MY PAINTINGS
My journey into painting.
The Pandemic Took My Job. I Retired Early. I Became an Accidental Self-Taught Painter.
"Our Backyard in the Spring"
16"x 20"
Acrylic on canvas
Second Place, nonprofessional.
Camden County Cultural and Heritage 2025 Seniors Juried Contest & Art Exhibition. September 2025
Group Exhibitions
Cumberland County Cultural & Heritage Commission
“For(4) Colors Plein Air Competition
Gallery 50
Bridgeton, NJ
2026
Society of New Jersey Artists
Dr. David Flinker Pavilion Art Gallery
Holiday Exhibition
Virtua Hospital - Mt. Holly
Mount Holly, NJ
2025-2026
The Center for Emerging Visual Arts
Selected
Celebration of Arts and Life
Penn Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Cherry Hill, NJ
2024-2025, 2025-2026
Perkins Center for the Arts
Moorestown Gallery
Moorestown, NJ
Society of New Jersey Artists Annual Members Show
“Hanging Together”
2025
Perkins Center for the the Arts
Collingswood Gallery
Collingswood, NJ
Members/Faculty Exhibition
2025
Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Senior Citizens Juried Art Contest and Exhibition
Cherry Hill, NJ
2025, 2024, 2023
2nd Place Winner 2025
Acrylic/nonprofessional
Solo Exhibition
Waterford Township Public Library
Community Gallery
“Nature: Mountains, Trails, Sand, Water, and National Parks”
Month of February 2024
Some of my first paintings. These acrylic paintings were inspired by our hikes, adventures, and nature in national parks, and inspired by running in nature at ultramarathon events, and winter at home.
National park painting no. 1
Winter Cottonwood Tree
White Sands NP in New Mexico
Painted July 29, 2021
16" x 20" acrylic
National park painting no. 17
Entrance to the Cave
Mammoth Cave NP in Kentucky
Painted November 3, 2021
16" x 20" acrylic
National park painting no. 25
Sunset
Badlands NP in South Dakota
Painted August 17, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
National park painting no. 3
St. Thomas from the Lind Trail in St. John in Virgin Islands NP
Painted August 14, 2021
16" x 20" acrylic
National park painting no. 18
Mary Campbell Cave on Gorge Trail
Cuyahoga Valley NP in Ohio
Painted November. 7, 2021
16" x 20" acrylic
National park painting no. 26
Prairie Grasslands
Wind Cave NP in South Dakota
Painted August 23, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
National park painting no. 5
Snow Capped Mountain
Rocky Mountain NP in Colorado
Painted August 29, 2021
16" x 18" acrylic
National park painting no. 20
Moro Rock
Sequoia NP in California
Painted November 14, 2021
16" x 20" acrylic
Winter scene painting no. 2
White Christmas
Painted December 18, 2021
16" x 20" acrylic
Inspired by Winter at Home
Winter scene painting no. 3
Snow Covered Sand Quarry
Painted January 8, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
National park painting no. 27
Buttes and Hills
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Painted August 26, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
Winter scene painting no. 4
Sunset on Sunset Drive
Painted January 15, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
Running in nature painting no. 3
Lake Wamaraug at Lake Wamaraug 50 miler
Connecticut
Painted April 19, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
Inspired by Running in Nature
Running in nature painting no. 4
Buckeye Trail at Burning River 50 miler
Ohio
Painted April 26, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
Running in nature painting no. 5
Anchor Down 24-Hour Ultra
Rhode Island
Painted July 12, 2022
16" x 20" acrylic
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