Throughout my school years I was encouraged by many fine art teachers. But the dads in my neighborhood wore suits and carried briefcases on their way to work. None of them were heading to the studio. Years later, I pursued a career as an engineer.
The term "Sunday painter" describes an earnest, unschooled painter. For years I was an "August painter": every August on our family vacation to Maine, I would unpack the watercolor set, paint in every spare moment, and pack things up until the next August. Painting absorbed me. From time to time, a fine painting would result. Now I paint every day. My inspirations evolve, but I've always been moved by the work of Andrew Wyeth and Franz Marc. I've studied under Robert Willis (Dorland Art) and Don Andrews, who introduced me to the California Style of Watercolor. I love the painting of Hardie Gramatky, Rex Brandt and Millard Sheets. That many of the California painters intersected with Walt Disney fascinates me. Art Juried Exhibitions
2014-2016 Vermont Watercolor Society Chores (2014) Heels in the Rain (2018) 2017-2019 Utah Watercolor Society Driving Dolly (2016) Blanding (2018) Almond Street (2017) Utah Nautical (2019) Strength of Fields (2016) Changing Flies (2016) Residencies Vermont Studio Center 2013 Dorland Art Colony 2014, 2016 Xochi Qetzal 2015 Spannochia 2017 Awards 2015 Signature Member, Vermont Watercolor Society 2015 Arts Alive Roberto Fitzgerals Award, Burlington, VT - At the MFA 2017 Utah Division of Arts & Museums Traveling Exhibition - Driving Dolly 2018 Signature Member, Utah Watercolor Society 2018 Utah Watercolor Society Juror's Award - Pleasant Street 2019 Utah Division of Arts & Museums Traveling Exhibition - Utah Nautical EducationBA Economics and German, University of Wisconsin/Madison. 1979.
MS Engineering Science, Dartmouth College, 1982. BE Engineering Science, Dartmouth College, 2002. |