Biography/Curriculum Vitae

1983: Graduated from The Ridgewood School of Art and Design, Ridgewood, NJ. 

1983: Rejected by Yale. 

1983: Auditioned for studio assistant job with Larry Poons/rejected by Larry Poons. 

1983-84: Worked as studio assistant at Clayworks Studio Workshop, Great Jones St. NY, NY 

Also worked for Jim Walsh moving sculpture for Anthony Caro. 

1984: Employment in NY art world comes to a conclusion, no further openings. 

Seeing painting as a journey of discovery, decision made to pursuit art career via alternative path. 

In Jersey, working as carpenter and part-time antique dealer while experimenting with artistic techniques.   

Late 1980s: The paintings continue to develop. Left carpentry shifting to antique dealing full time.
 

Early 1990s: Health crisis in family forced me to withdraw from business to care for someone with a long term, degenerative, terminal illness. 

The paintings continue to develop. 

1999: Still a care provider. Bankrupted. The painting continues. 

2000: Re-entry into the business world. The painting continues. 

2004: Once again a family member is stricken with a terminal, long term illness; drop out of business to become care provider. 

The painting continues.
 

2010: Re-enter the world and painting furiously. Goal is to create a portfolio which is the culmination of 30 years of development and seek NY gallery representation. 

2011: The house/studio I'm renting burns taking my new portfolio and 30 years of art. 

2012: By chance encounter I meet Donna Compton of Compton Gallery, Boonton, NJ 

2013: January: Solo exhibition at Compton Gallery, “Expanded Photography.” 

Solo exhibit, October, Compton Gallery, The Drop Cloth Series. 

2014: Exhibited my Drop Cloth Series at Paterson Art Factory, Paterson, NJ.   

Part of autumn group exhibition at Theresa A. Maloney Gallery, St. Elizabeth's College, Morristown, NJ 

2014-18: Times of trouble. Art continues as drawing (and some photography).   

Painting resumes (outdoors) in winter of 2017 and continues through summer. 

2017: October, solo exhibition of the 3A Series curated by Donna Compton at The Gallery At River's Edge, Denville, NJ. 

2018: Jan/Feb, 10 pieces in group exhibit at Maloney Gallery. 

Rejected for Adolf Gottlieb Foundation grant. 

The struggle continues. 

2019: Got new studio space and expanded painting continues in larger format. 

Rejected for New Jersey State Council of the Arts grant for painters. 

November: Solo exhibition of new expanded paintings at Donna Compton's Neo Art Gallery.
 

2020: Part of group exhibition at Maloney Gallery February-April. 

Also: Covid-19 pandemic causes economic shutdown resulting in loss of collector purchases and gallery representation followed by loss of studio. 

2021: Develop hundreds of drawings for study in abstract paintings as semiotic devices. 

2022: Rejected for NJ State Council of the Arts grant for painters. 

September: Part of the autumn group exhibition at the Theresa A. Maloney Gallery.

2023: The painting continues.