1998 BFA Painting, Drawing, Art History. Kutztown University
1997-1998 Plein Air Italy Sojourn, Milano Marittima, Fiuggi, Tuscany, Sicily

Selected Recent Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 New Work. Gallery Piquel, New Hope, PA
2007 Plein Aire Paintings of Abiquiu, Giacobbe-Fritz Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Selected Landscapes. The Apollo, Bethlehem, PA
2005 Recent Landscapes. Project Blue, Easton, PA

Group Exhibitions:
2009 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
2008 Recent Landscapes, Monsoon Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2006 Banana Factory Artists Annual, Bethlehem, PA
2006 Drawing Exhibition. Project Blue, Easton, PA
1997,1998 Plein Air Exhibition, Albergo Fiuggi, Teatro Communale, Italy

www.adrianofarinella.com

I encourage my students to cultivate the individual creative spirit in themselves.
I teach to the individual and base all the technical aspects of making art on the principle of facilitating growth and defining a sense of purpose.
Technical excellence is always a major goal but by no means the only goal.
Learning the fundamentals of different techniques and striving for mastery of those techniques is a stepping stone to finding the primary motivation for making Art.
Each class then builds upon the foundation of technical challenges and the study of art history ultimately leading to the students giving form to a new idea.
Each class also incorporates a critique which provides a forum for students to learn to discuss their work and the work of their peers.