PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1978 - Full Professor of Art, School of Art, Northern Illinois University
1997 - Graduate Coordinator, School of Art, Northern Illinois University
1977 - 84 Professional Illustrator, Free-lance
1977 - 78 Scientific Illustrator, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
1975 - 77 Full Teaching Assistantship, East Texas State Univ., Commerce, TX

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1975 - 77 M.FA., Full Teaching Assistant, East Texas State Univ., Commerce, TX
1976 California State University, Hayward, CA - Intaglio, Misch Kohn, Professor
1970 - 73 B.FA., Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL - Painting & Drawing, Herbert Fink, Professor
1973 "Cite des Arts," Paris, France
1971 Betzallei School of Art, Jerusalem, Israel

EXHIBITIONS

1997 One-Person Show, Freeport Arts Center, Freeport, IL - November
1988 One-Person Show, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL - June
1987 Two-person show, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL - April
1986 Three-Person Show, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN - January
1983 One-Person Show, Mitchell Museum of Art , Mt. Vernon, IL - January
1979 One-Person Show, Gallery Elizabeth, Chicago, IL - November
  One-Person Show, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA - June
1978 One-Person Show, Gallery Elizabeth, Chicago, IL - November 
1977 One-Person Show, Raffles Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL - October

INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITS

1981 Rockford International 81, Rockford College, Rockford, IL - March
1981 13th Annual Exhibition, New York Society of Illustrators, New York, NY - February

NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITS

1997 Valdosta Work on Paper IX, Valdosta State College, Valdosta, GA - April
1996 Springfield Art League 77th National Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, MA. - September
1995 The Artist's Magazine 1995 Competition. December
Springfield Art League 76th National Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, MA. - May
1991 American Realism Exhibition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV - May
LaGrange National XVI, Chattahooche Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA March
1990 North Dakota Print & Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks., ND - April
Valdosta Works on Paper II, Valdosta State College, Valdosta, GA. - March
1987 Little Erotic, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY - February
1984 Springfield National Print Exhibition, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL - January
  Nature Interpreted Show, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, New Horizons Show, Chicago, IL - January
1983 7th National Watercolor Exhibition, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL - April
1982 Watercolor `82, Paul Waggoner Gallery, Chicago, IL -April
  Nature Interpreted Show, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, Cincinnati, Ohio - February

REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITS

1997 12th Annual John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Indiana - May
47th annual Quad-State Juried Art Exhibition, The Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois - March
1996 20th Annual Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL - November
Vicinity Exhibition 1996, Dellora Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL November
Flora 96, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Northbrook, Illinois - January
 1995 19th Annual Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL - November
  "Open Spectrum", David Adler Cultural Center, 1700 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL - April
  38th Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, Wisconsin - February
1994 Vicinity Exhibition '94, Dellora Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL - November
  Landscape 1994, Dellora Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL - June
  37th Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI - February
1993 Public Building Commission of Kane County, Geneva, IL - August
  "Open Spectrum", David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL - April
  36th Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI - March
1992 Vicinity Exhibition '92, Dellora Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL - September
  New Horizons Exhibition, The North Shore Art League, Old Orchard Center, Winnetka, IL - April
  35th Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI - March
1991 34th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI - March
1990 Flora `90, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Northbrook, IL - January
1989 Vicinity Exhibition, Dellora Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL - December
  Open Spectrum, David Adler Fine Arts Center, Libertyville, IL - April
1988 Flora `88, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Northbrook, IL - January
1987 Norris Gallery Vicinity Exhibition, St. Charles, IL - November
  15th Bi-Annual Union League Exhibition, Art Amesia Gallery, and the Union League Club, Chicago, IL - April
  Illinois `87 Small Painting Exhibition, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL - March
  Focus V Exhibition, Sales and Rental Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, IL - February
1986 Self-Portraits Then and Now Exhibition, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL - July
  Flora `86, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Northbrook, IL - January
1985 Illinois Landscape Show, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL - January
1983 59th Annual Burpee Art Museum Show, Rockford, IL - September
1982 Illinois Landscape Show, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL - January
  25th Beloit and Vicinity Show, Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI - March
1980 58th Annual Burpee Art Museum Show, Rockford, IL - November

