I was born and raised in Frederick, Md. and at a very early age I wanted to be an artist. I attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Md. where I received a bachelor’s degree in fine art. I also studied at the duCret School of Art in Plainfield, N.J. where I taught for several years.

Through the years, I’ve worked in various fields of art such as greeting cards, caricatures, children’s books, computer graphics and portraiture. For more than a decade, I worked for the Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, N.J. as a graphic artist and illustrator, creating over 400 covers for the paper’s weekly "Scanner" TV guide.

I now live in Stroudsburg, Pa. with my wife and daughter where I'm a member of the PoconoArts Council. I’m also a member of the International Guild of Realism.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I hope I never forget how truly blessed I am to be able to create art. I pray that God keeps blessing me each and every day with a spirit of excellence, and that I will constantly do His will through my art and in my life.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007   The Weinberg Center, Frederick, MD

2007   The Many Faces of Peter Ambush, Morris County Library, Morristown, NJ

2006   The Many Faces of Peter Ambush, Studio 7, Bernardsville, NJ

2006   The Many Faces of Peter Ambush, Sussex-Wantage Library, Wantage, NJ

2006   The Many Faces of Peter Ambush, County College of Morris, Morristown, NJ

2006   Making Faces, Morris County Library, Morristown, NJ

2006   Through the Artist’s Eye, Community Theater, Morristown, NJ

2001   All mixed up, Swain Art Galleries, Plainfield, NJ

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010   ARTSPACE Gallery Members’ June Show, Stroudsburg, PA

2010   Pocono Arts Council Members’ Show, Stroudsburg, PA

2010   18th Annual Art in the Atrium Exhibition Show, Morristown, NJ

2010   International Guild of Realism 5th Juried Exhibition, Palm Desert, CA

2009   Caras and Colleagues, Swain Art Galleries, Plainfield, NJ

2009   Exposure, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

2009   The Morristown Neighborhood House Art Expo, Morristown, NJ

2009   18th Annual Friends Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

2008   The Morristown Neighborhood House Art Expo, Morristown, NJ

2008   Pocono Arts Council Members’ Show, Stroudsburg, PA

2008   ARTSPACE Gallery Members’ Show, Stroudsburg, PA

2007   Caras and Colleagues, Middletown Arts Center, Middletown, NJ

2007   The Illustrated Image, James Howe Gallery, Union, NJ

2006   14th Annual Art in the Atrium Exhibition Show, Morristown, NJ

EDUCATION

2002-2005   duCret School of Art, Continuing Studies

1983-1988   Maryland Institute College of Art, Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art

AWARDS

2010   Third Place in Mixed Media, Pocono Arts Council Members’ Show, Stroudsburg, PA

2009   Bronze Medal in Multicultural Picture Book, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ARTSPACE Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA

International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, AZ

Pocono Arts Council, Stroudsburg, PA

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

ACME Archives, Burbank, CA

Andrew Solt Productions, Los Angeles, CA

Artist-In-Residence Program, Pocono Mountain School District (2008-2009)

JUST US BOOKS, East Orange, NJ

Merck-Medco, NJ

Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, Owatonna, MN

Review and Herald Publications Associations, Hagerstown, MD

The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ

The Washington Press, Florham Park, NJ

RADIO INTERVIEW

League of the Extraordinary (Dec. 1, 2009) with Dr. Candace Kelly, Rowen Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM