M.Ed. Kutztown University

B.S. Art Education Kutztown University

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

2008 – Honorable Mention – Allentown Holiday Card Competition – Baum School of Art, David E. Rodale Gallery, December 2008

2008 – One Person Exhibition Mythos, Elementals & Sylphs – Home & Planet Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

2007 – September-November - Masters of the Arts: Higher Education Art Faculty Juried Exhibition - Crayola Gallery, Banana Factory, Bethelehem, PA

2007 - 2004 – One person show, “Delong, Recent Work” – Eagles Nest Gallery, Nazareth, PA

2002 – Exhibition of recent work – Muhlenberg College Gallery, Allentown, PA

2000 - Bucks County Artists:  A Cross Section
and Bucks County Inspirations Hicks Art Center Gallery, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania, November 2, 2000 through December 18, 2000

2000 - Exhibition Catalogue - Traveling Exhibit - From Realism to Non-Objectivity: Contemporary Art from New York to Philadelphia Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, October 31, 2000 through November 18, 2000

2000 – October, PAEA Members Show, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA

2000 – Two Person Show, “Narratives” Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA
 
1999 - Summer Group Show – “Prayer Cards” - Palmer Art Museum, State College, PA

1998 - “The Vision” Award - limited edition bronze sculpture –– commissioned by Binney & Smith, Inc. - Corporate Achievement Award – Winter, 1999

1998 - Faculty Exhibition, Payne Gallery, Moravian College Art Gallery, Spring - 1998

1997 – Fall - Faculty Exhibition, Baum School of Art

1996 – Spring - Invitational Group Exhibition - Open Space Fine Art Gallery, Allentown, PA,
“Visionaries and Prayer Cards”

1994 – Summer - Group Exhibition - New Arts Program, Kutztown

1993 – Fall - Juried Exhibition - Lehigh Valley Trust, Lehigh Valley Hospital Foundation, Lehigh Valley, PA

1993 – Summer - Invitational Group Exhibition - Beveled Edge Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

1992 – January - One Man Exhibition - Moravian Academy, Bethlehem, PA, “Fleur de Lis Series”

1991 – October - One Man Exhibition - “Recent Works on Paper-Homage to Monet - Fleur de Lis Series”, The Masters, Wescosville, PA

1991 – March - National Art Education Association Juried Exhibition-Atlanta, GA

1989 – Fall - Regional Juried Exhibition VII, Pennsylvania State University, Berks County Campus, Reading, PA

1988 – September - Juried Group Exhibition, Maria Felez Gallery, Jim Thorpe, PA

1988 – August - 53rd Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Lehigh University, Lehigh Art Alliance, Bethlehem, PA

1988 – February - Two Man Faculty Exhibition, David Rodale Gallery, Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA

1987 – December - Invitational Group Exhibition, Kemmerer Museum, “Artist’s Who Practice What They Teach”, Bethlehem, PA

1987 – August - Artist in Residence, Muralplatz, Musikfest, Bethlehem, PA

1986 – January - Invitational Group Exhibition, “One on One”, Open Space Fine Art Resource and Gallery, Allentown, PA,

1985 – March/April - 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Lehigh Art Alliance, Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, Allentown, PA - Jack Bookbinder, Member of the National Academy, John Stoltz, Associate Professor of Art, Kutztown University

1985 – May - National Invitational Juried Exhibition, AAO Gallery, Buffalo, New York - “The American Nude, l985”

1985 – August/September - Dick Blick Award, Bixler Jewelers Award, Lehigh Art Alliance 50th Fall Juried Exhibition, Karl Stirner Gallery, Easton, PA - Jurors:  Rob Engman, Artist-University of Pennsylvania, Charles Schmidt, Artist-Tyler School of Art, Temple University

1985 – September - Invitational Group Exhibition, Kemmerer Museum, Bethlehem, PA, “Portraits of the Famous-What Become a Legend”

1985-84 – September/June - Artist in Residence, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts - AIE, Northwestern Lehigh School District, New Tripoli, PA

1985-84 – September/June - Artist in Residence, Muralist - Springfield School District, Delaware County, PA

According to Professor Hans Biedermann of the University of Graz in Austria, “When we talk about symbols and symbolism, we usually reveal one of two very different attitudes toward them. To some the subject is utterly antiquated, the sort of thing to which no sensible person should give a second thought in this day and age. Others go to the opposite extreme: they believe that symbolism is the key to understanding the intellectual world. Symbols, they claim, enable people to bring the incomprehensible into the realm of the tangible, where they can deal with it.”

My recent artwork reflects symbols and metaphors that extend into the realm of everyday language and figures of speech. The symbols in my art permeate images from the world of political slogans and emblems; the parables of our religions, the icons and writing of foreign and prehistoric cultures, legal customs and historical figures-wherever a “signifier” communicates anything beyond its own superficial exterior. The purpose of my art is to acquaint the viewer with the symbols that have been most significant throughout my life related to the history of civilization.