Exclusive showing at Amour d'Art Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
I am a self taught artist. I paint in all mediums, I am currently doing large abstracts or impressionistic paintings in large format. Using acrylics and mixed media. I also teach painting techniques in workshops I conduct about 3 times a year. I teach professional painters as well as beginners.
EDUCATION
- Studied under internationally renowned artists; Valfred Thelin and Nicholas Reale.
- Recipient of the Hilton Leech Friends of the Arts and Sciences Scholarship, and completed Edward Betts' master watercolor class.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Instructor at Longboat Key Art Center and Hilton Leech, Longboat Key, Florida
- Currently teaches art techniques to private students
- Guest artist on TV shows: Focus on the Arts, Sarasota FL, Focus on the Stars, San Jose, California and PBS’ Four Artists, Carmel, California
- Guest Artist on Scientific Alaskan Expedition illustrating wildlife interaction, 1982
- Invited by the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia to teach painting at Princess Norda’s new cultural center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1999
- Produced a three part video series on painting techniques, 1999
- Listed in National Directory of Who’s Who of Executives and Professionals, 1996-1999
- Paintings showcased and leased to ABC's hit series, The Bachelor, 2005
- Listed in Who’s Who in America 2006
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Alkozoma Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Coast Gallery, Pebble Beach and Big Sur, CA
- Gateway Gallery, Carmel, CA
- City Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Gallery La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
- Sid Alshowman Gallery, Saudi Arabia
- Cottage Gallery, Carmel, CA
- Smith and Finney’s Englewood, FLA
- Delaney’s Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FLA and Chicago, ILL
- Hodgel & Hartman Gallery, Sarasota, FLA
- Webster's Walnuts Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
- Masterpiece Gallery, Carmel, CA
- Zantman’s Gallery Carmel CA, and Palm Desert CA
- Phillip’s Galleries, Carmel CA, and Santana Row, San Jose, CA
- Coda Galleries, Palm Desert
- Rodney Hunter Showroom Monterey, CA
- Christina’s, Carmel, CA
COLLECTIONS
- King’s Palace, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Prince Abdullah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Princess Norda, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Princess Munera, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Diamond Trucking Inc., Pebble Beach, CA
- Cross Realty, Big Sur, CA
- Thai Farmers Bank, Bangkok, Thailand
- First Federal Savings and Loan, Sarasota, FLA
- Larsen Realty, Carmel, CA
- Dr. and Mrs. Michael Lee, Puerta Vallarta Mexico
- Wahl Realty, Carmel, CA
- Captain and Mrs. Bryan E. Miler, Washington, DC
PUBLICATIONS
- Painter and Designer of the Monterey Big Sur Run Poster, 1988
- Lithographs Published: Silent Flight, Come Spring, Mirage, 1993
- American Artist Magazine Layout Illustrating Painting Techniques, 2004
