Resume
EDUCATION
2011 MFA Figurative Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
1983 BA Double First class Honors (UK): Editorial & Information Design,
RCA, London England. Graduated Summa cum laude
AWARDS
2010 Kent Gallery, Kent, Litchfield County CT. Award for Excellence
2009 Kent Gallery, Kent, Litchfield County CT. Winner of the Maija Velde Award for
Figurative Painting
1993 Society of Illustrators: Young Adult Book Jacket of the Year
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Paul Gervais Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
2010 Cartus Corporation, Danbury, CT
2010 Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT
2009 Burnham Library, Bridgewater CT
2005 Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho
2011 Tim Good Gallery, Kent, CT
2010 Kent Art Association Members Show: Award of Excellence, Kent, CT
2010 Paul Gervais Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
2009 Higgins Gallery, WCSU Faculty Show, Danbury, CT
2009 Kent Gallery, Presidents Show, Kent, CT
2009 Academy of Art, Spring Show, San Francisco, CA
2008 Burnham Library, 'Smalls', Bridgewater, CT
2008 Ridgefield Show House and Tour, Ridgefield CT
2007 Burnham Library, Art and Agriculture, Bridgewater, CT
2005 Western Connecticut State University MFA Alumni Show, Danbury, CT
1999 Kips Bay Designer Show house New York City, NY
1998 Kips Bay Designer Show house New York City, NY
1993 New York Society of Illustrators, New York City, NY
1989 Wilton Public Library, Wilton, CT
1983 London College of Art, London, UK
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Murals
1999 – 2008 Mr and Mrs T.E.Jones – New York City, Florida, Connecticut, France
1998 – 2000 David Barratt Interior Design NYC – misc clients
1996 – 2000 Beverley Ellsley Interior Design – misc clients including the President and
CEO Merrill Lynch, Eddie Murphy
1996 – 1998 Sheridan Interiors, CT – misc clients
Private commissions in Connecticut (Easton, Fairfield, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield,
Southport, Weston, Wilton), Tampa, New York (Bedford, Greenwich, Manhattan),
New Jersey and France.
Clients include the CFO Citicorp
Illustration and product advertising
1982 – 1996 American Home Products, American Cyanamid, American Express, BAT
Industries, Control Data Business Systems, Danbury Mint, IBM, Marine Services Corp.,
Mars, Nabisco, Ocean Spray, Oglivy & Mather, Olin, PepsiCo, Pet Foods, Quaker State Oil,
Reader’s Digest, Schick, Warner Lambert and Xerox (partial listing)
Corporate and Graphic Design
1982 – 1996 American Express - logotype design. BAT Industries -Annual Report design.
Landtech Inc. – brochure design. Ogilvy & Mather - logotype design. Rank Xerox – Annual
Report design
Book Jacket and Editorial Illustration
1984 – 1996 Avon Books, Dell, Electronic Learning Magazine, Eyecare Business
Magazine, Golf Digest, Harper Collins, Harper Trophy, IBM and UPS company magazines,
Macmillan, Omni Magazine, Pfizer, Reader’s Digest, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Snow
Country Magazine, Tennis Magazine
Philatelic Art
1988 – 1990 Postal Commemorative Society
1989 – 1992 Unicover Corporation
Commissioned Portraiture
2010 Dr. James Schmotter, President Western Connecticut State University
1992 Chairman and President Pfizer
1991 All Chairmen and Founders Coopers & Lybrand
1988 – 1989 Chairman Citicorp: Walter Wriston. Chairman Citicorp: John Reed. Vice
Chairman Citicorp: Hans Angermueller
1986 – 2011 Numerous private portrait commissions.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fleetwood Museum of Philatelic Art, Cheyenne, Wyoming
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Portrait Society
Oil Painters of America
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
2003 - 2011 Adjunct Professor Art History, Studio Drawing. Western Connecticut State
University, Danbury, CT.