Biography
Born 1959
Public Collections
Aventura Restaurant 2014 - 3 major paintings:
Celebration 9'x4'
Lavender 8'x4'
Garden 3'x4'
VIE Fitness - Conquest 2014
Vie Fitness and Spa - Commission: RED 2013
VIE Fitness Studio, Ann Arbor MI, 2012 - La Valleries
Dawn
First Warm Day after Winter
Rhapsody in Yellow
Sava’s Restaurant Ann Arbor, 2010: Release
Honnigman Law Firm Kalamazoo MI:
The Little Yellow Paintings/Series of Four/2009
The New Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield West Bloomfield MI:
River /No. 8 /2009
Bodman Law Firm Ann Arbor
Magi No. 7, 2008
Inside View, 2008
Angels Wings, 2008
The University of Michigan Depression Center Lobby / Ann Arbor MI:
The Journey 10’ x 5’ Commission, 2006
The University of Michigan Depression Center Theatre / Ann Arbor MI:
The Sun Series 2006, Six painting Commission:
Seedlings • Winter Sun • Bask • Mama San • Forget me Knot
On the Road to Zion
The University of Michigan Depression Center Executive Office
The Butterfly River No. 1 2006
The University of Michigan Depression Center Lower Lobby
The Butterfly River No.2 2006
University of Michigan, Mott Children’s Hospital: 67 prints 2011
Private Collections
William and Barbara Parfet, Key Largo Florida: Clouds Over the Atlantic 2015
Preston and Bess Parish, East Jordan, Michigan: Ocean Grace 2015
Cathy Upjohn, Traverse City, Michigan: Butterfly Garden #5 2015
Brad Vandenberg and Amy Upjohn, Key Largo, Florida: Alligator Reef 2 2015
Elizabeth Upjohn Mason, Kalamazoo, Michigan: Alligator Reef 2 2015
Elizabeth Gilmore Bystrycki, Otsego, Michigan: My Monet, Mocean no. 5 2015
Brad Vandenberg Amy Upjohn: Alligator Reef 2 2015
Elizabeth Upjohn Mason: Alligator Reef 2 2015
Elizabeth Gilmore Bystrycki: My Monet, Mocean no. 5 2015
Jeffrey Post, Ann Arbor, MI: Jeffrey's Monet 2014
Bill Martin, First Martin Corporation Commission:
Night Maize 5'x5'
Mr. and Mrs. William Clay Ford, Ann Arbor, MI Commission: Family Business 2013
Donald and Ann Parfet, Aspen CO: Maroon Bells 1999
Ali Ogilvie, Ann Arbor MI: Sun Flowers 2001
Martin Katz, Ann Arbor MI: Yellow Mountain 2002
Donald and Ann Parfet, Richland MI: Farm Pond 2003
Sydney and Steve Hoerler, Grosse Pointe MI: River 2003
Victoria Silks, Santa Fe NM: Dream 2003
Janis Paul, Ann Arbor MI: Flowers for Janis 2003
Preston Parish, Ironton MI: Misbehavin’ 2004
Molly Phinny, Patagonia AZ: Into the Light 2004
Meredith Sheehan, Saline, MI: Coming Home 2005
Rene and Hina Papo, Ann Arbor MI: Iris’s 2005
Terrance and Susan Liddy, Northport MI: Harvest 2006
Sandy Obey, Gregory MI: Poppies 2006
Gail Wolkoff, Ypsilanti MI: Gale 2006
Dave Huntoon and Mari Arno, Ann Arbor MI: Greenhills 2007
Hugh and Dorothy Acton, Augusta MI: Sun thru the Garden 2007
Bethany Gilmore, Augusta MI: Summer Sun and Red Mountain 2008
Dave Huntoon and Mari Arno, Ann Arbor MI: Sun No.11 and Sun No. 12 2008
Robert and Victoria Buckler, Ann Arbor, MI: 7’ Commission: The Fairies Gate 2008
John and Renee Greden, Ann Arbor, MI: It’s a Brand New Day 2009
Mr. and Mrs. William Clay Ford, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI: Grandmother’s Garden2010
Tige Standing and Brian Younger, NY, NY: Little Yellow Painting No. 2, Henry 2010
Shannon and Dean Schueller, Ann Arbor, MI: Enough 2010
Sydney and Steve Hoerler, Grosse Pointe, MI: Pond in Woods 2010
Liz and Frank Bystrycki, Otsego, MI: Octopus’s Garden 2010
Robyn Frey King: Ann Arbor, MI: Growth 2011
Dr. Fredric and Shawn Bonine, Ann Arbor, MI: Pink Garden 2012
Angela Jackson, Ann Arbor, MI: A Walk with Lisa 2013
Solo Exhibitions
Sotheby's Gallery Jan-March 2015: Mocean, Florida
Artifact Gallery NYC-January 2014
Cafe Zola May-August 2014