OTHER EXHIBITS

1996 NIU School of Art Faculty Salon, DeKaIb, IL - January
1995 Neville-Sargent Gallery Group Exhibition - Landscapes: Real and Imagined Part I,Libertyville, IL - November
1994 Neville-Sargent Gallery "Rural Realism", Libertyville, IL - September
Invitational Exhibition: The Illinois Landscape Selected Views, Collegeof Lake County, Greyslake, IL - March
1993 Invitational Exhibition: La Primavera, College of Lake County, Greyslake IL - March
1992 Group Show, Broden Gallery, Madison, WI - September
1991 Invitation, Group Show, Aurora University, Aurora, IL - March
1985 Group Show, Yolanda Gallery, Chicago, IL - January
1984 One-Person Show, Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL- October
1983 Group Show, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Evanston, IL - June
  Field Museum of Natural History, "Scientific Illustration Exhibit, Chicago, IL - May
  Field Museum of Natural History, one plate, 3 illustrations, "Ferns of Guatemala" On Permanent Exhibition.
  Group Show, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Evanston, IL - March
1981 - 87 Art Institute of Chicago, Sales and Rental Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 Invitational, Scientific Illustration Show, Fermi Lab, Batavia, IL - June

GALLERY REPRESENTATIONS

Neville-Sargent Gallery, 410 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL - 1994 - present
Merrill Chase Galleries, 1090 Johnson Dr., Buffalo Grove, IL - 1994 - 95
Gallery Stephanie, 2107 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL - 1993 - 94
AYES Gallery, 2352 N. Clybourn, Chicago, IL - 1990 - 1992
Mary Bell Gallery, 215W. Superior, Chicago, IL - 1989
Campanile Gallery, 1252 N. State Parkway, Chicago, IL - 1988
North River Gallery, 320 N. Grand, Chicago, IL - 1986
Mongerson Gallery, 650 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL - 1985

COLLECTIONS

St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois. One painting - "Limbo", oils, 3' x 5'
Hollister Corporation, Libertyville, IL. Two paintings - "My private Illinois - Take Two", oils, 2' x 3' and "Montagne Ste. Victoire - du Puits - d'Auzon", oils, 2' x 3'.
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI. "Monet 20/20"
Public building Commission of Kane county for the new Kane County Courthouse,
"My Private Illinois - Take 1", oils, 2' x 31/2.
Klein, Stoddard and Bud, Law Firm, Sycamore, IL. "The Distance", oils, 22" x 27".
McDonalds Corporation, Headquarters, Oakbrook, IL. Two oil paintings: "DeKaIb Sunset' 3' x 5' and "In Corn We Trust" 3' x 5'.
The late Honorable John E. Grotberg, U.S. Representative (14th District - IL), Washington, DC. One acrylic painting: Hummocks', 22" x 30".
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Chicago, IL. Three acrylic painting: "Autumnal Hills I and II" (diptych) each painting 30" x 22", "Midwest Landscape #1", 22" x 30".
Hollister Inc., Libertyville, IL. Two acrylic paintings: " Big Sur", 30" x 22" and "Skyweir", 22" x 30".
RACO Steel Corporation, Glenwood, IL. Three pencil drawings: Two portraits, Chairman of the Board, and President, each 24" x 20" and "Nightwatch", 24" x 20" (portrait).
Isomorphic Systems, Inc., Oak Park, IL. Three oil paintings: "Church of the Magna Matter", 2' c 3',
"A New Refutation of Time", 3' x 2', and "Contemplation of Maffeo Barbarini", 24" x 20".



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