Year of Birth: 1955

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan

Marital Status: Married

 

Education:

 

College: 1978-1979 Center For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

HENRY FORD SCHOLARSHIP

1975-1978 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

1973-1975 Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN

FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

High School: 1973 Franklin High School, Livonia, MI

 

Skill achievements:

 

Fine Artist / Muralist

Sign & Billboard Painter

Art Director

Faux Finisher & other commercial decorating

Sculptor

 

Professional Experience:

 

1994-2016 PROFESSIONAL ARTIST – Self-employed, TN

1994-2000 SCENIC ARTIST / SIGNPAINTER – Sub-contractor for

Graphic Enterprises Display, Tempe, AZ, on various

projects around the country… Mall of America,

Minneapolis, MN; Speedway Casino, Las Vegas, NV;

Indianapolis Mall, Indianapolis, IN

1990-1993 PICTORIAL PAINTER – TDI, New York, NY

1990 ARTIST’S ASSISTANT – Mark Kostabi Studios,

New York, NY

1988-1989 PICTORIAL PAINTER – Lamar Outdoor Advertising,

Albany, GA

1984-1988 PICTORIAL PAINTER – Foster & Kleiser, Atlanta, GA

1984 ART DIRECTOR – Shannon Advertising, Houston, TX

1983 ART DIRECTOR / SIGNPAINTER – Quality Signs, Inc.,

Houston, TX

1980-1982 ART DIRECTOR / PICTORIAL PAINTER – Georgia

Outdoor Advertising, Athens, GA

1979-1980 ART DIRECTOR – Posters, Inc., Houston, TX

1979-1980 PART-TIME CONTRACT SIGNPAINTER – Bellaire

Sign Co., Bellaire, TX

 

 

 

One Man Art Exhibitions:

 

2011 Avery Fine Art, Marietta, GA

2011 Thomas Kinkaide Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN

2011 Gallery of Light, Pigeon Forge, TN

2009 Avery Fine Art, Marietta, GA

1996 Royi Akavia Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

1994 Carol Weber Fine Art, New York, NY

1994 Collage Art, Nyack, NY

1993 Avery Gallery, Marietta, GA

1993 Gallery 614, Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY

1992 Fine Art World, Boca Raton, FL

1992 Gallery 255 – Hendrickson Art Center, Tahoe Center, CA

1992 Palace Café, Santa Barbara, CA

1992 Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY

1990 35 Downing Gallery, New York, NY

 

Selected Group Art Exhibitions:

 

2015 Art Kansai, Print Group Show, Osaka, Japan

2014 Benefit Show and Auction, Art with a View, Key Biscane, FL

2013 High Lonesome Gallery, Seguin, TX

2011 Art 2 Asia, Osaka, Japan

2010 Art and the Library, Dunlap, TN

1996 Hermitage Gallery, Eldorado Casino’s Grand Plaza, Reno, NV

1995 Birke Art Gallery – Marshall University, Huntington, WV

1995 B’nai Torah Annual Art Show, Boca Raton, FL

1995 Royi Akavia Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

1995 Avery Gallery, Marietta, GA

1994 121 Spring St., New York, NY

1994 Art Expo – NY, Jacob Javits Conv. Center, New York, NY

1993 Art Around the Park, Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY

1993 B’nai Torah Annual Art Show, Boca Raton, FL

1992 Art Expo- NY, Jacob Javits Conv. Center, New York, NY

1992 Gallery Sariedo, New York, NY

1992 Tenth St. Gallery, New York, NY

1992 Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY

1992 American Royal Arts, Westbury, NY

1991 Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY

1991 Avery Gallery, Marietta, GA

1991 35 Downing Gallery, New York, NY

1990 35 Downing Gallery, New York, NY

1989 Atlanta Arts Festival, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA

1989 Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Center, Marietta, GA

1988 Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Center, Marietta, GA

1987 Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Center, Marietta, GA

 

Awards & Honors:

 

2001 2nd Place in competition Allied Arts, Chattanooga, TN

1995 Finalist in John A. Goodno Int’l Mural Competition, Huntington, WV

1989 Addy Award, – Southwestern Georgia Advertising Assoc., Gold, Silver &

Bronze Awards, Outdoor Advertising Design Category, Atlanta, GA

1988 Painting Award – Juried show, Atlanta, GA

 

 

Collections:

Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

Dr. Benjamin Christopher Perry, Chattanooga, TN

Akie Kimura Topal, New York, NY

Dr. Gabor Rona, New Port Richey, FL

Michael Bernstein Collection, Atlanta, GA

Ringling Brothers Museum, Sarasota, FL

Sam Milliken III, Manhattan Mansion Inc., New York, NY

Dr. Allen Myers, Chattanooga, TN

Susan Kellman, New York, NY

Actor Macaulay Culkin, New York, NY