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Biography |
Education:
Born 1955, New Mexico
1985-86 Study at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1981-84 Study at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1981 Private Study of Sculpture, Townsend Studios, New York, NY
1978-79 Associate of Arts Degree, Cabrillo City College, Santa Cruz, CA
1978-79 Study at the Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
1976-78 Oil Painting, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Chronology & Exhibitions:
Oil Painters of America National Exhibition (Dana Gallery), Missoula, MT. 2008
C.M.Russell, Great Falls, MT. 2008
Wighorst Museum , San Diego, Ca. 2007
Journeys West Gallery, San Diego, Ca. 2007
Altermann Gallery, New Mexico 2007
2006 Cheon Jeong Goong Museum, Japan
2006 Gallery Show at Joseph A. Hardy, III Estate (Nemacolin Gallery)
2006 American Impressionist Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, one man show
2005 Masterpiece Gallery, Carmel , Ca.
2005 Moulin de la Forge, France, Grande Exhibition
2004 Eclectic Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, one man show
2004 Christies, Paris, France, Auction
2004 Christies, London, UK, Auction
2002 Christies, Los Angeles, Ca, Auction
2001 Edenhurst Gallery, Beverly Hills, Ca, Group Show
2001 Courtyard Gallery, Rancho Santa Fe, Ca.
2001 The Exchange Fine Arts Gallery, Orange, CA, New Works
2000 Eclectic Gallery, Pitts., Pa. One Man Show 'Works from France'
1999 Banks Fine Art, Dallas TX. One Man Show 'Paintings of Normandy, France"
1999 Gallerie Gabrie, Pasadena, Ca, One Man Show
1998 DM Gallery, La Jolla, Ca.
1997 Robson Gallery, San Diego, Ca, Group show
1997 Bijutsu Sekai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, A New World of Art, International Juried Group Show
1997 Poulsen Galleries, Pasadena, Ca.
1996 San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Ca, taught a class on impressionist painting techniques
1996 Global Art, Osaka, Japan, One Man Show
1995 Del Mar Gallery, Del Mar, Ca, Group shows
1992 Constructed a home/studio in Solana Beach, Ca.
1991 Moved to Solana Beach, Ca.
1991 Traveled to Hungary and Romania to paint
1991 Traveled to Japan to paint
1990 Painting outdoors on Fox River, IL
1988 Sculpture commissions, Chicago, IL
1985 Horizon Galleries, Chicago, IL, Group shows
1985 Moved to Chicago, IL
1984 Traveled to China to paint
1983 Traveled widely in Midwestern U.S. to sketch and to paint
1984 Traveled to China to paint
1982 New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, NY
1981 Designed sculpture awards for the Broadway show Cats, New York, NY
1981 The Glass Garden, New York, N~ Group show
1980 Moved to New York, NY
1977 Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Art Association Invitational Show
1976 Director, Gem Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca
1968 Began painting with oils
SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
2008 New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
2oo6 Butler Museum of Art, OH.
Dali Lama, Tibet
Pennsylvania Gas and Electric, PA.
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Frost, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W
iodek, San Diego, CAMr. and Mrs. Chris Schuckmann, San Diego, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Nielson, San Marcos, CA
Dr. Mose Durst, Oakland, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Weiss, San Diego, CA
Dr. David Rueder, Pasadena, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Cordell, Las Vegas, NV
Mr. and Mrs. William Jones, San Diego, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnes, St. Charles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Frost, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hickler, Wellesley, MA
Mr. Masatada Kawano, Shigaken, Japan
Mr. Shigeki Nakamura, Shizuoka, Japan
TEACHING:
1996
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Ca.1988-89
Private Classes in plein air painting, Chicago, Il1978
Art of Painting in Watercolors, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, Ca.PUBLIC AUCTIONS:
C.M. Russell Auction, Great Falls, Mt.
Christies, Los Angeles, Ca. (California Paintings Sales)
John Moran Auctioneers, Pasadena, Ca. (California Paintings Sales)
Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, Ca. (Western Paintings Sales)
Knoxville Museum Auction, TN.
Christies, London (Impressionist & Modern Art Sales)
Christies, Paris (Impressionist & Modern Art Sales)
Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Tx. ( Fine Art Auctions)
Clars Auction House (Fine Art Sales)
Shannons Auction House ( Fine Art Sales)
Altermann Auction, New Mexico
BIBLIOGRAPHY & BOOKS:
Western Art Collector Magazine: Jan 2008 Connecting with the Western Lands
World and I Magazine: Dec 2005 Reflections of a Modern-Day Impressionist
Plein Air Magazine: Oct 2004 Romance for the Outdoors
The Artists Blue Book
Modesitt: The French & California Paintings
Davenports Art Reference
Franklin & James
Modesitt: The California Paintings second edition
Land of Sunlight: 2007 James Lightner
North County Times, San Diego, CA, February 13, 1998, Local Painters Transform Outside World by Patricia Morris Buckley
Daily Courier News, Chicago, IL, December 10, 1989, Tou
ch of Glass by Mary BuchwaldPROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Ranch Santa Fe Art Guild , President
California Art Club
Santa Barbara Art Association
Ranch Santa Fe Art Guild
Oil Painters of America