| Education |
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2002-Present |
Lyme Art Association |
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Old Lyme, Connecticut |
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Open model sessions |
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1998-2002 |
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts |
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Old Lyme, Connecticut |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting |
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1989-1990 |
Rhode Island School of Design |
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Providence, Rhode Island |
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Continuing Education Department for Interior Design |
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1979-1983 |
Sophie Newcomb College |
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New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, Drawing, and Art History |
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1975-1979 |
Stoneleigh-Burnham School |
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Greenfield, Massachusetts |
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High School Diploma while focusing on Bronze Casting, Painting, and Silversmithing |
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1968-1972 |
Little Compton, Rhode Island |
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Weekly private painting lessons from Doris Beatie |
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| Group Exhibitions |
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2005 |
Art League of Rhode Island, “The Journey: Generations of Rhode Island Masters 1890-2005”, Imagine Fine Art, Smithfield, R.I. |
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2005 |
Art League of Rhode Island 2005 Annual Member’s Exhibition at
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA |
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2004 |
Providence Art Club with Gordon Parker & Johanna McKenzie |
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2004 |
Art League of Rhode Island 2003 Annual Member’s Exhibition at
A&C Fine Arts, East Greenwich, RI |
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2003 |
Providence Art Club Annual Members Exhibition
Juror: Mark Freedman, David Aldrich Award-First Place |
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2003 |
Virginia Lynch Gallery “Close to Home”, Group Exhibition |
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2003 |
Spring Bull Gallery with Johanna McKenzie and Nancy Gaucher- Thomas |
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2002 |
Providence Art Club with Gordon Parker and Johanna McKenzie |
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2001 |
Spring Bull Gallery with Johanna McKenzie and John McGowan |
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2000 |
Providence Art Club with Gordon Parker and Johanna McKenzie |
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| Juried Shows |
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2006 |
Providence Art Club, Open-Juried National Painting Exhibition |
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Juror: Brian Shure, RISD Faculty |
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2005 |
Allied Artists of America Inc., National Arts Club, NYC |
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92nd Annual Exhibition 2005 |
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Jurors: Gabriela Dellosso, Ch., Babette Martino, Gilbert Riou |
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2005 |
The Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 109th Annual Open Exhibition, National
Arts Club, NYC |
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Jurors: Naomi Campbell, Dolores D’Achille, Gaile Snow Gibbs,
Jeanette Koumjian, Ruth Rieber |
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Award: Lilia Gardin Sawyer Award |
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2005 |
The Salmagundi Club, 28th Annual Juried Exhibition for Non-Members |
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Jurors: John Foote, Claudia Seymour, Christine DeBarry, Rhoda |
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Yanow, Lee Croghen, Eleanor Moore, Bernice Sokol Kramer, S.
Allyn Schaeffer |
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Joseph Hartley Memorial Award for Oil |
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2005 |
The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA |
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Juror: Paul Master Karnik |
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2005 |
Green Trees Gallery, Northfield, Ma |
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Jurors: Janice Starmer, Kerry Kazokas |
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2005 |
Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition |
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Jurors: Gretchen Keyworth, Robert Dilworth |
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Peoples Choice Award |
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2004 |
The Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 108th Annual Open Exhibition,
National Arts Club, NYC |
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Jurors: Meredith d’Ambrosio, Kathy Fieramosca, Jeanette Martone,
Diane Tomash, Eleni Traganas |
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2004 |
Allied Artists of America, Inc., National Arts Club, NYC |
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Jurors: Radul Carranza, Michael Molnar, Shoichi Akutsu |
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Butler Institute of American Art Award |
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2004 |
Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition |
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Jurors: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, The DeCordova Museum & Sculpture |
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2004 |
Providence Art Club Nationwide Open Painting Exhibition |
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Juror: Ruth Dealy, Rhode Island School of Design |
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2003 |
Providence Art Club New England Exhibition |
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Juror: Lisa A. Silagyi, Worcester Art Museum |
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2003 |
Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition |
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Juror: Christine McCarthy, Provincetown Art Association |
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2002 |
The Copley Society of Boston Juried Student Exhibition |
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Juror: Jeff Keough, Massachusetts College of Art |
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2002 |
National Art Club Annual Student Exhibition, Grammercy Park, NYC |
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Jurors: Raymond Everett Kinstler, Elena Barnet, Will Barnet, Bob Barra, Joan Bradt, Edith Rae Brown, Raoul A. Carranza, Louise Crawford, J. Lee Drexler, Dorothy Graham, Cheryl W. Green, Brown Hagood, Sidney Hermel, Eleanor Jacobs, John T. James, Diana Kan, Janet Lippmann, Edith Lourie, Takayo Noda, Mitchell D. Schorr, Wendy Schrijver, Sandy Straus, Jordan Zweifler |
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2002 |
Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition |
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Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, R.I.S.D. |
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2002 |
Providence Art Club New England Exhibition |
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Juror: Gretchen Dow Simpson |
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2001 |
Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition |
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Juror: Lisa Greenberg |
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2001 |
The Copley Society of Boston Juried Student Exhibition |
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Juror: Bonnell Robinson, Director of Exhibitions at the Art Institute of
