I studied graphic design and illustration in Cape Town, South Africa, and worked in a number of design studios and advertising agencies, including the J. Walter Thompson Company, before becoming a freelance artist. A move to the United States and a home in New York followed, but eventually I came to Philadelphia to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Since graduating from the certificate program with a major in painting, I've exhibited my work at galleries in the Philadelphia area and in New York.
EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA: Certificate 2008, Painting Major
Cape College for Advanced Technical Education, Cape Town, South Africa: Art and Graphic Design Degree 1971
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Winter Show, F.A.N. Gallery
2022
Summer Show, F.A.N. Gallery
2021
Winter Show, F.A.N. Gallery
2019
Winter Show, F.A.N. Gallery
Summer Show, F.A.N. Gallery
2018
Summer Show, F.A.N. Gallery
2017
Winter Show, F.A.N. Gallery
"Head On: a glimpse into some of Philadelphia's finest artists via the self portrait" invitational exhibition, Duke Gallery, Wallingford Community Arts Center, 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA (curator: Susan O'Reilly)
Bicentenary of Dún Laoghaire Harbour, DLR Lexicon, Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland
2015
New Year's Show, F.A.N. Gallery, 221 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA
Summer Show, F.A.N. Gallery
"African Panorama", La Galerie, Boussac, France
"Fresh Perspectives", F.A.N. Gallery
2014
"Surface" juried exhibition, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA (juror: Lorraine Riesenbach)
"On Hill and Dale: The Art of the Landscape", Artists' House Gallery, 57 N. 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA
2013
"Views of Philadelphia: The Street Where You Live", Artists' House Gallery
114th Exhibition, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Alumni Gallery,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (juror: William Valerio)
Summer Show, Artists' House Gallery
5-person show, Artists' House Gallery
"Five to Watch - Exceptional Graduates from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts", Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA
2012
"Small Works Exhibit", Artists' House Gallery
7-person show, Artists' House Gallery
Summer Show, Artists' House Gallery
71st Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia (juror: Alex Kanevsky)
113th Exhibition, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Alumni Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (juror: Martha Mayer Erlebacher)
2011
"Urban Places/Urban Faces", 2-person show (with Robert Sampson), Durst Corporation Exhibition Space, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
"Art Across America", invitational exhibition, Cortile Gallery, 230 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA
112th Annual Exhibition, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Artists' House Gallery (juror: Nina Martino)
Summer Show, Artists' House Gallery
"A Celebration of Music", Artists' House Gallery
2010
"Small Works Exhibit", Artists' House Gallery
Inaugural Exhibition, Alumni Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (juror: Michael Gallagher)
Summer Show, Artists' House Gallery
4-person show, Artists' House Gallery
147th Annual Exhibition of small oil paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA (juror: David Shevlino)
"Sound and Silence", Artists' House Gallery
2009
"Small Works Exhibit", Artists' House Gallery
"The Art of the Still Life", Artists' House Gallery
111th Annual Exhibition, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Artists' House Gallery (juror: Bill Scott)
Summer Show, Artists' House Gallery
"New Faces", Artists' House Gallery
146th Annual Exhibition of small oil paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club
"Back to Cézanne", Artists' House Gallery
2008
New Members' Exhibition, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
107th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2007
106th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2004-08
Juried Student Exhibitions, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
AWARDS
2012
Honorable Mention, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 71st Annual Juried Exhibition (juror: Martha Mayer Erlebacher)
2011
Caroline Gibbons Granger Prize, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 70th Annual Juried Exhibition (juror: Nina Martino)
2009
146th Annual Exhibition of small paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, third prize
Mary Butler purchase prize for the permanent collection of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2008
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts:
The Robert A. Ricker Memorial Prize for Landscape
The Earl T. Donaldson Figure Painting Awards, first prize
The Plastic Club Award
The Simone C. Titone Award
The Catherine Grant Memorial Prize for Landscape, special notice
The Jimmy C. Lueders Painting Prize, special notice
2007
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts:
The Robert A. Ricker Memorial Prize for Landscape
The Thouron Prize for Drawing
The Lambert and Emma Wallace Cadwalader Prize for Landscape
The Hortense E. Cauley Memorial Prize
The Charles Toppan Prize
2006
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts:
The Cecilia Beaux Memorial Prize for Portraiture, special notice
The Susan McDowell Eakins Competition for Figure Painting, special notice
2005
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts:
The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Juried Prize
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Art section, The Philadelphia Evening Post, Holiday 2015 issue volume 1.111
"Five to Watch" (Catalog), Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, March 2013
Mangravite, Andrew: "A little this, a little that", Broad Street Review, May 8th, 2012
Donohoe, Victoria: "Good Group", Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30th, 2010
Butler, Brian D: "Time is Running Out", Travel Between the Pages, Internet blog, May 2010
Donohoe, Victoria: "Realism Rules", Philadelphia Enquirer, June 19th, 2009
Hill, Lori: "First Friday Focus", Philadelphia City Paper, March 5th - 12th, 2009
COLLECTIONS
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Mary Butler Purchase Prize
Langer, Grogan & Diver
Historical Society of Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape, Republic of South Africa