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BORN     1968, Capetown, South Africa

EDUCATION

        Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Certificate Program, Painting Major, 1991- 1995.
        Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, B.A. in Fine Arts with departmental honors, 1987 - 1991.

TEACHING

        Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial, Instructor of Portrait Painting, May 1997-May 2000
        Wesleyan University, Teaching Assistant, Painting, January 1991 - May 1991.

GRANTS

        Stobart Foundation, April 1995.
        Watkins, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1994.

AWARDS

        Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland, Fellowship to be completed in the Spring of 2009.
        Mansion Inn Award, Bianco Foundation Juried Exhibition, June 1999.
        Richard Hughes Award, 69th Annual Phillips Mill Juried Exhibition, September 1998.
        Fellowship Purchase Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1995.
        Daniel Garber Drawing Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1995.
        Henry Thouron Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1994.
        Irma S. Cook Drawing Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1994.
        Louis and Estelle Pearson Painting Prize for Figure in Landscape, Pennsylvania  
            Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1994.
        Cecilia Beaux Portrait Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1993.
        Best of Show, Thesis Exhibition, Wesleyan University, April 1991.

EXHIBITIONS (abridged) 
       
        Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Rooms and Voices, January 2008
        Riverbank Arts, Featured Artist, Stockton, NJ, May- June 2007.
        The Court House Gallery, "Ellworth Revisited: The Artist's View", curated by Carl Little
                     and Karin Wilkes, Ellsworth, ME, July-August 2006
        Artists’ House Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, April 2006.
        William Baczek Fine Arts,  Still Lifes, Northampton, MA, January, 2006.
        Riverbank Arts, Featured Artist, Stockton, NJ, Nov. 2005 - Jan. 2006.
        William Baczek Fine Arts,  Still Lifes, Northampton, MA, January, 2005.
        Riverbank Arts, Featured Artist, Stockton, NJ, Nov. 2004 -Jan. 2005.
        Principle Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, Alexandria, VA, May- August 2004.
        Artists’ House Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, April 2004.
        Vose Galleries, "Mentors and Proteges", Boston, MA, Nov. - Jan. 2004.
        William Baczek Fine Arts,  Solo Exhibition, Northampton, MA, Oct.- Nov. 2003.
        Arnot Museum, "Representing Representation VI", Elmira, New York, April-June 2003.
        Martin Art Gallery, "Art History’s Heroes: The Masters of Contemporary Realism",
                   Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, June 2003.
        William Baczek Fine Arts,  Interiors and Still Lifes, Northampton, MA,
                    November, 2002
        More Gallery, Director’s Invitational, Philadelphia, PA, August  2002.
        Artists’ House Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, April 2002.
        Butler Institute of American Art, Midyear 2000, Juried Exhibition, June 2000.
        Artists’ House Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, September 1999.
        Martin Art  Gallery, Local Color-- Selections by Regional Artists,Muhlenberg College, 
                    Allentown, PA, June 1999.
        Bianco Gallery, Bucks County Past and Present -Group Exhibition, Buckingham, PA,    
                    September 1998.
        Phillips Mill Annual Exhibition, New Hope, PA, August 1998.
        Realism II, Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, July 1996.
        Artists’ House Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, February 1996.
        Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
                    Philadelphia, PA, May 1995 and May 1996.


COLLECTIONS (abridged)

        The University of Southern Maine,  Portrait of Dick and Melissa Costello, Gorham, ME.
        The University of Southern Maine,  Portrait of Joel and Linda Abromson, Portland, ME.
        The University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Portrait of Dr. Marilyn Hess, Philadelphia, PA.
        The United States Mint, Portrait of Superintendent Augustine Albino, Philadelphia, PA.
        Rohm and Haas Corporation, Philadelphia, PA.
        Lutece Restaurant, (ARC Restaurant Corp.),New York, NY.
       
Ms. Elizabeth Ingersoll, Bryn Mawr, PA
        Mr. and Mrs. J. Hass, Portrait of Charlotte, Philadelphia, PA.
        Mr. and Mrs. Ted and Melinda Tally, New Hope, PA.
        Mr. and Mrs. Frank Louchheim, Southampton, PA.
        Drs.  Richard and Terry Gervasio, Portrait of Kalla, Washington’s Crossing, PA.
        Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greenwood, Portraits of Sarah, Thomas, and Fraser, Wynnwood, PA.
        Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Chichester, Portraits of Hillary and Ashley, Erie, PA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

        Janet Purcell, “Figures add up in artist's most recent works”, The Trenton Times, (NJ), May 25, 2007.
        Kristen Andresen, “About Face”, Bangor Daily News, April 4, 2006
        Bret Lott (editor), “Narrative Interiors”, The Southern Review, Spring 2005.
        Janet Purcell, “Baker Draws Inspiration from  Maine and Buck County”, The Trenton Times, (NJ), January 14, 2005.
        Leon Nigrosh, “Telling Stories in Paint”, Arts Media, November 2003
        “Notable Exhibits - Mentors and Proteges”, International Artists, Number 33,
            October/November 2003.  
        Carl Little, Arnold Skolnick, The Art of Maine in Winter,  Down East Books, 2002
        Dr. Lori Verderame, “Bucks County Artists”, American Art Review,
            December 2000, Volume XII, Number 6,             

























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