2009

Best Portfolio - Art of the Portrait Conference, Portrait Society of America- Washington DC
Finalist, Portrait and Figure category, Pastel 100 Competition, The Pastel Journal, April Issue
Finalist, Landscape category, Pastel 100 Competition, The Pastel Journal, April Issue
CPS Award, Member’s Show, Connecticut Pastel Society - Meriden, Connecticut

2008

One man show, Gregory James Gallery - New Milford, Connecticut
Philip Danylik Memorial Award, Connecticut Pastel Society - West Hartford, Connecticut

2007

CPS Founders Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - West Hartford, Connecticut
Pastel Society of America Award, Member's Show, Connecticut Pastel Society - Meridan, Connecticut

2006

Pastels Girault Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - Norwich, Connecticut
Honorable Mention, Portrait and Figure category, Pastel 100 Competition, The Pastel Journal, April Issue
Honorable Mention, Faces of Winter, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists - Greenwich, Connecticut

2005

Dakota Art Pastels Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - West Hartford, Connecticut
Shirley Weiss Epstein Award, 33rd Annual Pastel Exhibition, Pastel Society of America - New York, New York
Best in Show, Member's Show, Connecticut Pastel Society - Meridan, Connecticut
Second Prize, Faces of Spring, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists - Old Lyme, Connecticut

2004

Honorable Mention, Faces of Summer, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists - Darien, Connecticut
President's Show Kent Art Association Award, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut
Certificate of Merit for Pastel, Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club - New York, New York

2003

Joseph V. Giffuni Foundation Award, 31st Annual Pastel Exhibition, Pastel Society of America New York, New York
Best Portrait Award, President's Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut
Honorable Mention, New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association - Cape Cod, Mass.
Honor Award, Member's Show, Connecticut Pastel Society - Meridan, Connecticut
Immaculata University 20th Annual Art Show - Immaculata, Pennsylvania

2002

Second Annual Juried Exhibition, The Brush and Palette Club - New Haven, Connecticut
Wallis Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - Norwich, Connecticut
Connecticut Pastel Society, Signature Members Show - New Canaan, Connecticut
Grand National Exhibition, The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club New York, New York
Award for Pastel, Fall Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut
Art of New England, The Lyme Art Association - Old Lyme, Connecticut
Art of the Human Spirit-A Portrait and Figurative Exhibit, Bennington Center for the Arts Bennington, Vermont
Mrs. John Newington Portrait Award, 71st Annual Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association Hasting-on-Hudson, New York
Signature Award, Member's Show, Connecticut Pastel Society- Meridan, Connecticut
Young Talent Exhibit, Washington Art Association - Washington, Connecticut
Finalist in two categories, Portrait and Animal, "Pastel 100 Competition", The Pastel Journal March/April Issue

2001

Mount Vision Award, Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society - West Hartford, Connecticut
Housatonic Art League Invitational Exhibitit - New Milford, Connecticut
One man show, Wilton Library - Wilton, Connecticut
One man show, Corner Gallery, Walnut Hill Community Church - Bethel, Connecticut
Two man show, Cendant Mobility - Danbury, Connecticut

2000

Best in Show, President's Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut
One man show, Seattle Espresso - Danbury, Connecticut

1999

Best in Show, President's Show, Kent Art Association - Kent, Connecticut
Best in Show, Spring Show, Bethel Art League - Bethel, Connecticut

Education



Spring 1998
   Portrait and Figure Painting from Life in oil and pastel
   Professor: Americo DiFranza
   Art Students League, Manhattan, New York
Spring 1997
   Graduate
   Bachelor of Arts Degree, Illustration,
   Western Connecticut State University,
   ~ Cum Laude
   ~ WCSU Achievement in Illustration Award
Summer 1996
   School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, New York
   - Funded by a student grant from WCSU
     for outstanding artistic excellence