
- 2009- Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island, CA
- 2008- Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmel, CA
- 2007- Recent Paintings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2005- Recent Paintings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA - RC Sexton Solo Show, The Davis Gallery, Genoa, NV
- 2004- Recent Paintings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco CA
- 2002- Recent Paintings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2000- Recent Paintings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1999- Recent Paintings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1997- Recent Works, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1995- Introductions ’95, John Pence Gallery, CA
SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
- 2010 “Palette to Palate” – Laguna Beach Museum, California
- 2007 “The Outsiders”, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA Northern Views, Napa Valley Museum of Art, Yountville, CA
- 2006 - “The Outsiders”, Bolinas Musum of Art, Bolinas, CA
- 2005- “The Outsiders”, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA “The Outsiders”, Hearst Museum Gallery, Moraga, CA
- 2002- “The Outsiders” Painting Group, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA “Historic Wineries and Vineyards”, Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA 2000- “Towards the New Millennium”, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
- 1993- “68th Annual Crocker Kingsley Exhibition”, Sacramento, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2007 – The Maynard Dixon Show, Thunderbird Foundation, Mt. Carmel, UT - LPAPA, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA - Telluride Plein Air, Sheridan Opera House, Telluride CO - Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, HI
- 2006 - LPAPA, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach , CA - Paint Wilminton, The Walls Gallery, Wilminton, NC - Maui Plein Air Invitational, Lahaina, HI
- 2005 – LPAPA- Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA - Paint Wilminton, Walls Art Gallery, Wilmington, NC - Sonoma Plein Air, Sonoma, CA - Maui Plein Air Festival, Lahaina, HI
- 2004 – Carmel Art Festival, Carmel CA - Laguna Beach Plein Air, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA - Telluride Plein Air, Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, CO
- 2003- The M.A.L.T Annual Benefit Exhibition, Nicasio, CA - The Nude, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA - Marinscapes, Escalle Winery, Larkspur, CA - Carmel Art Festival, Carmel Art Association, Carmel. CA - Mentors and Proteges, Vose Gallery, Boston, MA
- 2002 - The Desert, Firethorn Gallery, Palm Springs, CA - Homage To…, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA - Still-life and Interiors, John Pence Gallery, S.F. CA - Society of Three, Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmell, CA - A Creek Runs Through It…, Baywood Artists and GGNPA, S.F.,CA - Sonoma Plein Air Festival, Sonoma, CA - Scene on the Straight, Martinez, CA - Cityscapes, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, N.C. - Red Umbrellas, 101 California, S.F. CA