I am a self-taught fine artist and illustrator in State College, PA.
REPRESENTATION
West End Gallery, 12 W Market St, Corning, NY 14830; info@westendgallery.net
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Professional illustrator for clients producing:
educational curricula/instruction guides for young and adult learners
maps and posters
board games
commercial web design
Personal commissions with emphasis on traditional drawing media (graphite; ink; watercolor/gouache).
EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University, BA Film and Video, Honors in Visual Arts, 1999
Further studies under: James Farrah AWS, NWS
TEACHING
Instructor, Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, February 2017-July 2019
http://www.artalliancepa.org/
Instructor, C. Barton McCann School of Art, October 2015-September 2016
http://mccannart.org
HONORS
Judge, Art Department, Huntingdon County Fair, August 2018
Visiting Artist, C. Barton McCann School of Art, July-September 2016
Artist-in-Action, Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, September 2018, 2017, 2016
Member, Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize Advisory Board, 2014-2022 (selection jury chair, 2014)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Little Gems, West End Gallery, Corning, NY, February-March 2023
A->Chromatic (solo), HUB Gallery, University Park, PA, May-July 2018
Inhabited Settings (solo), Huntingdon County Arts Council, Huntingdon, PA, September 2017
Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg, PA, May 2017. "Indian View II: Autumn Theorem" judged Honorable Mention
Featured artist, Art Alliance Gallery Downtown, State College, PA: Climate (April 2019); Line Item (October 2017); For the Moment (May 2017)
Members Show, Rhoneymeade Arboretum and Sculpture Garden, Centre Hall, PA, July 2019, April 2017
Featured artist, Huntingdon County Arts Council, Huntingdon, PA: Latitude, Longitude (June 2017); Explore, Reclaim and Conserve: Huntingdon County (October 2016)
Images (Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts), Schlow Centre Region Library, State College, PA, July 2016, July 2015
Collected Landscapes (solo), Rhoneymeade Arboretum and Sculpture Garden, Centre Hall, PA, June 2016
Featured artist, Fraser St. Gallery, State College, PA: Curtain Call (August 2016); Color, Color, Color (May 2016); Wild (November 2015); Art and Appetite (May 2015); Earthlight (December 2014); Hues of Happy Valley (November 2014)
Plein Air Paint-Out, Green Drake Gallery, Millheim, PA, June 2015, June 2014, June 2013. “Elk Creek, Summer Mist and Rain” judged 2013 Best in Show
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Elmendorf, Bill (2019). “Guide for Tree Selection, Planting, and Care,” TreeVitalize DCNR Partnership to Restore Tree Cover in PA Communities
Eyer, Vanessa (2016). "Attracting Users in a Special Library: A Personalized Approach to a Standard Library Initiative," Reference & User Services Quarterly, 55(4), 277-282
Herb, Steven (2016). "Children's Literature Continuum," The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications
Buckland, Peter (2015). Heartwood (J. Harlan Ritchey, illustrator). Lemont, PA: Eifrig. https://www.eifrigpublishing.com/collections/adult-fiction-non-fiction/products/heartwood
The Arboretum at Penn State, Childhood's Gate Children's Garden illustrated map, 2015
Pennsylvania Center for the Book, A Few Good Women: Advancing the Cause for Women in the U.S. Government 1969-1974: A Curriculum for Grades 6-12, 2010 http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/afgwcur/afgwcur/concept_map/education.html
Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, Rosalie’s Neighborhood: Let’s Smile! A Book About Dental Health, 2010 https://ed.psu.edu/goodling-institute/family-literacy-resources/lets-smile-book-final
Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Book-Centered Integrated Lesson Plans: Catch Me if You Can!; Clifford’s Sports Day; Katy and the Big Snow; A Tree for Me; Good Night, Good Knight; Mice are Nice, 2001-2004 http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/familylit/LessonPlan/default.html