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EDUCATION

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.

Master of Arts, Painting 1968

Bachelor of Arts, Painting 1967

Bachelor of Arts, Art History 1967

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT.

Sculpture 1992-93

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Professor Emeritus, Hartford Art School

2017

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Professor of Illustration, MFA program, Hartford Art School

2005-present

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Professor of Illustration, Undergraduate program, Hartford Art School

2001-2017

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Professor of Illustration, Undergraduate program, Hartford Art School

1986-1992

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Advertising and Editorial

Clients include:

Activision, Addison Wesley, Atari, Bradbury Press, Columbia Records, DAW Books, Eagle Computer, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, Harper Prism, Imagic, Lane Publishing, Lucasfilms, Macmillan Publishing Company, National Wildlife Federation, Orchard Books, Philomel Books, Sunset Books, TOR Books

Publishing

Clients include:

Dial Books, Dutton Children’s Books, Four Winds Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, Holiday House, Hyperion Books for Children, Little, Brown and Company, Macmillan Publishing Company, Neal Porter Books, Philomel Books, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Roaring Brook Press, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Viking Children’s Books

Picture books titles include:

Dinosaur Feathers, by Dennis Nolan, Neal Porter Books, Holiday House

Thunder Horse, by Eve Bunting, Neal Porter Books, Roaring Brook Press

Hunters of the Great Forest, by Dennis Nolan, Neal Porter Books, Roaring Brook Press

Sea of Dreams, by Dennis Nolan, Neal Porter Books, Roaring Brook Press

The Skywriter, by Dennis Haseley, Neal Porter Books, Roaring Brook Press

There Was No Snow on Christmas Eve, by Pam Muñoz Ryan, Hyperion Books for Children

Saint Francis of Assisi, A Life of Joy, by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hyperion Books for Children

Hans Christian Andersen, The Perfect Wizard, by Jane Yolen, Dutton Children’s Books

Fia and the Imp, by Lauren Mills and Dennis Nolan, Little, Brown and Company

Shadow of the Dinosaurs, by Dennis Nolan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

The Dog Prince, by Lauren Mills, Little, Brown and Company

Sherwood, Edited by Jane Yolen, Philomel Books

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, retold by Bruce Coville, Dial Books

Red Flower Goes West, by Ann Turner, Hyperion Books for Children

The Blessing of the Lord, by Gary D. Schmidt, Eerdmans Publishing Company

Androcles and the Lion, by Dennis Nolan, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, retold by Bruce Coville, Dial Books

Fairy Wings, by Lauren Mills, Little, Brown and Company

The Gentleman and the Kitchen Maid, by Diane Stanley, Dial Books

The Sword in the Stone, by T. H. White, Philomel Books

An Ellis Island Christmas, by Maxine Rhea Leighton, Philomel Books

Savina, the Gypsy Dancer, by Ann Tompert, Macmillan Publishing Company

Wings, by Jane Yolen, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers

Dinosaur Dream, by Dennis Nolan, Macmillan Publishing Company

Under Your Feet, by Joanna Ryder, Four Winds Press

Dove Isabeau, by Jane Yolen, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers

Wolf Child, by Dennis Nolan, Macmillan Publishing Company

Mockingbird Morning, by Joanna Ryder, Four Winds Press

Step Into the Night, by Joanna Ryder, Four Winds Press

The Legend of the White Doe, by William H. Hooks, Macmillan Publishing Company

The Castle Builder, by Dennis Nolan, Macmillan Publishing Company

JURIED AWARDS

Spectrum 19, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Overland Park, KS, 2012 (Merit Award)

Art Renewal Center International, ARC Salon

Port Reading, NJ, 2012 (Merit Award, Painting)

Spectrum 16, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Overland Park, KS, 2012 (Merit Award)

Art Renewal Center International, ARC Salon

Port Reading, NJ, 2007 (Merit Award, Drawing)

Art Renewal Center International, ARC Salon

Port Reading, NJ, 2006 (First Prize, Drawing)

Art Renewal Center International, ARC Salon

Port Reading, NJ, 2006 (Honorable Mention, Drawing)

Spectrum 12, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Overland Park, KS, 2005 (Merit Award)

Spectrum 8, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Overland Park, KS, 2001 (2 Merit Awards)

Illustrators 39 Annual Competition

The Society of Illustrators, NY, 1997 (Merit Award)

Spectrum 4, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Overland Park, KS, 1997 (Merit Award)

SCBWI Golden Kite Award, Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Fairy Wings

Society of Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators, 1996

Spectrum 2, The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Overland Park, KS, 1995 (1 Silver Medal, 4 Merit Awards)

SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Award, Dinosaur Dream

Society of Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators, 1991

HONORS AND AWARDS

Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review, Best Picture Books, 2019

Dinosaur Feathers, 2019

Booklist, Starred Review

Dinosaur Feathers, 2019

School Library Journal, Starred Review

Dinosaur Feathers, 2019

Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review

Hunters of the Great Forest, 2014

School Library Journal, Starred Review, Best Books of 2014

Hunters of the Great Forest, 2014

Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review, Best Books 2011, Top Ten

Sea of Dreams, 2011

Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Sea of Dreams, 2011

CURATORIAL

Keepers of the Flame, Parrish, Wyeth, Rockwell,, and the Narrative Tradition 

Exhibition Curator and author of catalogue

Norman Rockwell Museum. Stockbridge, MA. 2018