Profile At A Glance
I am a classically-trained, traditional oil painter based in Toronto Canada with a passion for portraiture, figures, still life, and Canadian landscapes.
Art Education:
- Graduate of the Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, 2013
- 2021 Mentorship with Graydon Parrish
- 2021 Understanding and Applying Colour with David Briggs, NAC, Sydney Australia
- 2020 -2021, Ongoing workshops at Grand Central Atelier, NYC
- Workshops with acclaimed Canadian artists Robert Bateman (landscape), Barry McCarthy (plein air), Juan Martinez (still life, alla prima), Matthew Mancini (alla prima, landscapes), Ryan Gauvin (silverpoint), and Roumen Kirinkov (gilding); American workshops with Graydon Parrish (Munsell colour space), Teresa Oaxaca (alla prima portraiture), Robert Liberace (red chalk figure drawing), and Dale Zinkowski (still life, anatomy)
- Portrait Society of America conferences; Figurative Art Convention and Exhibition conferences
Memberships and Associations:
- Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA), AFCA signature status, active volunteer
- FCA Toronto, the Toronto chapter of the FCA — founder, president and webmaster
- Ontario Society of Artists (OSA), elected member
- Society of Canadian Artists (SCA), elected member, director, and webmaster
- Oil Painters of America (OPA), elected member
- International Guild of Realism (IGOR), elected member
- Portrait Society of America (PSA)
- Editor and Webmaster of www.traditionaloilpainting.com, an authorized resource centre for fans of Virgil Elliott’s classic reference work Advanced Techniques and Concepts from the Renaissance to the Present and the popular Facebook group he moderates for artists.
Selected Highlights:
- 2020: “Pearl”, my graphite and white chalk portrait, won the Award of Merit at the SCA’s 52nd Annual Open International Juried Exhibition
- 2020: “Egg”, my 16″ x 12″ figure study, won Third Place at the FCA’s 2020 Vancouver Salon Exhibition
- 2020: “I Was Wild Once”, a 16″ x 12″ portrait, was awarded Honourable Mention at FCA Toronto’s inaugural exhibition, Summer Palette 2020.
- “Toronto Spurs Federation Growth from Its Roots”, feature article about my founding of the FCA Chapter, Arts Avenue Magazine, March/April 2020 issue
- “Teddy’s Rescue”, 20″x 16″, oil on linen, was accepted into the Oil Painters of America 2018 Salon Show.
- Finalist in the 13th Annual ARC Salon — “Disturbance”, 32 “x 24”, oil on linen.
- American Art Collector, October 2017 Issue — “The Reader” is included in the review of IGOR’s annual exhibition at the Winfield Gallery.
- “The Reader” was selected for the International Guild of Realism’s 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Carmel, CA
Recent Exhibitions:
2021
- FCA Toronto Spring Forward Open Juried Exhibition, May
- OSA Open International Juried Exhibition, May
- FCA Success! Exhibition, April
- IGOR 2021 Spring Salon Online Exhibition, March to May
- SCA 2021 Open International Online Juried Exhibition, March to June
- FCA Active Members Exhibition, Federation Gallery, January
2020
- FCA Toronto Open National Juried Exhibition, online, December
- FCA Bella, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, November
- OSA 147th Open Juried Exhibition, online, November, December
- FCA Shape and Form Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, October
- OSA Members Exhibition of Selected Works, online, October
- FCA Annual International Representation Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, September
- SCA 52nd Annual Open International Juried Exhibition, online, August to October
- FCA Small Artwork Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, August
- FCA Toronto Summer Palette 2020, online August
- SCA Elected Members Juried Exhibition, online July
- FCA Vancouver Salon, Vancouver, July
- OSA Selected Works of the OSA Eastern Hub, Parrott Gallery Belleville Ontario, June
- FCA Landscape Exhibition, Federation Gallery, online, June
- FCA Social Distancing Exhibition, Federation Gallery, online May
2019
- FCA Shape and Form Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, October
- SCA Elected Members Exhibition, Viva Vida Art Gallery, Montreal, October
- SCA 51st Open International Juried Exhibition, Toronto, PaperMill Gallery, August 1 to August 25
- Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario, July 10 to Aug 9
- FCA’s Annual International Mail-In Art Exhibition (AIMAE), Vancouver, May 27 to June 16.
- OSA Members’ Exhibition of Selected Works, Withrow Common Gallery, Toronto, May 30 to June 15.
- “Peripheral Visions”, OSA Juried Exhibition, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, April 5 to May 25.
- OSA Biennial New Members Exhibition, Toronto, Neilson Arts Centre, April 23 to May 12th
2018
- OSA Small Works Exhibition, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, Ontario, Nov 16 to Dec 31
- OSA Members’ Exhibition of Selected Works, Toronto, PaperMill Gallery, Oct 3 to 28
- Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario, July 11 to Aug 10
- Oil Painters of America 2018 Salon Show, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, Michigan, June 22 to Sept 1.
- “Brush in Hand” Juried Exhibition, Finn Art Centre, Minden, Ontario, April 27 to May 28
2017
- Get Real Artists Exhibition, Dundas Museum, Dundas, Ontario, Aug 8 to Sept 25
- Highlands East Studio Tour, Haliburton, Ontario, August 12-13, 19-20
- Tour de Forest Summer Studio Tour, Haliburton, Ontario, August 5 – 6
- Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario, July 12 to Aug 12
- Arts on the Credit, Port Credit Ontario, April 7 – 9.