RESUME

LAWRENCE F. ALTAFFER III
General Delivery
Syria, Va. 22743
Tel. 540-923-4916
taffy003@aol.com
web site: altafferart.com

PERSONAL DATA
Born: January 7, 1947
Citizenship: United States

EDUCATION
M.D. - 1974 - The University of Virginia
Elective study at Oxford University, The University of
London, and Johns Hopkins University
B.A. - 1969 - The University of Virginia
Instruction in painting at The Corcoran School of Art
Workshops and personal instruction with Ross Merrill, Scott Christensen, Albert Handell, and Anita Louise West

HONORS AND PRIZES
2008 – Listed in Who’s Who In American Art

2005 – Honorable Mention – Reedville Fishermen’s Museum
Reedville, Virginia
Chesapeake Visions
“Over The River”

2004 – Award of Merit – Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association
Paint Annapolis
“Morning Sail”

2004 – Listed in Who’s Who In America

2003 -Best In Show (Risser Award)- The Art League - Alexandria, VA
Annual American Landscape Show
“Taggart Lake”

2002 - Crockett Award for landscape painting - presented by the
Washington Society of Landscape Painters
“Taggart Lake”

2001 - Second Place - Pastel - Fredericksburg Annual Art Exhibition
“River Light - Fredericksburg”

2001 - Third Place - Oil Painting - Fredericksburg Annual Art Exhibition
“Evening On Little Carter’s Creek”

2000 - Honorable Mention - Patrons’ Show - The Art League
“The Gros Ventre”

1999 - First Prize - Oil Painting - Fredericksburg Annual Art Exhibition
“Garden Temple At Montpelier”

1998 - First Prize - Oil Painting (novice division) - Fredericksburg
Annual Art Exhibition
“Buttercup Hill”

ORGANIZATIONS
Salmagundi Club (elected June 2002)
Washington Society of Landscape Painters (elected Dec 1999)
Mid -Atlantic Plein Air Painter’s Association
Oil Painters of America - associate member
Allied Artists of America - associate member
American Society of Marine Artists
American Artists Professional League
American Impressionist Society
International Plein Air Painters

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS - United States
Virginia, Wyoming, Florida, Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, California, Georgia, Delaware, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS - Foreign
England, Mexico, Poland
PUBLICATIONS
“Using Aluminum Panels As A Support”, American Artist, February 2005, pp 58 –61.

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Media General - Richmond, VA
McGraw Hill Publishers - New York, NY
Galen Capital Group – McLean, VA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
January 2006 – WSLP Studio Paintings
Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts
Annapolis, Maryland

September 2005 – Paint Annapolis
Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts
Annapolis. Maryland

July 2005 – Plein Air Painters Paint America
South Street Art Gallery
Easton, MD

June 2005 – Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Gaithersburg Art Barn
Gaithersburg, MD

April 2004 - New Offerings
Carmen’s Gallery
Solomons, MD

March 2004 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
American Horticultural Society
Alexandria, VA

December 2003 - Water
The Art League - Alexandria, VA

November 2003 - Waterfowl Festival
Easton, MD

October 2003 - Show At The Mill
Millwood, Va

October 2003 - 90th Anniversary Exhibition of the WSLP
Black Rock Art Center
Germantown, MD

May 2003 - New Works
Carmen’s Gallery
Solomons, MD

December 2002 - Christmas Miniature Show
Kushnir Gallery
Ellicott City, MD

December 2002 - “Winter In Old Town”
The Art League - Alexandria, Va

November 2002 - 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Carmen’s Gallery Solomons, MD

October 2002 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Art For Parks Exhibition
Bethesda, MD and Chevy Chase, MD

September 2002 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
The American Horticultural Society At George
Washington’s River Farm
Alexandria, Va

June 2002 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Green Spring Gardens Park Historical Center
Alexandria, Va.

June 2002 - “Carmen’s Paints The Town”
Carmen’s Gallery
Solomons, MD

March 2002 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Montgomery College
Rockville, MD

October 2001 - “A Painter’s View of Fredericksburg”
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center
Fredericksburg, Va.

