Curriculum Vitae

Education:

2009 M.F.A.  Western Connecticut State University.  Painting.

2001 B.A.  Gordon College.  Summa Cum Laude.  Visual Art- Painting Concentration.  Minor in Biblical Studies.  Four Year A.J. Gordon Scholar.

1998 Mount Olive High School.  Student of the Year.  Inaugural recipient of “Integrity” award.

Recent Teaching and Speaking Experiences:

2010-present.  Full time teacher of art, Bible, digital media, and photography at Trinity-Pawling School, NY to grades 7-12.

2014 Nov. “Simply Worship”.  Live painting with Aaron Keyes and breakout session teacher on “Prophetic Art”.

2014 Oct.  “Movement Day” N.Y.C.. Breakout session speaker: “The Work of Art- where work, mission, and worship meet”. 

2014 Oct.  Center for Compassion, Creativity, and Innovation 2014 Conference on “Mental Wellness”- Danbury, CT (Western Connecticut State University).  Breakout session speaker: “Caravans of Care- a journey through Bi-Polar”.

2014 Aug.  Collaboratively designed an interactive outreach project through art entitled “Spiritual Mosaic” for New York University’s freshmen orientation in partnership with the Navigators. 

2014 Aug.  Saddleback Church.  Lake Forest, CA.  Guest presenter for ExCreatis: “Kingdom Minded Artists- Our Place in the MetaNarrative” and accompanying gallery tour at the Getty Museum.

2014 Aug.  Designed and ran a week long “Art Camp” for grades 4-8 in partnership with my church, focusing on the foundations of design.

2014 Jul.  “Creative Church Conference”, Boise ID.  Plenary speaker: “Cultivating a Creative Culture of Worship”.

2014 Jul.  “Via Affirmativa” Annual Navigators Art Conference presenter.  Colorado Springs, CO.

2014 Apr.  “Ablaze Conference: Rising Generation”, Colby Sawyer College, NH.  Live painting and speaker for the Navigators: “Our place in the Meta-Narrative”.

2014 Apr.  Navigator’s winter conference Pittsfield, MA.  Live painting and presentation “Living in Real Time with an Eternal God”. 

2014 Apr.  Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, Danbury, CT.  Reception presentation: “Seven Spheres of Influence- how do Nations Heal?”

2014 Jan.  Beraca Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY.  Fourth Anniversary of the Haitian earthquake message: “Beyond The Ruins- a vision of Haiti’s destiny restored”. 

2014  Jan.  Cairn University. “Beyond the Ruins” lecture and gallery reception.

March 2013.  Cairn University Chapel Presentation- “Our place in the Meta-Narrative.”

2013 Dec.  “The Curse Undone”.  Jericho, VT.  Live painting collaboration of the scriptural Meta-Narrative with Pastor Peter Anderson (my father-in-law).

Selected Recent Art Shows:

2014 Sep.-Oct.  Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA. “Beyond The Ruins” Tour.

2014 July.  Vineyard Boise Church, ID. “Beyond The Ruins”- Tour hosted by the “Creative Church Conference”.

2014 Apr.-June.  Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, Danbury, CT.  “Beyond The Ruins” Tour”.

2014 Oct.- Mar.  Cairn University’s 100th anniversary show.  “Beyond The Ruins” Tour kickoff.  Langhorn, PA.

2013 Sep-Oct.  Gordon College Alumni show.  Wenham, MA.

2013 April. “Holy Week”- a 16 painting collaboration with singer/songwriter Graham Kendrick of Word/song/image.  Walnut Hill Community Church.  Bethel, CT.

2013 Mar-May.  Cairn University.  “Haiti Paintings”.

Summer 2012: “Painting In the Spirit” – a 7 year prophetic painting retrospective from my work with Walnut Hill Community Church. Bethel, CT.

2010 Alumni show celebrating the Ken Olsen Science Center, Gordon College, MA.  Live painting and presentation on Bi-Polar in partnership with the chapel department.

2009 May. MFA Group Thesis Show at Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea NY, NY.

2009 Apr.  MFA Group Thesis Show at Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.

2008 Nov.  Solo Show “105 Glimpses of Hope”, Gordon College, Wenham, MA.

2008 Sep.  Two Man Show “105 Glimpses of Hope”, Western CT State University, CT.