Education
2002 MASS College of Art - Independent studio painting class
2001 Cambridge Center for Adult Education - Mixed media painting class
1992 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, affiliated with Tufts University BFA - Bachelor of Fine arts
1985-87 Maine College of Art - core foundation program
Exhibitions
2020 Gallery at Four, Tiverton, RI - group show
2020 Barrington Public Library, RI - Solo Show
2019 Bristol Art Museum, RI - members group show
2004-present The Art Cafe & Commons Cottage Gallery, Little Compton, RI
2008-20 South Coast Artist, Little Compton, RI - Open Studio Tour
2018 - Tour participant contest - first place winner
2017 Art League of RI, Vets Gallery, Providence, RI - juried show
2017,18 Warwick Center for the Arts, RI - juried show, (2 time) artist excellence award
2017 Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI -group show
2014,16 Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA - group show
2013-14 Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2013 Hope Gallery, Bristol, RI, juried exhibit, - honorable mention award
2012-15 Deblois Gallery, Newport, RI
2013 - best in show for theme
2005-13,19 Little Compton Community Center, RI - juried show
2006 - honorable mention award
2009 - artist excellence award
2008,10-13 The Art League of RI - juried show
2008 - Arnold Art Center award
2011- first-place award
2011-13 Imago Gallery - group show
2011 The Portsmouth Artist Guild, RI - members group show
2011 Westport Art Group, MA - juried group show
2009 The Stone House Club - co-exhibitor
2009 Yes - Studio & Gallery, Bristol, RI - group show
2006,08-12 Little Compton Historical Society - group show
Professional Experience
2005-present The Art Café, Little Compton, RI - teach summer-long children’s multidisciplinary art-based programs.
Adult open studio - individual project-based art instruction & critique
2020 “Little Peeps” Montessori pre-school - visiting artist project workshop
2020 Westport Art Group, MA - develop and instruct adult mixed media painting workshop
2019 Pawtucket Boys & Girls Club - winter-spring season program in conjunction with grant recipient, The Art Connection, RI
2017-19 The CORE Organization, non-profit, teacher, K-12 after-school enrichment workshops, various schools in, RI
2017 Bristol Art Museum, RI - instruct adult mixed media workshop
2015-17 Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI, instruct adult mixed media painting, drawing
2013-15 Pennfield School, Portsmouth, RI, Arts Festival Workshops, developed & lead interdisciplinary projects, K-8
1992-present Freelance designer & illustrator
1992-99 Continuum, Boston, MA - illustrator, color theorist, assistant interior designer
Grants
2019 RISCA, in conjunction with The Art Connection, RI - teaching artist grant
2017 MASS MoCA, Assets For Artists, in conjunction with RI State Council on the Arts - rural artist working grant
Commissions
2013 & 14 Bridgeport Hospital, CT - paintings for postpartum healing unit
2014 Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT - paintings for post-surgical unit
Published Art Work
2013 Cortland Review - the cover of online literary publication -Issue 60
2012 The History of Little Compton - A Home by the Sea, by Janet Lisle (pg. 267)
2011 First Light: Sakonnet, by Janet Lisle (pg. 71)
Community Events & Volunteer Work
2003-present Group & private lessons for adults & children, birthday parties, paint & food events,
Develop interdisciplinary programs & artists workshops for public, private, and non-profit institutions.
2012 Judge - The Little Compton Spring Photography Show
2013,15,17 High School Senior Project Mentor
2006-10 Little Compton Historical Society - various demos and artist workshops
Artwork Donations
2019 Blackstone Valley Community Health Care: made possible by The Art Connection, RI
2014-19 Westport Watershed Alliance - art auction fundraiser
2017 Newport County Land & Sea - art auction fundraiser
2011-14 Wilbur McMahon Schools, Little Compton, RI, scholarship foundation - art auction
2012-13 Sakonnet Preservation Association - art auction
2006-13,17 Little Compton Historical Society - art auction
Partial Client List
A&W Restaurant - proprietary icons for packaging and restaurant graphic
AMF Bowling Centers - holding a patent in proprietary laminate design
Coopers & Lybrand - company collateral illustrations
California Pizza Kitchen - packaging and mural illustrations
Event Temps - identity logo development
KFC - image icons for restaurant signs & packaging, & mural illustrations
The Last Stand - identity logo development, menu, packaging, t-shirt, & proprietary icons
Papa Gino's - identity logo development
Pizza Hut International - image icons for signs & packaging, & mural illustrations
Polaroid - packaging illustrations
Putnam Investments - company collateral illustrations