Artist's Biography

Birth Date & Place

September 16, 1961

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Education

1983 BFA Glassboro State/ Rowan College Glassboro, New Jersey

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2008 "Mainly Maine", Sherry French Gallery, Manhattan, NYC, September
• 2008 Artsbridge 14th Annual Juried Show, Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, June 7-29
• 2008 "Painting and Poetry", Sherry French Gallery, Manhattan, NYC, April
• 2007 “Speaking of Now” Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA
• 2006 “Reflections in Time and Light” Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA
• 2005 “New and Familiar Paths” Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA
• 2004 “A Year on the Tohickon” Stover Myers Mill Gallery, Tinicum, PA
• 2003 “Waterways to the Delaware” Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA
• 2002 “Oils of Bucks County” Michelyn Gallery, New Britain, PA
• 2000 “Landscapes of our Times” Michelyn Gallery, New Britain, PA
• 1990 “Recent Engravings” September Moon Gallery, Haddon Heights, NJ
• 1990 “Dry Point Engravings” Department of Environmental Protection Gallery, Trenton, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2008 Coryell Gallery Annual Juried Show-Lambertville, NJ
• 2007 “Holiday Exhibit” DesChamps Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
• 2007 Tinicum Arts Festival- Tinicum, PA
• 2007 “Alumni Show: Glassboro/Rowan University”, Glassboro, NJ-May
• 2006 “Mainly Maine” Sherry French Gallery, Manhattan, NY-August
• 2006 Tinicum Arts Festival- Tinicum, PA ( jury award)
• 2005 “Premier Painters of New Jersey and Pennsylvania” High Street Design Gallery, Millville, NJ
• 2005 “Painting = Poetry-ut picture poesis” Realism in Paintings and SculptureSherry French Gallery, Manhattan, NY-April 23rd opening
• 2005 Tinicum Arts Festival- Tinicum, PA ( jury award)
• 2004 “Painting = Poetry-ut picture poesis” Realism in Paintings and Sculpture Sherry French Gallery, Manhattan, NY-April 3rd opening
• 2003 “Holiday Group Show” Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA
• 2002 “Fall Art Exhibit” The Barn Studio Gallery, Doylestown, PA
• 2002 “9th Anniversary Galaxy Show” The Court House, Doylestown, PA
• 2001 “8th Anniversary Galaxy Show” The Court House, Doylestown, PA
• 2001 “As We See It” Michelyn Gallery, New Britain, PA
• 2000 “The Millennium Show” Traditional Landscape Painters of Bucks County Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, PA
• 2000 “The Millennium Show” Traditional Landscape Painters of Bucks County The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

Selected Public Collections

• Gloucester County Art Collection, NJ
• Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
• Glassboro State College, Glassboro, NJ
• Atlantic County Art Collection, NJ
• Camden County Art Collection, NJ
• Salem Community College, Pennsville, NJ
• Association of College Unions, Lawrenceville, NJ
• Weyerhauser Corporation, Barrington, NJ
• Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ

Selected Biographies and Publications

• Donahue, Victoria –art review for solo show at Travis Gallery “Speaking of Now”- Philadelphia Inquirer: April 22, 2007
• Travis, Lauren “ Speaking of Now” Bucks County Herald: April 12, 2007
• Viksjo, Cathie “Dean F. Thomas” Bucks County Towne and Country Living Magazine: September 7, 2004
• Reed, Valerie “A Painter of Bucks Creeks” Philadelphia Inquirer: October 3, 2004
• Hunsberger, Bill “Spirit is Artist Tool” News Herald: August 24, 2004