Biography
I've thought of myself as an artist since I was 5 years old when I drew a picture of my father and it looked exactly like him.
I was born in Chicago in 1948 and left at 18. After school I chose to move to Philadelphia, where I knew no one, and proceeded to establish my life from scratch.
Coming from a practical background I didn't really believe I could survive as an artist until I graduated from graduate school and realized painting was all I wanted to do. At that point my focus was always on how to facilitate my ability to make art.
I eventually was able to survive financially by moving to a neighborhood where real estate was cheap. I acquired enough property to have a place to live, a studio, and rental income to be an artist full time.
Statement
The two constants in my work have been the narrative and the intensity of the visual. I want the viewer to be intoxicated and perplexed by how I make my paintings and intrigued by the stories I am trying to tell. I’m interested in human dynamics whether they be social, political, or emotional.
In the end though it's about randomness and our inability to control that randomness. Things happen - anything can happen and we want somehow to control it, but we can't. Art is a good attempt at trying.
CV
Education
1966-1967 Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1967-1968 Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1968-1971 University of Illinois, Champaign, IL - B. F. A. in painting 1971
1971-1973 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD- M.F.A. in Painting 1973
Painting Awards
1973 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship
Painting Biennial, VCU, Richmond VA, 1st Prize
1972 Henry Walters European Travel Scholarship
1971 Kate Kinley Memorial Fellowship (Given by University of Illinois Trustees)
Wabash Valley Regional, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute IN, 1st Prize, purchase award
Selected Collections
- Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute IN
- Combank Corp., Chicago, IL
- Towers, Perrin, Forster, and Crosby, Phila., PA
- First Union Bank Corp., Wilmington, DE
- Beneficial Savings Corp., Wilmington, DE
- General Instrument Corp., Horsham, PA
- Monell Senses Center, Phila., PA
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
- Howard Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL
- Grace Hartigan, Baltimore,MD
One Person Shows
2013 Recent Paintings from The Strong Man and Portrait Series, Giles Gallery,
Eastern KY U, Richmond, KY
2013 Strong Man Series, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2013 Recent Paintings from The Strong Man and Portrait Series,
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2011 2 Brothers 2 Profiles, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Weber/Kelly 201 Gallery, Phila., PA
1993 F.A.N. Gallery, Phila., PA
1992 F.A.N. Gallery, Phila., PA
1981 Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
1979 Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977 Rosenfeld Gallery, Phila., PA
1975 Center Square, Phila., PA
1973 Turner Auditorium, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1972 Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Selected Group Shows
2012 No Dead ArtistsJonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012 Death is the Destination, Ernest G. Welch Galleries, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2012 Living With Others, Giles Gallery Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2012 Au Naturel International Juried Exhibition, Clatsop Community College
Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR
2011 Hello World, Milavec Hakimi Gallery, NYC
2011 Artist of the Week, Saatchi Online
2011 Northern Liberties: A Transformation, Projects Gallery, Phila., PA
2011 To-day is Another Day-MAKE ART
Art in the Great Recession, Pterodactyl Philadelphia
Project Space, Phila., PA
2010 Philadelphia Story, Woodmere Art Museum, Phila., PA
2009 Obamarama, Projects Gallery, Phila., PA
2005 Operation Raw, The Icebox, Phila., PA
2003 Art in Northern Liberties, Phila., PA
2000 National Invitational Art Exhibition, Brenau College, Gainesville, GA
1999 The Art & Science of Surviving Cancer (Traveling Exhibit), Amgen Inc.
1997 Manna Benefit Art Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, Phila., PA
1996 Confronting Cancer through Art, Arthur Ross Gallery, Phila., PA
Group Show, Moore on Second Street Gallery, Phila., PA
1995 Meet the Neighbors, Paley Design Center, Philadelphia College of Textiles, Phila., PA
Shades of the Spirit, Painted Bride Art Center, Phila., PA
1994 Group Show, Axis Fine Art, Phila., PA
National Invitational Art Exhibition, Brenau College, Gainesville, GA
15x15 Alumni Exhibit, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD
1992 National Invitational Art Exhibition, Brenau College, Gainesville, GA
Dominion: The World of Man and Beast, F.A.N. Gallery, Phila., PA
1991 Differing Views-Four Artists, Spokane Art School Center for the Visual Arts, Spokane, WA
1990 Third Annual Exhibition of Pennsylvania Artists, Josiah White
Exhibition Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
1988 Consciousness and Reality, More Gallery, Phila., PA
1981 Untitled One Nine Eight One, Cheltenham Art Center, Phila., PA
1979 Opens Friday, Moore College of Art, Phila., PA
1978 Arthur A. Baer Memorial Art Competition, Beverley Art Center, Chicago IL
About Face- Contemporary American Portraits, Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
1977 Grace Hartigan and Friends, Gallery at the Mechanic, Baltimore, MD
1975 641 Gallery, Washington, DC
1973 National Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Muncie, IN
National Drawing Exhibition, Potsdam, NY
National Annual Print and Print Drawing Show, Grand Forks, ND
Painting Biennial, Richmond, VA (1st Prize)
1972 National Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Grand Forks, ND
Recent Baltimore Paintings, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY
Baltimore Arts Festival, Baltimore, MD
1971 Wabash Valley Regional, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
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