Art In Public Places, Hillsborough County, Old Seffner Schoolhouse Project, 7 pcs.,
Seffner, FL

Art in State Buildings, University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL

Art in State Buildings, Bradford County Health Unit
Starke, FL

Commission: Art in State Buildings
Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Department of State. DOT
Chipley, FL

Commission: Arthur Andersen & Company, 300 hand colored prints
Tampa, FL

Commission: USAA, 6 paintings, Tampa, FL

Birds in Art Japanese Tour: Ten month exhibition at galleries and museums through-out Japan. Sponsored by Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Birds in Art 1992 National Museum Tour Sponsored by Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Grant: 'Emerging Artist', Arts Council of Tampa-Hillsborough County

Birds in Art 1992 National Museum Tour
Sponsored by Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Commission: Tampa Parks Department, 11 brush and ink paintings (22x30),
Tampa, FL, Diana Kyle, Deputy Park Director

Commission: Art In Public Places, 20 brush and ink paintings (22 x 30)
The City of Tampa, Tampa, FL., Barbara Hill, Coordinator

Art In State Buildings, Jacksonville, Fl.

Art In State Buildings, Stark, Fl.

Arthur Andersen & Company, Tampa, Fl.

Barnett Bank, Tampa, Fl.

Busch Gardens, Tampa, Fl.

Cargill Fertilizer, Inc., Riverview, Fl.

City of Tampa, Tampa, Fl.

Farrior Ear Clinic, Tampa, Fl.

Florida Power & Light, Juno Beach, Fl.

Florida Department of State, DOT, Chipley, Fl.

Foley and Lardner Collection, Tampa, Fl.

Great Western Financial, Tampa, Fl.

Havatampa Incorporated, Tampa, Fl.

Lathrop Memorial Art Collection, Oakland Park, Fl.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI.

Publix (Supermarket) Charities, Homosassa, FL

Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Boca Raton, Fl.

Standard Machine Company, Clarksdale, MS.

Tampa Electric Company, (TECO), Tampa, Fl.

Tampa Parks Department, Tampa, Fl.

United Services Automobile Association, Tampa, Fl.

Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Ks.

The artist is self taught but has availed himself of various workshops and individual college courses to expedite his artistic growth. He has studied with Robert Bateman in his Master Wildlife Painting Workshop, painted with world renown wildlife artist John Seerey-Lester, attended a workshop with Daniel Greene plus others to further his knowledge of art.

Many hours are spent observing, sketching, and photographing nature in preparation for a painting. His special interest is in the natural reserves where the artist sees a definite decline in the ecosystem and, therefore, feels it is necessary that visual documentation be used in an attempt to bring these critical losses to the public's attention.

The artist uses the traditional English method of watercolor painting, building up thin washes of delicately mixed colors, one over the other, until he accomplishes the desired value and color intensity for the painting. His work has been likened to that of John J. Audubon, in that both artists work 'up close and personal'.

American Watercolor Society

Florida Artist's Group, Inc.

Florida Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Florida Wildlife Federation

National Audubon Society

National Watercolor Society

San Antonio Watercolor Society

Southeastern Watercolor Society

World Wildlife Federation

World Wildlife Fund

And other art and wildlife groups

"As a wildlife artist, I have an obligation to present paintings of nature in a fashion that will generate an interest for the viewer, to the extent that the casual observer will become more concerned with preserving wildlife and their habitats rather than destroying those ecosystems. Art is the best vehicle to introduce the public to the wild habitats that they would otherwise not have access. I make an attempt to take the viewer into this world with my paintings and to open a visual dialogue between these two diverse environments."