The MOCEAN Paintings, Ann Arbor Art Center March 2013
Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NY, NY: Paint 2009 – 2010
William Morris Advertising Agency, NY, NY 2010
Vie Fitness & Spa, Ann Arbor, MI 2010
Greenhills Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI: The Island Series 2009
The River Gallery, Chelsea, MI: The Island Series 2008
Gallery H, Three Oaks, MI 2008
ART Chicago, Chicago, IL 2008
The University of Michigan Power Center with The Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI:
Lift the Veil 2007
Pfizer Worldwide, Ann Arbor, MI: Rhythm: Six Works 2006
Pfizer Worldwide, Ann Arbor, MI: A View from a Butterfly 2006
Pfizer Worldwide, Kalamazoo, MI: A View from a Butterfly 2005
The University of Michigan Power Center, Ann Arbor. MI:
A View from a Butterfly 2004
Pfizer Worldwide, Ann Arbor, MI: Selected Paintings 2003
Pfizer Worldwide, Ann Arbor, MI: Nature in Seven 2002
Selected Exhibitions
25 by 25 for First Martin Corporation November 2013
ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, MI 2011
ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, MI 2010
The River Gallery, Chelsea, MI 2010
Pam Byrne: Art on the House, State Capital, Lansing, MI 2009
The River Gallery at Rackham, Ann Arbor, MI 2009
The River Gallery, Chelsea, MI 2008
Gallery H, Three Oaks, MI 2008
Ann Arbor Art Center, Off the Wall Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2005
Landscapes: Two Painters, Tabor Hill Wine and Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 2004
University of Michigan Power Center, Exhibit Seven, Ann Arbor, MI 2004
Potter Center, Jackson, MI 2004
University of Michigan Power Center, Ann Arbor, MI 2003
Ella Sharpe Museum, Jackson, MI 2003
University of Michigan Power Center, Ann Arbor, MI 2003
Chelsea Painters, Ella Sharpe Museum, Jackson, MI 2002
Chelsea Painters, Chelsea, MI 2001 2006
University of Michigan Power Center, Ann Arbor, MI 2001
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 2000
Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI 1999
Ann Arbor Women Painters, Ann Arbor, MI 1992
Gallery Representation
Artifact Gallery NYC - Artifactgallery.com
Agora Gallery, NY, NY
Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
LAGUNA Art Group
Artist in Residences
Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI 2010
Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI 2009
Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI 2008
Education
Intensive study with Kwok Wai Lau of The International Art School,
Hong Kong, China & The Chicago Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
Palm Springs, CA 2000 – 2008.
The Art and Science International Academy of Color Technologies,
London, England 2006
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO 2000
The American University, Washington, D.C.
BA: Painting, Film and Television 1984
Teaching
Private Classes (Ongoing)
Ann Arbor Art Center Studio 44 Abstract Painting levels 1 and 2
Publications and Reviews
Studio and Gallery Magazine NYC - July 2014
Ann Arbor.Com The MOCEAN Paintings
The University of Michigan Musical Society, Ann Arbor, MI: The Arts Heal 2005
The Ann Arbor News; “Butterflies Adorn Power” by John Carlos Cantu 2004
ArtisSpectrum NY, NY: Spotlight on Ruth Gilmore Langs;
Transforming Energy and Nature Onto Canvas 2010
IN New York: Paint 2009
ArtisSpectrum NY, NY: “Paint” 2009
Gallery and Studio NY, NY 2009
Step USA, NY, NY 2009
The Ann Arbor News 2008
The Ann Arbor News 2007
The University of Michigan Upjohn Depression Center, Ann Arbor, MI: 2006
The University of Michigan Surgery Center, Ann Arbor, MI: May 2006
In Drought Time; Scenes from Rural and Small Town Life May Apple Press;