"Eyes Open" Painting

I was born in Chicago Illinois, USA and mostly was raised in New Jersey. I went to college and graduate school in Massachusetts and now live in New Jersey. My art studio is in an industrial space once a factory owned by one of the Johnson Brothers. I am an abstract artist specializing in contemporary oil painting and collage. My work is in exhibitions through out the globe. It has been seen through out the United States, Italy, Germany, London, UK, Israel, Mexico,and in Athens Greece. It is in corporate and private collections in the Ststes, Germany, London, UK, Milan and Matera Italy, Mexico, and Athens Greece. I have been a visual art fellow and resident at The School of Visual Arts,Manhattan, NY, with The Bau Foundation in Italy, and at EdgewoodFarms at CastleHill in Truro, Mass. and World of Co Residency in Bulgaria. I received a grant from the Jewish Federation for a residency/artist exchange in Arad, Israel. I was in a master class with noted artist Joan Snyder. I recently had a solo museum exhibition at The Wilson Museum in Vermont and this fall 2024 at Kean University.My work has shown in OTAContemporary, Santa Fe, NM 73See Gallery, Montclair,NJ, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ, St Peters University, Jersey City, NJ, The College of Morris,Randolph, NJ, The College of St. Elizabeth, Morris, NJ, William James College, Newton, Mass, The Heinrich Hiene Haus, Luneburg, Germany, the Copelouzos Family Museum, Athens, Greece, The Arco ( Architectual School ) in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Matera, Italy, among other venues. I am represented by the Carter Burden Gallery in Manhattan, NYC. My paintings have been been in museums exhibitions including the Jersey City Museum, Ellerslie Museum, Montclair Museum of Art, The Montclair Art Museum, the Monmouth Museum of Art in New Jersey, and The Hammond Art Museum in North Salem, NY. I won the Curtis Hilliard Memorial Award and am a three time selection of the Pro Arts Curators Choice Award in Jersey City. I had a commission from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to create a painting in a violin. I am am in private and public collections in the USA, Germany, London, Greece and Italy. Public collections include the Copolouzos Museum in Athens and Atlantic Heath Commission in New Jersey. My work is on loan to the office of the Mayor in Westfield, NJ.