September 2001 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
National Institutes of Health
Clinical Center Galleries
Bethesda, MD

June 2001 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Kentlands Mansion Art Center
Washington, D.C.

April 2001 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Rock Creek Gallery
Washington, D.C.

November 2000 - Washington Society of Landscape Painters
Strathmore Hall
Bethesda, Maryland

November 2000 - Wind River Valley Artists’ Guild Miniature Show
Dubois, Wyoming

July 2000 - Wind River Valley Artists’ Guild 51st National Art Exhibit
Dubois, Wyoming

February 2000 - “Landscapes - Multiple Perspectives”
R.H.Ballard Fine Art,Ltd.
307 Main St., Washington, Virginia

March 1999 - Fredericksburg Savings and Loan; Fredericksburg,
Virginia

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
April 2006 – River Bend Park – Fairfax, Virginia
“Land And Sky Into Art”

December 2004 – Carspecken Scott Gallery – Wilmington, Delaware
“Recent Works”

August 2004 – Kevin Butler Gallery – Edgartown, Massachusetts
“New Landscapes”

August 2003 - Kevin Butler Gallery - Edgartown, Massachusetts
“New Works”

May 2001 - St. Margaret’s School - Tappahannock, Virginia
“From The Blue Ridge To The Bay”

April 2001 - Borders Books - Fredericksburg, Virginia

January 2001 - Virginia Heartland Bank - Fredericksburg, Virginia

December 2000 - “Landscapes - The Northern Neck And Beyond”
Rappahannock Community College; Warsaw, Va.


May 2000 - La Petite Auberge - Fredericksburg, Virginia

May 2000 - Virginia Heartland Bank - Fredericksburg, Virginia

December 1999 - La Petite Auberge - Fredericksburg, Virginia

May 1999 - La Petite Auberge, Fredericksburg, Virginia

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
July 2008 – Paint The Parks – Top 200
“Path At Jenny Lake”

July 2008 – Paint The Parks – Top 200
“Taggart Lake”

July 2008 – Paint The Parks – Top 200
“Pyramids Of The Badlands”

January 2008 – Paint America – Top 200
“Taggart Lake”

January 2008 – Paint America – Top 200
“Pyramids Of The Badlands”

January 2008 – Paint America – Top 200
“Menemsha”

May 2006 – 2006 Salon International – San Antonio, Texas
The Greenhouse Gallery
“Slipping Away”

January 2006 – The Salmagundi Club – New York, New York
Annual Members’ Exhibition
“Slipping Away”

September 2005 – American Landscape Show
Circle Gallery – Annapolis, Maryland
Maryland Federation of Arts
“Slipping Away”

September 2005 – Reedville Fishermen’s Museum – Reedville, Virginia
Chesapeake Visions
“Egrets”
“Afternoon Clouds”
“Over The River”

July 2005 – Plein Air Easton – Easton, Maryland
“Waiting To Sail”
“Early Morning Haze”

May 2005 – The Art League – Alexandria, Virginia
All Media Show – Light
“Slipping Away”

 

December 2004 – The Salmagundi Club – New York, New York
Annual Thumb Box Show
“Heading Toward Twilight”

December 2004 – The Salmagundi Club – New York, New York
Annual Thumb Box Show
“Early Afternoon”

September 2004 – Maryland Hall For The Creative Arts
Annapolis, Maryland
Paint Annapolis
“Morning Sail”
“Canna Lilies”

January 2004 - The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York
Annual Members Exhibition
“Summer Delight”

December 2003 - The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York
Annual Thumb Box Show
“Morning On The River”

December 2003 - The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York
Annual Thumb Box Show
“All In A Row”

December 2003 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
All Media Show
“Winter Green”

November 2003 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
All Media Show
“Bent Sycamore”

 

August 2003 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
Annual American Landscape Show
Received Risser Award for Best In Show
“Taggart Lake”

August 2003 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
Annual American Landscape Show
“Red Hills - I”

May 2003 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
All Media Show
“Red Hills - II”

May -2003 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
All Media Show
“Cabin On Cottonwood Creek”

