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 EXHIBITIONS

The Stable Gallery (Damariscotta, Maine)
     "Practical Imagination" - group show - August '10
Click here to see opening reception music played by Dave Mello (guitar), with me on the washboard.  
      "Coastal Color" - featured artist / group show - July '10
      "On the Line" - group show - June '10
      "Horizons" - group show - May '10

Kevin James Studios (Cornville, Maine)
     Open Studio - November '09

The Stable Gallery (Damariscotta, Maine)
    "hARvesT" - group show - September "09

The Stable Gallery (Damariscotta, Maine)
    "Journeys" - featured artist / group show - August '09

The Stable Gallery (Damariscotta, Maine)
    "Fun & Functional" - group show - July '09

"river arts" (Damariscotta, Maine)
    Annual Member's Exhibit - July '09  

Waterville (Maine) Intown Arts Fest – July '09

The Stable Gallery (Damariscotta, Maine)
    "Perspectives" - group show - June '09

The Stable Gallery (Damariscotta, Maine)
    "Beneath the Surface" - group show - May '09

Maine Open Juried Show (Waterville Area Art Society) -- March '09
    Awarded Third Place - oil    

The Harlow Gallery (Hallowell, Maine)
    “8 x 10 x 80”  Exhibition – December ‘08

river arts (Damariscotta, Maine)  
    Members’ Exhibition – November ‘08
    “Water” Juried Exhibition – October ‘08

Waterville (Maine) Intown Arts Fest – July ’08
    Awarded First Prize – oil
    Awarded Purchase Prize – oil

Monroe's Tavern (Galway, Ireland)
    “When I’m Not Playin’ Washboard” – Solo Show – June ’08

Blue Marble Gallery
(Waterville, Maine)
    Group Show – October – November ‘07

Central Maine Artists Gallery (Skowhegan, Maine)
    "My This and My That" – Solo Show – October '07

Waterville (Maine) Intown Arts Fest – July ’07
    Awarded Second Prize – oil

The Harlow Gallery
(Hallowell, Maine)
    Members' Exhibition – July ‘07

The Harlow Gallery (Hallowell, Maine)
    “Art2007” – Annual Open Juried Exhibition – May ‘07

Blue Marble Gallery (Waterville, Maine)
    Group Show – April – May ‘07

Waterville Area Art Society (Winslow, Maine)
    Maine Open Juried Art Show – April ‘07

Waterville (Maine) Intown Arts Fest – July ’06
    Awarded Purchase Prize – oil

The Loft Gallery (Waterville, Maine)
    “Eire Air” – Ireland-inspired Solo Show – March – May ‘05

The Frame Studio & Art Gallery (Skowhegan, Maine)
Group Show/3 Artists – November ’03 – January ‘04

Railroad Square Cinema (Waterville, Maine)
Solo Show – February ‘03

The Left Bank Gallery
(West Palm Beach, Florida)
Group Shows – ‘98, ‘99
Solo Shows – ‘99, ‘00

Synergy Gallery (West Palm Beach, Florida)
Group Show – ‘00

Unarmed Underground Art Centre
(West Palm Beach, Florida)
Group Shows – ‘95, ’96, ’98, ’99, ‘00
Solo Shows – ‘96, ’97, ’99, ‘00

O’Shea’s Irish Pub and Restaurant (West Palm Beach, Florida)
Group Shows (two) – ‘98
Solo Shows – 1998, ’99, ‘00

SPOKEN WORD / THEATRE / PRODUCTION / SPECIAL EVENTS

Cornstock (Cass Corner, North Cornville, Maine)
    Annual summer celebration of art, music, and community – ‘01 – ‘05
    Founder, Producer, Host & Performer (Cornstock All-Stars)

Dead or Alive Poets Society (West Palm Beach, Florida)
    Weekly venue for poets – ‘94 – ‘03
    Founder & Reading Poet @ Off the Wall Gallery – ‘94 – ‘95
    Reading Poet @ O’Shea’s Irish Pub – ‘95 – ‘00

“The Duck Variations” by David Mamet (West Palm Beach)
Director & Producer – Played “George” in same play
O’Shea’s Irish Pub – ‘95
Flamingo Park Studios – ‘00

Painting is a Verb, Not a Noun (West Palm Beach)
Author, Director & Producer
Respectable Street Cafι – ‘95

Actor’s Rep (West Palm Beach)
Directed American Buffalo by David Mamet – Played “Teach” in same play – ‘88
Played “The Guard” in Beirut by Alan Bowne – ‘88

Off the Wall Gallery (West Palm Beach)
    Venue for group exhibitions of South Florida emerging artists – ‘94 – ‘97
    Owner & Artistic Director
    Produced special cultural events:
        Dead or Alive Poets’ Society – weekly readings        
        Moveable Feast – Evenings of food & food in literature
        Samantha Olsen – Monologues
        Samantha Olsen as Moms Mabley
        The Dillingers in concert
        Saint Joan – a dramatic reading

Arts bar
    West Palm Beach’s first post-sixties coffeehouse – ‘88 – ‘91
    Venue for original music, poetry, new plays & plays in process, comedy
& comedy improvisation, performance art & visual arts.
    Co-founder – ‘88
    Shared managerial, artistic, culinary & janitorial duties – ‘88 – ‘89
    Participant in poetry, dramatic readings & bits o’ plays – ‘88 – ‘90
    Group Show (paintings) – ‘88
    Solo exhibitions (paintings & sculpture) – ‘88 & ‘91
    Performed “Painting is a Noun, Not a Verb” (the art piece) – ‘91

Cornville Players (Cornville, Maine)
    Community theater troupe –  ‘74 – ‘85
    Founding Member – ‘74
    Played “A Forest Ranger” in Little Mary Sunshine – Designed and produced set for same play – ‘74
    Played “Prez” in The Pajama Game – Designed and produced set for same play – ‘74

DECORATIVE / SCENIC ARTS

Currently self-employed as Muralist / Decorative Artist for Hire
30-plus years experience in mural, scenic, trompe l’oeil, faux finish & broken colour work

Clients / Associates:

Waterville Main Street (Waterville, Maine)
    Muralist – Lebanese Heritage Mural Project – ‘06 – ‘07

Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville)
    Preparator – ‘04 – ‘06

Colby College Memorabilia Committee (Waterville)
    Restorer – ‘04

Colby College Department of Theater and Dance (Waterville)
    Scenic Painter – ‘04 – present

Patrusevich & Company (West Palm Beach)
Restoration of antiques & objects d’art
Restorer & Painter – ‘95 – ‘00

Rosalie Farris Designs, A.S.I.D. (West Palm Beach)
Trompe l’oeil, faux finish, broken colour work & ceramic sculpture
‘98 – ‘00

Mike Ereschna Productions (West Palm Beach)
Party and special events planner
Scenic Painter – ‘95, ‘97

Nephile Wing Designs, A.S.I.D. (Jupiter Island, Florida)
Antique restoration, faux finish & broken colour work – ‘99 – ‘00

Norquest & James, Fine and Decorative Arts (West Palm Beach)
Residential & commercial murals, trompe l’oeil, broken colour, antique & objects d’art restoration, fine art reproduction & colour consultancy
    Co-owner & Artist – ‘98 –
‘00