Education:

I was trained primarily as an engineer in the U. K. and received no formal art education.

Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, England
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Coventry University, England
Master of Science, Engineering Manufacture - MBA with specialization in the Manufacturing Industries

Career:

Employed in a number of Engineering positions, ranging from Research Engineer at Rolls Royce Aero Engine Division to Director of Engineering at Guest Keen Nettlefold in the UK. After moving to the U. S. employed as Vice President of Engineering at Gross-Given, a leading manufacturer of vending equipment.

Helped to found a start-up company with a unique pizza program for the foodservice market with involvement in engineering and marketing and then joined the U. S. leading foodservice Advertising Agency (division of WPP) as Account Director managing a number of key accounts, including Sweet N Low, Wampler and Norwegian Seafood.

I am now semi-retired after being president of the manufacturing company, SciCast International, but still doing some consulting for a marine anode company, Performance Metals.

Awards:

September 2019 - Honorable Mention- GNAL Fall Show - Colleen
April 2019 - Best of Show- NPAA Members' Exhibition - Aaron
May 2016 - Best Portrait- NPAA Members' Exhibition - Patricia
September 2018 - GNAL Honors Award and People's Choice- Aaron/em>
November 2015 - Award in honor of Frederick Schmid - PVAC Open Juried Exhibition - Caribbean Passage
May 2015 - Robert Copeland Memorial Award GNAL 73rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition - Blakeney
September 2014 - Second Place Award MCGOPA Fall Juried Show - Caribbean Passage
May 2014 - Merit Award Oil - GNAL 72nd Open Juried Exhibition - A Day in Paris
April 2014 - Award of Excellence in Oil - Meadowood Juried Art Show - A Day in Paris
November 2013 - Rose Bolef Memorial Award - Practice, Practice, Practice
September 2013 - Georgia Dukes Memorial Award, GNAL 2013 Fall Show - Unloading at Delaware City
March 2013 - Best of Show PVAC 51st Annual Membership Exhibition - Dockmaster Bob
November 2012 - 3rd Prize - Oils and Acrylics PVAC Open Juried Show - A Pint at the Local
March 2012 - 3rd Prize Meadowood Annual Juried Show
November 2011 - Robert Copeland Memorial Award GNAL Theme Show
April 2011 - 1st Prize Meadowood Annual Juried Show - Daydreaming
May 2010 - Immaculata Anniversary Art Show
April 2010 - 1st Place NPAA Members' Exhibition - Rebecca
2010 - Sid Quinn Award - PVAC Membership Exhibition - Rebecca
April 2010 - 2nd Prize Meadowood Annual Juried Show - Another Day
November 2009 - Honorable Mention PVAC Open Juried Show
October 2009 - Theme Show Special Award - GNAL - Another Day
September 2009 - GNAL Honors Award - GNAL Annual Fall Exhibition
May 2009 - Immaculata Anniversary Art Show
April 2008 - Best of Show NPAA Members' Exhibition - Memories
February 2008 - Immaculata Siver Anniversary Art Show
November 2007 - 2nd Place NPAA 20th Anniversary Exhibit - Just Married
May 2007 - Marie McFarlane Memorial Award - GNAL 65th Annual Open Juried Exhibition - The Canal
April 2007 - Honorable Mention - Mill Grove Art Show - Cold Days are Coming
September 2006 - 2nd Place Professional GNAL 65th Annual Fall Exhibition
April 2005 - 1st Place Oils – NPAA 11th Annual Member's Show- Soy Harvest
April 2005 - 1st Place Media under Glass - Lower Providence Township Bicentennial Art Show - Muddy Path
September 2004 – Pat Kilgour Memarial Award GNAL 63rd Annual Fall Exhibition
September 2004 - Philadelphia Tri State Artist Equity Juried Fall Show
September 2004 - Pat Kilgour Memorial Award GNAL Annual Fall Exhibition - Work's Over
June 2004 - Philadelphia Tri State Artist Equity 55th Anniversary Exhibition “To Be An Artist”
May 2004 – Pat Kilgour Memorial Award – GNAL 62nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition - No Hunting
April 2004 - 2nd Place Graphics Arts NPAA 10th Annual Member’s Show
September 2003 – 1st Place Professional GNAL 62nd Annual Fall Exhibition - Thoughts of Home
April 2003 – 2nd Place PVAC 48th Open Juried Exhibition - The Cardinal
April 2003 – 2nd Place and People’s Choice NPAA 9th Annual Member’s Show - The Cardinal

Publications/ Collections:

“Thoughts of Home” featured in the 2003 Art of the Portrait (Portrait Society of America Magazine)
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery collection “Norristown Park Farm”.

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Updated May 17, 2020