This photo was taken during an artist demo that I did at the
Suzi Haskew Art Center in Milford MI in 2019.
From time to time I recieve requests to do guest appearances at various
Art organizations in the area. Sometimes I do these demos,
and other times I show examples of my art and talk about my process.
I enjoy engaging with other artists and exchanging ideas about the process of
painting in it's many different forms
In 1966 I graduated from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles California, with a BFA, majoring in Illustration. This prestigious Art Institute has since morphed into the California Institute of Arts. I have worked as an Illustrator-painter since that time. My commercial Illustration work has appeared in Playboy magazine, Time, Life, Saturday Evening post, Readers Digest, Realms of Fantasy, Science Fiction Age, Discover magazine, Car & Driver, Sports Illustrated, Architectural Digest, National Geographic, numerous trade publications, corporate annual reports, brochures, posters, newspaper ads, school textbooks, countless advertising campaigns, record album and CD covers and virtually every form of applied Art imaginable, including murals on the walls of public buildings and restaurants.
I have exhibited extensively and won my share of awards in shows such as the New York Society of Illustrators, New York Art Directors Club, Detroit Art Directors Club, Detroit Graphic Artists Guild, Chicago Art Directors Club, Cleveland Art Directors Club, The One Show, The Detroit Scarab Club and many others. I have also exhibited in the National Parks Academy “Arts in the Parks” top 100, and held one man shows at the Start Gallery in Birmingham Mich., Lawrence Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design Gallery in Southfield MI, Saginaw Valley State University Gallery, Aurora Borealis Gallery in Aurora Indiana, Gull Lake Gallery in Gull Lake Michigan, Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester Michigan, Daugherty Gallery at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale Michigan, and the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Assoc. In the summer of 2005 I opened my own gallery in my home in Holly, Michigan. From 1976 to 2000 I served on the adjunct faculty of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, teaching Advertising Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Experimental Illustration, Fantasy illustration, Airbrush Illustration, Materials and Techniques, and Digital Illustration. I also taught painting and digital art at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Assoc. in Birmingham MI.
I have exhibited extensively and won my share of awards in shows such as the New York Society of Illustrators, New York Art Directors Club, Detroit Art Directors Club, Detroit Graphic Artists Guild, Chicago Art Directors Club, Cleveland Art Directors Club, The One Show, The Detroit Scarab Club and many others. I have also exhibited in the National Parks Academy “Arts in the Parks” top 100, and held one man shows at the Start Gallery in Birmingham Mich., Lawrence Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design Gallery in Southfield MI, Saginaw Valley State University Gallery, Aurora Borealis Gallery in Aurora Indiana, Gull Lake Gallery in Gull Lake Michigan, Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester Michigan, Daugherty Gallery at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale Michigan, and the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Assoc. In the summer of 2005 I opened my own gallery in my home in Holly, Michigan. From 1976 to 2000 I served on the adjunct faculty of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, teaching Advertising Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Experimental Illustration, Fantasy illustration, Airbrush Illustration, Materials and Techniques, and Digital Illustration. I also taught painting and digital art at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Assoc. in Birmingham MI.
Exhibitions and awards
Detroit Art Directors Club...Various "Caddy" awards 1970-1985Detroit Graphic Artists Guild...Various "Hubcap" awards 1970-1986New York Society of Illustrators 1971New York Art Directors Club 1972Chicago Art Directors Club 1972Cleveland Art Directors Club 1973Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Assoc....Michigan Illustrators Exhibition 1984Detroit Scarab Club Advertising Art Exhibition 1985Lawrence Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design One man show.Arts in the Parks Top 100 and Top 200 (National Parks Academy) 1986Start Gallery, Birmingham, MI. One man show of landscape paintings 1986Saginaw Valley State University, Two man landscape show 1991"Our Town" Art Exhibition, Birmingham, MI. 1991Lawrence Street Gallery, Pontiac MI. 1992Birmingham Unitarian Church Gallery, Birmingham, MI. 1993Paint Creek Center for the Arts. Rochester Hills, MI. One man show 1993Gallery 890, Port Huron, MI. 1994Helen Caniff Gallery, Lake Orion, MI. 1996Gull Lake Art Gallery, Gull Lake, MI 1996-1998Aurora Borealis Art Gallery, Aurora IN 1997-1998Daugherty Gallery, Hillsdale College MI. One man retrospective show 2001Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham MI. Faculty exhibition 2005Orchard lake Framing Gallery, Orchard Lake MI, Landscape painting exhibition 2005A digital self portrait included in “Stokes of Genius 4” Published by North Light publishing Co.2013. Steeple Hall Gallery, Highland Station House, Highland MI. One man retrospective exhibition 2012Michigan Fine Art Exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. 2015Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI. Digital Art exhibition. 2015Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI. Small works painting exhibition, 2015 1st place awardStudio West Gallery, Brighton MI. All media painting exhibition, 2016 2nd place award The Artists Magazine national all media painting competition 2016 finalistSteeple Hall Gallery, Highland Station House, Highland MI. One man exhibition 2017 The Artists Magazine national all media painting competition 2017 finalistMichigan Fine Art Exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. 2017Milford “Fresh” plein air paint out competition. Milford MI. 2017 1st place awardOur Town Art exhibition, Birmingham MI. 2018Milford “Fresh” plein air paint out competition. Milford MI. 2018 1st place award quick paint2018 Village Art Assoc. Poetry Art Night, 2nd prize for my poem, “Chaos Theory” accompanied by my painting of the same name.Our Town Art Exhibition, Birmingham, MI 2019Milford “Fresh” plein air paint out competition. Milford MI. 2019 2nd place award2019 Village Fine Arts Assoc. Poetry Art Night 1st place Joy Humanist Memorial Poetry award for my poem titled “Plan B” accompanied by my painting of that same name.The Artists magazine 2019 All media painting competition top 10 finalist2020 Village Fine Arts Assoc. Poetry Art Night, peoples choice award Milford “Fresh” plein air paint out competition. Milford MI. 2020 2nd place awardMilford Village Fine Art assoc.“PAN” show 2021. 3rd place award for paintingMilford Village Fine Art assoc.“PAN” show 2021. Becky Fisher Memorial awardMilford Village Fine Art assoc.“PAN” show 2021. 2nd place poetry awardAmerican Watercolor society 154th annual International Watercolor Painting competition. Salmagundi club. New York city. 2021
American Watercolor society Associate members online painting competition, 2022
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham Michigan, 2022
American Watercolor society Associate members online painting competition, Merit award 2023
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham Michigan 2023
The Artist Magazine Splash 24 "Best of Watercolor" painting competition finalist, 2023
"Our Town" art exhibition, Birmingham Michgan, 2024
The Artists Magazine, Top ten finalist in the "Artists over 60" art competition 2024
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