History

Education

1983                MFA Yale University, School of Art, New  Haven,Connecticut   Painting/Printmaking,

1977                BFA Magna Cum Laude, Tyler School of Art of Temple  University, Philadelphia, PA    Painting/Drawing

Teaching and Administrative Experience

S 2013             Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Adjunct Lecturer, Painting

2012 – 2013     Towson University, Towson, MD Adjunct Professor, Painting 1

2008 – 2012     Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia Associate Professor of Art, Art Program Coordinator and Curator of the E. Taylor Greer Gallery in the Stanley Library

1999-2008       Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV, Associate Professor of Art, Art Area Coordinator

1995-96           Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Adjunct Instructor of Basics/Drawing  Degree granting undergraduate programs

1990-93           The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Adjunct Instructor of Drawing,  2-D Design Certificate Programs

Honors and Awards

2011                Faculty Development Funds, to attend 2011 CAA conference Ferrum College

2007                Awarded Sabbatical leave, Spring 2007, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV

2007                Mellon Faculty Innovation Grant Digital collage techniques and processes for non-majors                             Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV

2006                Artists Fellowship in Visual Arts/Painting by the West Virginia Division of Culture &                                                   History and the WV Commission on the Arts, Charleston, WV

                       Mellon Faculty Innovation Grant Exploring Digital Media for non-majors, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV

2005                Awarded Master of Humane Letters, Granted Tenure, Davis & Elkins College

                       Juror’s Award, Avampato Discovery Museum, 2nd Biannual Juried Exhibition, Appalachian Corridors, Charleston, WV

                       Mellon Faculty Innovation Grant Exploring Digital Photography for non-majors, Davis & Elkins College,

1997                Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, Adjunct Faculty Humanities Division Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA

1993                Art of the State: Pennsylvania ‘93, Third Prize, Painting, Greater Harrisburg Arts Council

1984                Artists’ Fellowship for Painting/Drawing, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts

1979-81           Artist in Residence in Baltimore’s School 33 Art Center. the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, Baltimore, MD

Solo Exhibitions

2012                Ferrum College, E. Taylor Greer Gallery, Ferrum VA,                  Appalachian Spaces, January 12th  – February 14th 2012

2011                Carol County Community College, Westminster, Maryland  Man in the Woods, Recent Paintings and Drawings, October 23 – November23, 2011

2009                Ferrum College, E. Taylor Greer Gallery, Ferrum VA,                 Then and Now: Selected Paintings, Prints and Drawings, October 7th – November 4th 2009

2008                West Virginia Wesleyan College, Sleeth Gallery, Buchannon, WV February 13 – March 14, 2008  Diverting Attention: Non-Objective Paintings and Drawings

2004                Davis & Elkins College, Booth Library, Elkins, WV, College Centennial Invitational Exhibition  March 20 – August 29, 20041, Finding Elkins, Paintings and Intaglio Prints

2001                West Virginia Wesleyan College, Sleeth Gallery, Buchannon, WV February 13 – March 15, Ancestors and Others, Paintings and Relief Prints

2001                Berea College, Rogers Gallery, Berea, KY February 7 – March 20, 2001  Black, White and Blue, Relief Prints

Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia March 30 – August 29, 2001,  Paintings and Relief Prints, Black, White and In Between

1993                Germantown Academy Arts Center, Fort Washington, PA Paintings and Relief Prints, Dancers & Musician

1988                 Temple University Law Center, Philadelphia, PA Paintings, Boxscape’s

Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD Paintings and Drawings, Boxscape’s

1983                 Yale University, School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT Master of Fine Arts Thesis, Painting/Printmaking, May 1983

1981                 The Arts Gallery, Charles Street, Baltimore, MD Matthew LaRose, Large Paintings

Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD Paintings, and Drawings,  Figures & Formats

Public Collections

Berea College, Art Department Print Collection, Berea KY

The City of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD

Chattahoochie Valley Art Association, LaGrange, GA

Cho, Wilks and Burns Architects, Baltimore, MD

Country Dance and Song Society, Northampton, MA

The Delta Blues Museum, Clarkesdale, MS

Streuver Brothers and Eccles, Baltimore, MD

Temple University Law Center, Philadelphia,