Vince Neradka

I was born and raised in New Jersey, which I left to study Aeronautical and subsequently Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University. I had a long and rewarding career as a rocket scientist. During this time I began my art study- first with Mariano Eckert, and later with Gary Shankman. As with the creative research I did independently in Aerospace, I did extensive independent study in art- working as a registered copyist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. So I consider myself largely self-taught. All my paintings are done in the traditional style, primarily in oil, but with an occasional soft pastel creation. All are original, and no two paintings are alike.
My greatest influence in art, as it was in Aerospace, is nature. I consider myself a plein air painter in the most general sense. With landscape I paint en plein air- never from photos, never digitally aided. In painting still life, I also consider myself a plein air artist- I carefully create and assemble dynamic compositions for every still life- emphasizing lighting/color/objects size/shape/texture.

Currently, I split my time- summers in Maryland and winters in Florida. In both these settings I seek historic s...

BS Aeronautical Engineering, University of Maryland 1964
MS Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland 1969
MS Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University 1986

Misc art classes with Mariano Eckert, Gary Shankman, Montgomery College, and extensive copying at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Over the years I have received numerous awards and have exhibited in several galleries:
• Ileen Lee Gallery in Bethesda MD
• Mickelson Gallery, Washington DC
• Parker Gallery, Washington DC
• Carl Weinhardt Gallery of the Bonnet House in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• St. Lawrence Gallery in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society (NOAPS) INTERNATIONAL ON-LINE Exhibition