Boston |
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1999 |
Providence Art Club Annual Open New England Exhibition |
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Jurors: Stapleton Kearns, President of the Rockport Art Association |
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1999 |
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts-Repainting the Past |
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Jurors: Faculty, Jeff Becker, Curator of the Florence Griswold Museum |
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1998 |
Westport Art Group, Founder’s Award |
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Jurors: Nancy Friese, Joan Backes, Susan Lichtman |
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1998 |
Providence Art Club Annual Open New England Exhibition |
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Juror: Tim Flowers, RISD |
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1998 |
Newport Art Museum Annual Open Exhibition |
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Juror: Loraine Buckley |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
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2005 |
The Providence Art Club, September 18th-30th. 40 new Oil Paintings. |
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| Awards and Fellowships |
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2005 |
The Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 109th Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club,
NYC. The Leila Gardin Sawyer Award for Two-Dimensional Work |
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2005 |
The Little Compton Community Center Annual Juried Exhibition |
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Best in Show Award |
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2005 |
The Providence Art Club Award |
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Member’s Exhibit “Urban Un Urban” |
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2005 |
Joseph Hartley Memorial Award for Oil, Best in Show |
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2005 |
Annual Open Non-Members Juried Exhibition |
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Salmagundi Club Center for American Art, NYC |
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2005 |
Peoples Choice Award |
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Newport Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibit,
Newport, R.I. |
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2004 |
William E. Brigham Award |
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Winter Member’s Exhibition |
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The Providence Art Club, Providence, R.I. |
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2004 |
The Butler Institute of American Art Award |
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The Allied Artists of America, Inc. National Arts Club, NYC |
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2004 |
Honorable Mention, Little Compton Community Center,
Little Compton, R.I. |
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2003 |
David Aldrich Award-First Place Award of Excellence |
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Little Compton Community Center |
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Little Compton, Rhode Island |
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2003 |
David Aldrich Award-Best in Show |
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Providence Art Club Members Exhibition |
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Providence, Rhode Island |
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2002 |
Edwin Gould Foundation Award |
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National Arts Club Annual Student Exhibition |
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Grammercy Park, NYC |
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2002 |
John Stobart Fellowship |
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The John Stobart Foundation |
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Boston, Massachusetts |
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Old Lyme, Connecticut |
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| Collections |
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Numerous private collections in the United States and in the Netherlands
Brown, Lisle, and Cummings, Providence, R.I. |
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Country & Coastal Properties, Little Compton, Rhode Island |
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The Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts |
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National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Association, Inc. Dubois, Wyoming |
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The Newport Hospital, Newport, RI |
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| Professional Affiliations |
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2005- Present |
Tiverton Arts Council Board Member |
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2005- Present |
Shellfish Advisory Board, Westport, MA |
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2004- Present |
Art League of Rhode Island Board chair, Exhibition
Committee Chair |
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2004- Present |
Historic Commission Regular Member, Westport Point, MA |
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2003- Present |
Wind River Valley Artists’ Guild member of Dubois, Wyoming |
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2003-Present |
Elected artist of the Art League of Rhode Island |
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2002-Present |
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Alumni Association member |
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2002-Present |
Lyme Art Association Associate member |
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2002-Present |
Spring Bull Gallery Member |
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2001-2002 |
Copley Society Student member |
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2000-2005 |
Concerts at the Point Board member, Westport Massachusetts |
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1997-Present |
Providence Art Club Artist member |
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1996-2002 |
Sakonnet Artists Cooperative member |
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1996-Present |
Newport Art Museum member |
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1985 to 1999 |
Little Compton Historical Society Board member, Secretary Little,
Compton, RI |
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| Listings/Bibliography |
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The Providence Journal, Live, “Paintings talk amongst themselves” by Bill Van Siclen, January 26-29. 2006 page 15. |
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The Providence Journal, Live, “Newport artists dazzle at museum’s annual juried show” by Bill Van Siclen, February 3-6, 2005 |
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The Providence Journal, LIVE, “In Newport Show, a tidal wave of water scenes” by Bill Van Siclen, February 26, 2004 |
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Westport Shorelines, WESTPORT WATCH, Meet Dora Atwater Millikin “Westport, through an artist’s eye”, December 4, 2003 page 3 |
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Westport Shorelines, “Mondays are for painting” October 2, 2003 pages 1,16 |
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Cable TV The Devil’s Pocket, interviewed by: Emery Robinson and Brenda Burke, August 2003 |
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Westport Shorelines, “Devoted trio breathe life into’Devil’s Pocket’ ” by Peggy Aulisio, August 28, 2003 pages 1,5 |
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The Sakonnet Times, “Mondays are for painting” August 14, 2003 pages 1,4 |
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The Providence Journal, LIVE, “At Virginia Lynch” by Bill Van Siclen, March 20-23, 2003 page 12 |