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Honors and Awards
Delaware Valley Art League, Summer 2014 Exhibition at Bryn Mawr Medical Arts Pavilion, 825 Old Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; April 5 – August 2, 2014, Merit Award for pastel painting titled, Sunday Morning: Juror, Elizabeth Wilson
Courting Art sponsored by the Montgomery Bar, May 7 – June 12, 2014, at the Montgomery County Community College Fine Arts Center (Blue Bell Campus); painting titled, Afternoon at Norristown Field Park – Fall 2013, pastel, Award of Excellence Winner. Jurors: Montgomery County Community College Fine Arts Faculty and Staff
Greater Norristown Art League, 72nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Norristown, PA, May 10 – 18, 2014, the Norristown Garden Club Award, Waltz of the Iris, Oil: Juror, Barbara Zucker.
Oreland Art Center Member's Show at Horsham Town Library, November 1 – 30, 2013, Second Place Award for oil painting titled, Mama: Juror, Tom McKinney
Oreland Art Center Member's Show, Ambler SAAC Center, 45 Forest Avenue, Ambler, PA, 19002, October 3 – 30, 2013, the People’s Choice Award for oil paintings titled, Pink Peonies in Red Pitcher and, Which One?
Bibliography: Interviews for Local News Communications: Saginaw, MI (1971) and Plattsburgh, NY (1998)
Exhibits
Elaina's Fine Art Gallery, 3rd Annual Solo Show, May 1 - 31, 2014; 314 W Main St, Trappe, PA
Greater Norristown Art League: Artist of the Month Group Show at Green Wolf Art Barn in Skippack, PA, May 1 – 31, 2014, 4010 W Skippack Pike, Skippack, PA
DVAL Bryn Mawr Medical Arts Pavilion Juried Summer Show, April 5 – August 2, 2014, 825 Old Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove’s 9th Annual Juried Art Show, Drawn to Nature, April 5 – 27, 2014
Philadelphia Sketch Club – Small Oil Works, April 4 – 26, 2014, 235 S. Camac, Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Meadowood Retirement Community 4th Juried Art Show, April 4 – 6, 2014, 3205 Skippack Pike, Worcester, PA
Philadelphia Sketch Club – Art of the Flower, March 7 – 22, 2014, 235 S. Camac, Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Delaware Valley Art League, Penn Med Valley Forge, Juried Winter Show, March 8 – May 10, 2014, 1001 Chesterbrook Blvd, Berwyn, PA
Oreland Art Center at Center on the Hill: Photography, Digital, Mixed Media Art, March 3 – 31, 2014, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Delaware Valley Art League, Penn Med Radnor, Juried Winter Show, March 1 – May 3, 2014, 250 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA
Community Arts Center, Student Show, Feb 20 – March 20, 2014, 414 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, PA
DVAL Bryn Mawr Medical Arts Pavilion Juried Spring Show, February 1 – April 5, 825 Old Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Art Fusion Faculty/Student Show, January 2014, 254 E. High St. Pottstown, PA 19464
Philadelphia Sketch Club - Works on Paper, January 2014, 235 S. Camac, Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Delaware Valley Art League, Bryn Mawr, Medical Arts Pavilion, Juried, Winter Show 2013 and Summer Show 2014
Art Fusion Winter Member Show 2013, Feb 1 – March 15; 254 E. High St. Pottstown, PA 19464
Delaware Valley Art League, Penn Med Valley Forge, Juried Winter Show, Dec 14 – March 8, 2014, 1001 Chesterbrook Blvd, Berwyn, PA
Delaware Valley Art League, Penn Med Radnor, Juried Winter Show, Dec 7 – March 1, 2014, 250 King of Prussia Road
Elaina's Fine Art Gallery, Holiday Group Show, December 1 – 31, 2013; 314 W Main St, Trappe, PA
Orion Communities Fundraiser Show, Barnstone Art Gallery, Phoenixville, Nov 10 2013
Mainline Professional Artists' Member Show: Nov 9 -22, 2013, 746 Panmure Road, Haverford, PA 19041
Elaina's Fine Art Gallery, Alzheimer’s Group Show, November 1 – 30, 2013; 314 W Main St, Trappe, PA
Oreland Art Center Member's Show at Horsham Town Library, November 1 – 30, 2013, 435 Babylon Rd, Horsham, PA
ADM Gallery and Studio, 2nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, October 2013, 3719 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073
Oreland Art Center, 2013 Fall Member Show, Ambler PA
Einstein Medical Arts Building sponsored by Greater Norristown Art League: September through February, 2014
Wayne Art Center Fall Members Show (2012/2013), September, 413 Maplewood Ave, Wayne, PA
Greater Norristown Art League (GNAL) Fall Member Show, September 2013, 800 W. Germantown Pike, E. Norriton, PA 19403
10th Annual Scenes of the Schuylkill River Heritage Area, Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) West, North Hall, 16 W. High St, Pottstown, PA; 3rd Place Award for Pennypacker Mills Tranquility.
