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1. Best Friends Forever, 2007, oil on canvas, 32” x 40”
2. Composed, 2007, oil on canvas, 24” x 25”
3. Grace, oil on canvas, 20” x 20”
4. Lift, 2007, oil on canvas, 44” x 30”
5. Scout, 2007, oil on canvas, 34” x 50”
6. Set Dressing, 2007, oil on canvas, 22” x 48”
7. The Cynic, 2007, oil on canvas, 48” x 54”
8. The Shortest Day, 2007, oil on canvas, 23” x 27”
9. Blessed are the Merciful, 2005, oil on canvas, 19” x 22”
10. Conversation, 2006, oil on canvas, 50” x 62”
11. The Director, 2005, oil on canvas, 48” x 52”
12. Her Finest Hour, 2006, oil on canvas, 44” x 50”
13. The Jester, 2007, oil on canvas, 40” x 28”
14. Rites of Passage, 2007, oil on canvas, 34” x 40”
15. Sonnet, 2006, oil on canvas, 28” x 28”
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| Artist Statement
Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a series of film stills, in which we observe ourselves. I paint people experiencing these moments of profound self-awareness and growth; when the rest of the world drops away and we are left bare. My paintings have the visceral quality of memories or dreams, when the image is reduced to the essential, and the mood is what draws your focus, not the specific details. My subject matter comes from my own memories and experiences that feel in some way universal. I have found that certain kinds of settings tend to lead people inward, and to me the rural landscape is a nursery for the soul. My memories of growing up in Maine are a great source of inspiration. Though my subjects usually stand alone, I am less interested in loneliness than in the way being alone makes us feel most alive and connected to our true nature. Sometimes even being unhappy can have a certain beauty if it makes us experience things more intensely.
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Education
2002
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Magna Cum Laude |
Awards and Honors
2008
Lucy Glick Award, PAFA Fellowship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006
2nd Place, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Victor Klein Family Award, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
2002
Thomas Eakins Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Thouron Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Fellowship prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Cecelia Beaux Portrait Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award for Collage, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
William Emlen Cresson Travel Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Best Student Exhibitor, Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Wexler Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , Philadelphia, PA |
Publications
2008
Mid-Atlantic edition of New American Paintings No. 75, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
2007
The Southern Review, Baton Rouge, LA
Best of American Oil Painting
2006
Mid-Atlantic edition of New American Paintings No. 63, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
2004
October issue of Dirt, www.dirtpress.com |
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| Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2007-2008
Motives, Kelly & Weber Fine Art 201 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Mythology, 201 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group
2008
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
PAFA Fellowship Annual Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA
2007
Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, PA
Art of the State, State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Start Here, The Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2006
Art of the State, State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA
Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
2005
Small Works Show, Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
Annual Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Academy at Penn, Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2004
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2003
Annual Small Oils Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Small Oils Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Emerging Artists Show, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Regional Juried Exhibition, Art Forms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
Annual Art Show, Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova, PA
Annual Small Oils Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual, Philadelphia, PA
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