QUALIFICATIONS

A unique balance of multiple, related art and cultural skills. Formal education combined with a broad base of traditional and modern art knowledge, as well as experiences including public speaking, journalism, and management allow me to offer myself as an inspiring team member at a university, cultural, tourism, & art institution or in other art related programs. Additionally, with an ongoing professional art career with international credentials I can enrich students with passion & faith in art as a life path. With a record for teaching the history of art, as well as studio techniques in the major art forms, I feel confident in offering my services to assist students, private art collector’s and corporate art collectors in fine art appreciation.

EDUCATION

1977-1980 M.A. Program Renaissance: Multi-media Art, Art in Education, Art Administration,
Beacon College, Washington, D.C.
1971- 1972 2-Year Scholarship: Painting, ~Drawing Proctor, Wooster Art Academy, CT.
1970-1972 B.A. English, Minor Philosophy, Central Connecticut State University, CT.
1966.1969A.S. Business, Minor Journalism, NCC, CT.
1966 - Present
Lifelong, additional educational workshops & professional training in all major
traditional and modern art mediums.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE ARTS

72’ Ongoing ~ Professional Fine Artist/Main Income
72’ Ongoing ~ Studio Art Instructor & Private Art Instruction
07’ ~ Nine Paintings of Historic, Ahuena Heiau commissioned for Hawaiian Leaders by Kulana Huli Honua, Foundation for the Search of Wisdom.
04’- 07’ ~ Artist-in-Residence, The Gallery, The Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, HI.
06’ Current ~ Consultant for Kulana Huli Honua, Foundation for the Search for Wisdom, HI.
06’ Current ~ Vice President & Programs Chairman, Waimea Arts Council, HI.
05’ Judge for Annual Cassidy Arts Exhibition, Waimea Arts Counsil, HI.

03’ - 04’ Artist-in-Residence/Assistant to Producer, Studio Hawaii, Kawaihae, Hawaii.

02’ – 04’ Manager, Performers & recording artists: Johnny Shot Band.

04’ Production Assistant & Actor, in ‘ Whack’, screened in Hawaii International
Film Festival and New York International Film Festival; Award Winning.

04’ Artist-in-Residence, ‘Painting With Words,’ Writing/mult-disiciplinary/ multi-media,
5th Grade, Waiakea Elementary School.

04’ Commission: Painting, famed Paniolo, Akua Purdy’s Historic Home, Parker Ranch.

04’ Art Consultant, Pacific Fine Art Gallery, Kailua Kona

03’ Artist-in-Residence, Lake Wales Art Center. Instructor: Drawing, Painting.
Instructor/Student Art Exhibit Lake Wales, Florida. Painting, Writing &
Research in Florida & the Caribbean, ~Ancient Cultures, ~Ancient Art

03’ Artist-in-Residence, Hawaii Foundation for Culture & The Arts, Hawaii
Department of Education, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, ‘Glorious Greece
Program’, Waikoloa Elementary School; multi-media/multidiscipline: original
Script, performance, & art exhibit

03’ Commissions: Script: Comedy, ‘Doggie to Go’, Studio Hawai

72’-Present Fine artist in major mediums; also, photography, computer art, writing
Conceptual art, art happenings, film, video, and multi-media. Ongoing

01’-03 Outreach, Cultural Literacy Program, ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Federal Grant, 21st Century Program, Pre-school, Cultural Literacy Program Development; former chair, fundraising, 21st Century, Waikoloa School.

98’-Present Instructor & Artist-in-the-Schools, State of Hawaii DOE &
State Foundation for Culture & The Arts, adult & children’s
Programs through 21st Century Program, ‘No Child Left Behind,’
OASIS School Renewal Program, and some workshops,
classes and events co-sponsored by Pacific Museum Services. Ongoing

83’-Present Founder/Director, Pacific Museum Services: Pacific Art Designs,
Pacific Guild for Culture & The Arts, Pacific Art Academy, Pacific Talent (begun 2001). Art services for artists, art organizations, corporations, and private collectors; consultant work, tutored classes, art conservation, historic preservation, and specialized art projects.

97’ – 99’ Lecturer, Art 100 & Art 101, Arts & Humanities Department, HCC, University of Hilo.
Hawaii, Lecturer’s Pool, to Present.

Art Exhibitions 2003-2007 Include

07’ ‘Paradise Found Art Exhibition,’ & multi-media events Waimea Art Center, Firehouse Gallery, One –man Exhibition.
03’-07’ The Gallery, The Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort,
HI.Group Exhibit & Lead Artist-In-residence/ Featured Exhibit.
06’
07’ Kulana Huli Honua, ‘Foundation of the Search for Wisdom’, HI. Featured.
06’ Cassidy Annual Art Exhibition, Waimea, Hawaii –Group Exhibition
06’ Annual Hawaii International Aloha Festival, Paniolo Heritage,
Waimea. WAC. One-man Exhibit.