Art Fusion 19464, Fall Student/Faculty Show: August/September 2013, 254 E. High St. Pottstown, PA 19464
Courting Art sponsored by the Montgomery Bar Association and members of its Community Outreach Committee, (COC), May 13, 2013, at the Montgomery County Community College Fine Arts Center (Blue Bell Campus)
Einstein Medical Arts Building sponsored by Greater Norristown Art League: April through September, 2013
John James Audubon Center At Mill Grove’s Annual Juried Art Show, Drawn to Nature, April 2013
Center on the Hill sponsored by Greater Norristown Art League (GNAL): April 2013, Chestnut Hill, PA
Greater Norristown Art League (GNAL) Student Show, April 2013, 800 W. Germantown Pike, E. Norriton, PA 19403
Delaware Valley Art League, St David's Art Show, Juried Show: April 26 to May 5, 2013
Art Fusion 19464 Spring Show (Deja Vu): March 23 - May 11, 2013, 254 E. High St. Pottstown, PA 19464
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Art of the Flower Show: Philadelphia City Center, March 3 - 28, 2013
Delaware Valley Art League, Penn Medicine at Valley Forge Juried, Spring Show: March 10, 2012 to May 11, 2013
Delaware Valley Art League, Penn Medicine at Radnor, Juried, Spring Show: March 2, 2012 to May 4, 2013
Mainline Professional Artists' Member Show: February 12 - March 12, 2013, 746 Panmure Road, Haverford, PA 19041
Art Fusion 19464, Winter Member Show: February 2 - March 16, 2013, 254 E. High St. Pottstown, PA 19464
Delaware Valley Art League, Penn Medicine at Radnor, Juried, Winter Show: Dec 1, 2012 to March 2, 2013
Delaware Valley Art League Juried Show: Penn Medicine @ Radnor, PA, December 1, 2012 to March 2, 2013
Solo Show @ Marple Library, Broomall, PA, November - December 2012
2nd Annual Solo Show @ Elaina Fine Arts Gallery, November 2012, Trappe-Collegeville, PA
Greater Norristown Art League Annual Fall Exhibit, Norristown PA, September 2012
ADM Gallery and Studio Juried Show, Newtown Square, PA, Sept –Oct 2012
Wayne Art Center, Juried Annual Members Show, Wayne PA, Sept – Oct 2012
Schuylkill River Heritage Area, Juried Show, Pottstown PA, Sept – Oct 2012
Boenning and Scattergood Financial Services, Pottstown, PA, August - October, 2012
Wayne Art Center, Student Show, Wayne PA, July 19 – August 17, 2012
Two Women Artists @ Cups and Chairs Tea Café, Philadelphia, PA, July – September 2012
The Gallery on High, Summer Member Exhibit, Pottstown PA, June – August 4, 2012
Mainline Member Show & Professional Membership Show, February, May 2012
Greater Norristown 70th Annual Art Show, Art Barn at Montgomery Community College, May 2012
GNAL, Meadowood Community Art Show, Worcester, PA, March 2012; 2nd place award in painting
Solo Show @ Elaina Fine Arts Gallery, November 2011, Trappe-Collegeville, PA
Dupree Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Fleischer Art Memorial Student Show, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Village Art Center Invitational, Phoenixville, PA
Mountain Arts 2010 Juried Exhibit, Small Treasures & Portfolio, Bernardsville, NJ
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Member Show, Summit NJ
Visual Arts Network Exhibits: Government Center, Peru, NY Library, Plattsburgh Library
Council on the Arts Clinton County, Juried Exhibits
Multi-focus 1994 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, SUNY Art Museum, Plattsburgh, NY
Multi-focus 1992 Juried Fine Art Exhibit, SUNY Art Museum, Plattsburgh, NY
