Painting
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Member of Flag since: 2025
STATEMENT:
When asked about how they became an artist, one thing that stands out in the mind of this painter is a day in their 6th grade art class in their hometown of Hanover, Pa. when their teacher, Mr. Miller, took them aside to tell them quietly that “you should be an artist”.
This stuck in their young mind throughout their childhood with many friends and relatives observing that they always had their nose in a sketchpad.
After a distinguished career in Interior Design with a focus on Architectural Design and raising their children in the New Jersey area, this award-winning watercolorist relocated to Jacksonville, FL in 2016 and currently resides there full time.
For them, working in a watercolor medium is like solving a puzzle. When all the moving pieces of color, form and value come together they create a complete image whether suggestive or representative.
Using the dynamic medium of water, planning an approach is critical and the results can be surprising. The organic nature of water will not follow the traditional boundaries of paint and is actually sculpted and redirected on the page. Therefore, capturing the fleeting moment of a beach at sunrise, or a dancer’s gaze at her partner require keen observation and careful translation of the material to the paper.
Their artwork features beautiful landscapes with interesting light and iconic familiar places, as well as colorful characters from everyday life as well as from their travels. They’re as comfortable outside in plein air as in the studio and they have a knack for capturing place and time while telling engaging visual story.
Currently in their fourth term as the President for the Jacksonville Watercolor Society, after serving several years on the Board, they continue to mentor and help other artists grow in their profession and is a sought-after facilitator and demonstrator.
The artist exhibits throughout northeast Florida with several groups and invitational solo shows, participates in regional plein air events. When not making art, they enjoy playing pickleball, volunteering in a food pantry, and spending time with their spouse and their Great Dane, Heidi.
RESUME:
Education:
-BFA in Communication Design, Kutztown University, Pennsylvania
-Studied under: Xi Guo, Vlad Yeliseyev, Joseph Zbukvic, James Toogood, Joel Popadics, Pam Wenger, Lorraine Watry, Carol Douglas
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
-Butterfield Garage Art Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
-Acacia Tree Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
-Ancient City Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Exhibitions:
Coastal Camden
Happy Medium Books (Jacksonville, FL 2025)
Beaches Fine Arts Series (Atlantic Beach, FL 2024)
Main Library and Art Walk (Jacksonville, FL 2024)
The Silver Cow (Jacksonville, FL 2020)
The Cool Moose (Jacksonville, FL 2019)
Other Juried Shows:
Southern Watercolor Society:
“The Women of Boa Morte” (2022 Juried Exhibition)
“Sampling the Wares” (2025 Juried Exhibition)
New Jersey Watercolor Society:
“Proud Mama” (2013 Statewide Juried Exhibit)
Amplified Avondale – Jacksonville, FL, Featured Artist: 2024-2025
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS:
Florida Watercolor Society
“Drummer Girl” (50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Fall 2021 Cheap Joe’s Purchase Award)
Jacksonville Watercolor Society
“A Walk on Jones Street” (Spring 2025 Juried Member Show Merit Award)
“On the Way to the Spring Fair” (Spring 2024 Juried Member Show Honorable Mention Award)
“Get Off My Back (Fall 2023 Juried Member Show Merit Award)
“Say Cheese” (Spring 2023 Juried Member Show 3rd place Award)
“The Women of Boa Morte” (Fall 2022 Juried Member Show Honorable Mention Award)
“Boa Morte” (Fall 2021 Juried Member Show Merit Award)
“The Art of Turning Thirty” (Spring 2021 Juried Member Show Honorable Mention)
“Lisbon Neighbor” (Fall 2020 Juried Member Show Honorable Mention) First Coast Plein Air Painters (FCPAP)
“Just Dawn” (Thrasher-Horne Center Juried Show, Orange Park, FL 2025 Honorable Mention)
“Florida Cracker” (Ship to Shore Juried Show 2023 3rd Place Award )
“Nice Day for a Picnic” (The Skies the Limit Juried Show 2022 Honorable Mention)
“A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts” (Scene through our Eye Juried Show 2021 2nd Place Award) Jacksonville Urban Sketchers
Coastal Camden Art League Annual Juried “Plein Air Paint Out”, St. Marys, GA
“Downtown” (Spring 2025 2nd Place Award)
“By The Docks” (Spring 2024 1st Place Award)
“Stormy Morning” (Spring 2023 1st Place Award)
Pines and Palms “High Cotton” Plein Air Juried Quick Draw, Pines and Palms, Thomasville, GA
“End of Season” (Fall 2024 2nd Place)
“By the Oldest Oak” (Fall 2023 3rd Place) St. Augustine Art Association
“By the Lighthouse” (Plein Air Juried Pop Up Exhibit, St Augustine Yacht Club Spring 2025 4th Place)
“A Walk on Jones Street” (Honors Invitational Juried Exhibit 2024 Honorable Mention)
“Avondale Morning” (Spring Members Juried Show Spring, 2023 2nd Place)
‘El Caballero en Cordoba” (Here & There Juried Show, 2023 Honorable Mention)
“Boa Morte” (Faces & Figures Juried Show, 2021 2nd Place) Jacksonville Artist Guild
“A Happy Hubby” (Express Yourself Juried Show Fall 2024 Juror’s Choice Award)
Workshop Facilitation:
“Art in the Park” – JaxParks (2024)
“Learn to Love Watercolor” – St. Augustine Art Association
“Using Pen & Ink with Watercolor Washes” – Jax Urban Sketchers
“Watercolor for Plein Air” – First Coast Plein Air Painters
“Urban Sketching” – Jacksonville Watercolor Society
MEMBERSHIPS/ PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Jacksonville Watercolor Society Current President: 2022-2025, Past Membership Chair: 2020-2021
Southern Watercolor Society
Jacksonville Artist Guild
First Coast Plein Aire Painters
Georgia Watercolor Society
Florida Watercolor Society