06’ Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival, Waimea Art Center.
Hawaii Parks & Recreation. .Demonstration & Group Exhibit.
05’ Casssidy Annual Exhibition, Waimea, Hawaii- Exhibition Judge.
05 ~Present Paradise Found Exhibit, American Express Tourism Office, Hilton, Hawaii, One-man Exhibit, Invitational.

05’ ~ 06’ Seaside Art Exhibit, Kona Market Place, Shaka Tours & Activities,
Kailua-Kona, One-Man Exhibit. Artist-on-Location.

2003 “The Quest for Meaning,” Keck Observatory, Hualalai Hall,
Kamuela, Hawaii. Lecture Presentation on ancient art and One-man Exhibit of
Original Art that was in the First Art Show in Space, ARS AD ASTRA aboard
MIR SPACE STATION, International, co-operative exhibit that also toured
five European countries.

2004 Featured Artist, Aloha Sherran’s, 50 plus works: paintings, prints, marble and
wood sculptures, masks, and arti-facts. Kainaliu, Hawaii.

‘WANTED’, Parker Ranch Historic Homestead, Pu’upelu
Gallery. Included readings of original writings, A Connecticut Yankee in
King Kamehameha’s Court. Hawaii, One-man Exhibition.

03’~ Present -Paradise Found, Invitational, Ongoing, One-Man Exhibit,
35 works of art, Hale Ola Pono, Family Medical Center,
North Hawaii Community Hospital.

2003 Hawi Gallery, Hawi, Hawaii. Group Exhibit.

Paradise Found Exhibition, Rogers’ Estate. Kawaihae, Hawaii. One-man Show,

Showcase Exhibition, Thelma Parker Memorial Library, Kamuela, Hawaii.
One-man Show.

Lake Wales Center for the Arts, Lake Wales, Florida, Instructor/Student Exhibit.

To Present: Museum Angel Orensantz, Sabinanigo, Spain. Featured. Fifteen works. Ongoing.

Recent Travel & Educational Art Experiences

2003~2010 07’ TV Producer Certification Training/ Hawaii Public Broadcasting

07’ Grant Writing Workshop for Indigenous People/Federal Grants

07’ Invited to China for Cultural Exchange and Goodwill Tour.

06’ Traveled to New England; also, Artist on Location at The Hilton, Niagara Falls, Canada; invited back for exhibit, and on-location painting.

06’ Release of new prints including Giclee: Flight of Honu.
04’ Artists retraining workshop -State Foundation for Culture and DOE, ‘Arts First,’ 2004, Holualoa, Hawaii

04’ Traveled to Florida and the Caribbean to paint, write, and carry out research and fieldwork relating to art, mythology and ancient civilizations.

03’ Film & Video Production School, University of Hawaii Outreach Program. Professional Training by noted Hawaii Film Cameraman, Doug Olivares.

03’ Production Assistance & Actor in “Whack,” Big Kahuna Productions, Hawaii. ~Premiered in Hawaii International Film Festival, New York International Film Festival, and Award Winning Independent Film:
Oklahoma Film Festival.

Current 2010 Projects Include

~Painting Murals & Wall paintings
~Writing our “Garden of Secrets”, Memoirs, Prose, Poetry…
~Preparing for publication, 2nd Edition of Award Winning
Turtle Dance, Poems of Hawaii & Prologue to the Night World from ‘The Kumulipo’
‘The Hawaiian Creation Chant’

~Writing & Creating as Guest Artist in Residence site Pali Uli, a Hawaiian Cultural Center, Big Island Hawaii

~Artist in Residence at Hilton Grand Vacations Club, Hawaii

~Researching ancient Hawaiian Petroglyphs for T.V. airing

Preparing research for lectures on ‘The Ancient Civilization of MU’

Other Current Projects include

1a) Producer for Our Garden of Secrets TV Series
1) Writing, Our Garden of Secrets, a novel & TV Series Adaptation
2)Editing original poems and memoirs, From Love & Exile
3)Exhibiting and Creating Art.
5) Designing Historic Hawaii Mural
6) Plein Aire Painting at Volcanic Eruptions & elsewhere.
7)Research for Lecture on Art & Ancient Cultures

Nominations, Honors & Awards

Most Recent Include

Listing in Cambridge Who’s Who
Founding Lifetime Member: Global Art & Tourism Society
Further Bio Forthcoming

Former/Notable Exhibits include: Exhibitions in over a dozen countries & on the MIR Space Station, ‘The First Art Exhibit in Earth Orbit,’ ARS AD ASTRA/ ART TO THE STARS. Major Art Cities exhibited in include Geneva, Paris, Athens, New York City and Honolulu. Countries: U.S., New Zealand, France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Greece, Spain,

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