2009 PLEIN AIR COMPETIONS:

Plein Air Derby, Sachets Harbor, NY- Ribbon, Cash Prize

Billsburo Winery, Geneva, NY - Best of 2 Hour Paintout Prize 

2009 NATIONAL RECOGNITION:

2009 Paint the Parks, 2nd 200 for "Yellowstone Path l"

2009 -2010 SELECTED JUDGED AND JURIED SHOWS:

Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters Annual Show, Rochester, NY

Pittsford Art Group, Rochester, NY- Ribbon Winner

PRINTED REVIEWS:
"Plein Air Painter", Fingerlakes Times, August 2009 

"Art at the Barn" Daily Messenger, May 2008
"Have Easel, Will Travel" Democrat and Chronicle, September, 2006
"Arno's Technique" Daily Gazette, October, 2003
"Annual Arts Gathering" Messenger Post, July 2003
"Galleries Week" Democrat and Chronicle's Artist News, September, 2002
"Searching for Rochester's Best Paintings" City News, August, 2000

PUBLICATIONS:   

2009 Paint the Parks Annual National Competiton, 2009 Show Catalog

2008 Judson's Plein Air Artist of the Month

2008 American Artist E-Magazine, "Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters"

2005 Plein Air Magazine, Nov. 2006 Pg. 32
2003 Cheap Joe's and Daniel Smith Catalogs

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Workshops, Painting Demonstrations; Capitol District and Central New York State.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Associate of:  Outdoor Painters of America, Oil Painters of America, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Allied Artists of America. 
Signature member: Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters.

Education:
1992 BA, SUNY @ Albany, NY Campus.

Represented by Portage Hill Gallery, Westfield, NY. The Great Frame Up, Pittsford, NY