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Born in Brooklyn, New York
Currently teaching classes at The Art League of Long Island and The Atelier at Flowerfield
Education
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Long Island University, Brookville, New York
2014 Master of Art, Magna Cum Laude, Long Island University, Brookville, New York
2014 Art Student's League, New York, New York
2017 New York Botanical Gardens- Certificate in Botanical Illustration
Selected Exhibits
2021 Cafe D'Arte Tour, Babylon, New York
2021 Flower Power, (juried), The Art Guild, Port Washington, New York
2021 Solo Exhibition, Apple Bank, Smithtown, New York
2021 The Painted Moment, (juried), The Art Guid, Port Washington, New York
2020 Contemporary Realism,(juried), MIlls Pond Gallery, St. James, New York
2020 Pandemic, The Atelier at Flowerfield, St. James, New York
2019 Member Exhibit, (Honorable Mention), Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York
2019 Circumlunar, SAL Gallery B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Brookville, New York
2019 Nature in Bloom, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, New York
2018 Farfalle, (Solo Show), Northport Public Library, East Northport, New York
2018 Annual Fine Arts Exhibit, (Juried), Mills Pond House, St. James, New York
2018 Alumni Art Exhibit, (Juried) Gallery West, Brentwood, New York
2018 Nature's Bounty, (Solo Show), Harborfields Public Library, Huntington, New York
2017 A Painted Garden, (Solo Show), Quaker Meeting House, Manhasset, New York
2017 19th Annual Botanical Exhibition, (Juried, Award) Filoli Gardens, San Francisco, CA,
2016 10 x 10 Exhibit, South Street Gallery, Greenport, New York
2016 Member Showcase, Art League of Long Island, New York
2016 Member Spotlight, Main Street Petit Gallery, Huntington, New York
2016 Of a Botanical Nature, (Juried), Mills Pond Gallery, Smithtown, New York
2015 Art Comes Home, SAL Gallery, Brookville, New York
2015 Northport Pop-Up Gallery, Northport, New York
2014 Islip Arts Council 31st Annual Juried Art Show, (Juried) Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, New York
2014 Artist's Vision of Northport: Architectural Form, Line and Detail, (Juried), Northport Historical Society, Northport, New York
2014 Serenity, (Solo Show) Hutchins Gallery, Brookville, New York
2014 Potatoville, Glenwood Arts Center, Glenwood, New York
2013 Energy, Art-trium, Mellville, New York
2012 Grand Opening, (Juried) My Studio, Port Washington, New York
2011 A Poetic Nature, (Solo Show), Hillwood S.A.L. Gallery, Brookville, New York
2011 Reclaiming Eden, (Juried), Art League of Long Island, Huntington, New York
Selected Collections
Raleigh, North Carolina
East Northport, New York
Fort Salonga, New York
New Fairfield, Connecticut
Juror "Into the Deep" 2017, Huntington Arts Council
Awards Roth Award for Distinction in Botanical Illustration, Filoli Exhibition (2017)
Honorable Mention- Members Exhibit, Art League of Long Island (2019)
Press
The Smithtown News "Banking with Botanicals" (2021)
The Islip Bulletin, "Nature in Bloom" (2019)Botanical Artist, Journal of the American Society of Botanical Artist, December 2017, Vol. 23
The Times of Huntington-Northport "Paint the Night Away" (2015)
Affiliations
New York Botanical Gardens-NYBG http://www.nybg.org
ASBA-American Society of Botanical Artists http://www.asba-art.org
TRI-STATE BOTANICAL ARTISTS
Huntington Arts Council http://www.huntingtonarts.org
Smithtown Arts Council https://www.millspondgallery.org
Art League of Long Island http://www.artleagueli.org