About the Artist

Education:

2009 Water Street Atelier with Jacob Collins, NYC
2008 Fellow, Hudson River Landscape School, Hunter, NY
2007 Private Study at Douglas Flynt Atelier, Fort Myers, FL
2006 Portrait Painting Intensive with Tony Ryder, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Bachelors of Fine Art Jacksonville University

Awards, Recognition:

2015 Exhibitor, Reflecting the Real, Reh's Gallery NY
2015 Exhibitor, still Life Show Eleventh Street Gallery, Grand Central Atelier, NY
2014 Exhibitor, Inaugural Show Eleventh Street Gallery, Grand Central Atelier, NY
2014 Exhibitor, The Modern Atelier, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Exhibitor, Exposed: Face and Figure, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Exhibitor, The Modern Atelier, Black Bird Art and Frame, Asheville, NC
2011 Exhibitor, Arrangements: Still Life Paintings Exhibition and Sale, Cavalier Gallery
2010 Finalist, Artist Magazine Annual Competition
2010 Juried Participant 7th Annual Biennial Competition, Punta Gorda Art Center, FL
2009-2008 Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition - 2nd Place
2008 Group Exhibition “Jacob Collins and the Water Street Atelier” - Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta GA
2008 Group Exhibition Water Street Atelier Student Show- Bendann Gallery, Baltimore MD
2005 Featured Artist, Orlando Business Journal Publication, Orlando, FL
2004 Commissioned 40 ‘ Ceiling Mural - Galloway Estate, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2003 Exhibitor, Annual Spring Show, R Roberts Gallery, Avondale, Jacksonville, FL
2003 Artwork featured in September Edition of ArBus Magazine
2002 Juror’s Choice Award, First Coast Regional Art Exhibition
Four-Year Fine Arts Scholarship – Jacksonville University
Four-Year Presidential University Scholarship

Teaching Experience:

2009 - Current  Arts Bonita, Bonita Springs, Florida
2009 - Current Paper Bark Tree Studio, Fort Myers, Florida
2009 Von Lie Big Art Center, Naples Florida
2008 Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Glen Cove, New York
2007-2008 Cape Coral Art League, Cape Coral, Florida