I'm an award-winning freelance illustrator working primarily in the children's genre, and in other genres as well.My style ranges from classical realism in the tradition of the Golden Age of American Illustration, to "wacky realism," in the stylistic ballpark of Adam Rex. Influences include N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, Norman Rockwell, Greg Hildebrandt, and Donato Giancola. My educational background includes an M.F.A. in Painting from the New York Academy of Art's Graduate School of Figurative Art. I also studied at the Art Students League, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. As an art instructor, I've taught portrait drawing, drawing, painting, figure drawing, figure painting, and illustration. I've taught courses in The Ringling College of Art & Design's Illustration and Core Programs.For a listing of the awards I've received as an illustrator and fine artist, please refer to the listings below.Freelance IllustratorClients include:The National Science Teachers Association PressRedline EditorialNdowe International Press, Inc.Young & RubicamFisher PriceCarus PublishingCricket Publishing GroupUSKids PublishingBarnes & Noble/Sterling PublishingThe Educational Company of IrelandRowland Reading FoundationCompass Publishing MediaSixRedMarbles Publishing