Influences

Teachers:

• Robert Armetta (Long Island Academy of Fine Art)
• Sarah Lamb (Grand Central Academy)
• Jon DeMartin (Grand Central Academy)
• Edward Minoff (Grand Central Academy)
• Richard Piloco (Grand Central Academy)
• Travis Schlaht (Grand Central Academy)
• Brian Schumacher (Grand Central Academy)
• Dan Thompson (Grand Central Academy)

Contemporary Influences:

• Antonio López García (1936 - )
• Vincent Desiderio (1955 -)
• Randall Exon (1956 -)
• Jacob Collins (1964 - )
• Kate Lehman (1968 - )
• Michael Grimaldi (1971 -)
• Tony Curanaj (1972 - )
• Andy Ameral (1974 - )
• Jeremy Lipking (1976 - )
• David Kassan (1977 - )
• Sean Cheetham (1977 - )
• Jeffrey Hein
• Adam Miller (1979 - )

Masters:

• Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
• Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573 - 1610)
• Diego Velásquez (1599-1660)
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669)
• Gerard Ter Borch (1617-1681)
• Johannes Vermeer van Delft, (1632 - 1675)
• Jean-François Millet (1814 – 1875)
• Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (1819 – 1877)
• Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 - 1904)
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905)
• John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925)
• Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918)

Institutions:

• Dahesh Museum of Art
• Florence Academy of Art
• Grand Central Academy of Art
• Long Island Academy of Fine Art
• New York Academy of Art

Art Criticism:

• "Slow Painting" Critical Manifesto
• "Why the Art World is a Disaster" by Roger Kimball

Bibliography:

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• Speed, Harold. "Oil Painting Techniques." Publisher: Dover Publications. ISBN: 0486255069 .
• Speed, Harold. "The Practice and Science of Drawing." Publisher: Dover Publications; 3d ed. edition (June 1, 1972). ISBN: 0486228703.
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