February 2003 - The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York
Annual Painting Exhibition
“Taggart Lake”
December 2002 - The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York
Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
“Watercress”

December 2002 - The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York
Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
“Early Light On The Potomac”

September 2002 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
All Media Show
“Morning Sail”

September 2002 - Oil Painters of America East/Southeast Exhibition
Richmond, Virginia
“Old Rag Mountain”

 

August 2002 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
Annual American Landscape Show
“Morning On The Potomac”

May 2002 - The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York
Annual Non-Members Exhibition
“Morning On The Potomac”

April 2002 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
All Media Show
“Silver Stream”

April 2002 - Oil Painters of America Annual Exhibition
Chicago, Illinois
“Taggart Lake”

November 2001 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
Small Works Show
“Morning On The River”

September 2001 - Arts For The Parks
Top 200
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
“Old Rag Mountain”

August 2001 - The Art League - Alexandria, Virginia
Annual Landscape Show
“Over The River”

June 2001 - Shockoe Bottm Art Center - Richmond, Virginia
All Media Show
“Everyone Needs An Anchor”

May 2001 - Shockoe Bottom Art Center - Richmond, Virginia
All Media Show
“Anvil Cloud”

May 2001 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
All Media Show
“Spring Pastures”

April 2001 - Shockoe Bottom Art Center - Richmond, Virginia
All Media Show
“Aspen Path”

 

February 2001 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
Patrons’ Show
“Hills Of Gold”

February 2001 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
Patrons’ Show
“Foggy Morning”

January 2001 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
All Media Show
“Aspen Path”

September 2000 - Cheyenne Artists’ Guild 31st Annual Art Competition -
Cheyenne, Wyoming
“Cabin On Cottonwood Creek

September 2000 - Cheyenne Artists’ Guild 31st Annual Art Competition
Cheyenne, Wyoming
“Old Faithful”

August 2000 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
Annual Landscape Show
“Eastern Shore Sunrise”

June 2000 - Western And Wildlife Show 2000
Casper Artists’ Guild
Casper, Wyoming
“Clouds Over Mount Jackson”

 

June 2000 - Western And Wildlife Show 2000
Casper Artists’ Guild
Casper, Wyoming
“Red Hills”

May 2000 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
All Media Show
“Everyone Needs An Anchor”

April 2000 - Oil Painters of America Annual Exhibition
Gallery Americana; Carmel, California
“Show Time - Palisades Lake”

 

March 2000 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
All Media Show
“Double Top Mountain”

February 2000 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
Patrons’ Show
“The Gros Ventre” - Honorable Mention

February 2000 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
Patrons’ Show
“Near and Far”

October 1999 - The Art League - Alexandria, Va.
All Media Show
“Blacktail Butte

 

 

 

JURIED EVENTS
September 2005 – Paint Annapolis
Annapolis, MD

July 2005 – Plein Air Easton
Easton, MD

September 2005 – Paint Annapolis
Annapolis, MD

 

 

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
The Arts Center In Orange – Orange, VA

Carspecken Scott Gallery - Wilmington, DE

CONSULTANT REPRESENTATION
Art4Business - New York, Philadelphia, London

 

COMMISSIONS
2005 – “Summertime” – Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDaniel
Fredericksburg, VA
2004 – “And The Livin’ Is Easy” – Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDaniel
Fredericksburg, VA
2004 – “Azalea Time” – Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDaniel
Fredericksburg, VA
2004 – “Morning Snow” – Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDaniel
Fredericksburg, VA
2003 - “Charlie’s Geese” - Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDaniel
Fredericksburg, VA
2002 - “Waiting For Jerry” - Jerry Leonard - Spotsylvania, VA
2001 - “Harmonious Spires And Peaceful Pear Trees” -
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Stewart
Fredericksburg, VA
2001 - “Afternoon On The Wicomico” - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tyler -
Fredericksburg, VA
1999 - “Wish I Could Fly” - Marila Slye - Fredericksburg, VA
1999 - “Rappahannock Morning” - Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDaniel,Jr -
Fredericksburg, VA