I went to college with the idea of becoming a dentist. But failing organic chemistry class three times signaled that maybe a career in dentistry was not my destiny. Instead, I found himself following my interests in drawing and being the best hippie he could be, and so I ended up at Pratt Institute.
During a summer internship, while working for a renowned New York City photographer, I found I was attracted to the world of advertising. I created a portfolio of ads and was immediately hired at one of the top advertising firms in the world. So began my 35-year, award winning advertising career. One, not with my hands in people’s mouths but messing with people’s heads.

As a retiree, I found sitting on the couch, eating oreos and watching old movies not really working. But that boredom forced me to re-discover my love of drawing, one that I have been pursuing ever since.

As a storyteller I recognize we all experience private moments when we find ourselves overcome by our hearts. My work strives to capture the emotional authenticity of these moments.

Private moments.
My work strives to capture the emotional authenticity of them.

2018 Appalachian Pastel Society ‘2018 Juried Member Exhibition’ Grand Prize
Pastel Society of the West Coast ‘Pastels USA 2018′ Honorable Mention
Artist Portfolio Magazine ’20 Art Competition’ Honorable Mention
Pastel Society of North Carolina ‘Pure Color’
Solo Show, This & That Gallery, Carrboro Gallery 33 ‘Black & White Exhibit’ Raleigh
2017 Hudson Valley Art Association, Salmagundi Club, NYC,
84th Annual National Exhibition Stamford Art Association ‘Faces and Figures’
Connecticut Pastel Society ‘Purely Pastel’ Honor Award
2016 Rowayton Art Center, “Beyond the Brush Exhibit, First Place, Pastels
Hudson Valley Art Association, Salmagundi Club, NYC, 83rd Annual National Juried Exhibition
Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT, Solo Exhibit
2015 & 2014 American Artists Professional League’s 86th Grand National Exhibition
2015 The Connecticut Pastel Society 22nd Annual National Renaissance in Pastels Exhibit
2014 The Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Exhibition
Many works reside in private collections throughout the tri-state area.

Art Training:
Pratt Institute
Silvermine Arts Center, studying with Tom Brenner, Nomi Silverman, Dean Fisher, and Josephine Robinson.

Lectures:
As an award winning Creative Director in the advertising business, I have lectured on creativity at marketing conferences throughout the United States and Canada, as well as at international events such as the Cannes Advertising Awards Festival and the London Advertising Awards.

I have taught classes on developing one’s creativity at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Lehigh University, University of Texas, Quinnipiac University, and Eastern Connecticut University.

Publications:
Marketing in the 21st Century, Volume 2, “Interactive and Multi-Channel Marketing” published by Praeger Books,
Contributing Author
Great Advertising (That I have done), 2012, self-published
Wanderings, A Collection of Pen & Ink Drawings, 2013, self-published
What’s Your Story (Short stories we all can relate to), 2014, self-published
Pastel Drawings, 3 Volume Set, 2016, self-published