ABOUT THE ARTIST

PERSONAL:

Resident of Pennsylvania; married; two children.
Studio in Pennsylvania open by appointment. See the "contact" page for information about contacting the artist.
Jim and guests in the Studio in New London

CURRENT TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Adjunct faculty at Wilmington College in New Castle, DE, teaching Foundation Drawing and Painting.

PRIOR TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
The Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education,Newark, DE
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
The Delaware Art Museum School, Wilmington, DE
Ohio University, Athens, OH

WORKSHOPS
Workshops in figure drawing, watercolor and egg tempera painting for groups and institutions. To be notified of these workshops, or to set up a workshop in one of these topics, please e-mail us with your mailing address or email address or call 610 932-5860 and I will contact you.
EDUCATION
MFA, Ohio University, Athens, OH
BFA, Ohio University, Athens, OH, cum laude
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus,OH
Additional course work done at: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; and Banff School of Fine Art, British Columbia.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

One-man Show, Delaware Art Museum; 2nd International Purchase Award, Cleveland County Museum, Middlesbrough, England; Purchase awards in sculpture and drawing, University of Delaware, Lock Haven State College and Massilon Museum of Art; awarded Artist in Residence through the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Arts Council; designed and executed 10th Anniversary Poster for Delaware Theater Company.

Work in the collections of the Delaware Theatre Company, Cleveland County (England) Museum, University of Delaware, Massilon Museum of Art, Burgess-Jastak Foundation, (Christiana) Medical Center of Delaware, Lock Haven State College, AT & T Corp. and in various private collections.
SELECT INVITATIONAL LECTURES
The Studio Group, Wilmington, DE, "Painting in Egg Tempera" and "Figure Drawing" Columbus College of Art and Design, "Evolution of Ideas and Techniques" Delaware Art Museum, "Windram on Windram" and "Painting and Drawing Materials and Techniques" Lock Haven State College, "Synthesis of the Abstract and Representational"
SELECT INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS Columbus College of Art and Design; Delaware Art Museum; West Chester University; Glassboro State College of New Jersey; Lock Haven State College of Pennsylvania Art Institute of Pittsburgh; Delaware Center for Contemporary Art; National Endowment for the Arts Traveling Exhibition; Delaware County Community College of Pennsylvania; Indiana University of Pennsylvania.