self portrait 2024

The artist was born in Providence, RI and lived in RI for 75 years, until moving to North Carolina.  He graduated from Moses Brown School, Babson College and Suffolk University Law School.  At Moses Brown School, a private school in Providence, he received the Sophia L. Pitman Award for Excellence in Art.  

He is a descendant  of Sano di Pietro, the famous 15th century Sienese  painter.

The artist is a retired lawyer.  In his early years of practice he was an Assistant Attorney General and served on the R.I. Parole Board.  During the years he practiced law, he had his own law firm.  In business, he was a pioneer, developer and an owner of cable television and broadcast television companies.  In addition, he was a commercial real estate developer.  During those busy working years, he always found time to devote to oil painting.

His interest in oil painting began in his early teens.  From that time on, his interest in oil painting  never waned.  He was a member of the Providence Art Club for many years  where he attended art classes and participated in art  exhibitions .  The artist's primary focus is on painting portraits.  He has received numerous portrait commissions and has sold many of his paintings in local art exhibitions.  He was fortunate  to have taken landscape painting classes taught by John Loughlin and Anthony Tomaselli, both highly acclaimed R.I. artists.  At the Art Club, he was mentored by the well known R.I. artist, Mary Castelnovo.  He also studied portrait painting  under Raymond Finelli.

He has taken workshops offered by such nationally noted artists as Stapleton Kearns, Scott Waddell, Cindy Baron and Joseph McGurl.  

In 2011, he received the Second Place Pasquale Masiello Award in a national open painting exhibition.

In 2012, he initiated an art therapy program for disabled veterans at the R.I.  V.A. Hospital.  

He no longer exhibits his works in exhibitions but donates them to charitable organizations for fundraisers.