Juried Women’s Art Exhibit, North Country Community College, Saranac Lake,NY
Blossoms & Blooms Exhibit, Library, Plattsburgh, NY
Education
Wallingford Community Arts Center, Matiko Mamaladze: Conquer the Palette, oil painting, Fall, 2013
Greater Norristown Art League, Teresa DeSeve: Weaving Color in Pastel, 2012 - present
ADM Gallery and Studio, Newtown Sq, PA: Independent Study in Advanced Oil Painting Techniques, ongoing
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA: Exploring Watercolor, Painting in the Garden, Bonnie Mettler, June 2012 and December 2013
Teresa DeSeve, Collegeville, PA: Plein Air Landscape Painting in Pastel, May/June 2012/13
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA: Weaving Color in Pastel, Teresa DeSeve, Winter & Fall 2012
Fleischer Art Memorial School, Philadelphia, PA: Figure Painting, James Dupree; Observation, Memory and Imagination, John Sevcik; Proportional & Perspective Drawing, David Berger; Introduction to Watercolor
Independent Study, Philadelphia, PA: James Dupree Studios
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA: Portrait Painting & Plein Air Landscape Painting, Paul DuSold Fleischer Art Memorial School, Philadelphia, PA: Portrait Oil Painting, Stanley Bielen; Advanced Painting (2 classes), Fred Kaplan; Figure Painting, Bernard Collins; Mixing Colors in Oil, Giovanni Casadei
Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ: Oil Painting, Valerie Larko (Landscape Painting) & Andrea Gianchiglia (Oil Painting)
Plattsburgh School of Art, Plattsburgh, NY, Malee Lennon: Watercolor Painting
Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI: Associates Degrees in Fine Art
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: Studio Art – Oil Painting
University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI: Portrait & Design
Portrait Class with Daniel Green, Detroit, MI
Portrait Classes with Ed Hoffman (Pastel), Plattsburgh, NY
Charles Reid Watercolor Workshop, Sebasco Estates, Maine
Judi Betts Watercolor Workshop, Quebec City & Plattsburgh NY
John Galluci Watercolor Workshop, Lake Placid, NY
Chatham/Madison Adult CE Classes, Madison, NJ: Advanced Oil Painting
Donations
Alzheimer’s Foundation, Philadelphia Regional Office, PA, 2013
Marple Library, Broomall, PA, 2012
Pope John Paul High School Silent Auction, Royersford, PA, 2012
WCFE Public TV Art Auctions, Clinton County NY (April 1988, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
Council on the Arts of Clinton County, NY (October 1994, 96 & 97)
American Heart Association Fundraiser (February 1995)
Private collections: Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas
Gallery Representation:
Artisans' Corner, Wolfeboro, NH
ADM Gallery and Studio
Art Fusion 19464, Pottstown, PA
Elaina Fine Art Gallery, 314 West Main Street,Trappe-Collegeville, PA 19468
Professional Affiliations
Philadelphia Sketch Club, PA
Govenor Wentsworth Art Association, Wolfeborough, NH
Oreland Art Center, Ambler, PA
Delaware Valley Art League, Paoli, PA
Greater Norristown Art League, Norristown, PA
Art Fusion 19464, Pottstown, PA
Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
Main Line Art Center, Founding Member of Professional Artists, Haverford, PA
Related Professional Experience
Custom Calendars, 2011, 2012
Prints of Original Paintings & Note Cards 2011, 2012, 2013
Printed Christmas Cards from Original Works of Art, 1993 – 1998
Original Designs for Party Invitations, 1994