Artist

Biography

born 1968
graduated American Academy of Art 1990
professional artist since 1990
member of Palette and Chisel Club of Chicago 1989-1990

studied under Ted Smuskiewicz
Irving Shapiro
Alexander Dzigurski Sr.

Exhibited in Oil Painters of America National Show 1998, 1999, 2000,2002, 2003, 2005
Awarded Signature status from O.P.A. in 2003
Exhibited in CM Russell Auction 2001,2002, 2004
Exhibited in California Art Club Gold Medal Show 2007
Exhibited in Peppetree Art Show 2006,2007,2008
Carmel Plein Air Festival 1999, 2000, 2004
Virtuosos of the OPA Show at the Salmagundi Club, New York 2015

One Man Show at ZYT Galerie 1994-1999
One Man Show at Simic Galleries 1991-2006
Notable Collectors include HRM Prince Ahmed Bin Salman
Arnold Loeb
Richard DeVos Jr.
Maj. General Brian Dravis
USAF, Pentagon

My influences include Ilya Repin, Isaac Levitan, John Singer Sargent,
Joaquin Sorolla, Ivan Aivasovsky, Alexander Dzigurski Sr, Carl Rungius,
Franz Bischoff, one Edgar Payne

I believe in painting from life. The only way to capture the truth and beauty of nature.