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Robert
Armetta, Founder/Director
Robert Armetta has studied extensively throughout
the United States and Europe, at schools including
Columbus College of Art and Design, the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Art, Atelier Lack, the Florence
Academy of Art, the New York Academy of Art, and
the Water Street Atelier.
He has exhibited at the Allen Sheppard Gallery,
Grenning Gallery, Arcadia Gallery, John Pence
Gallery, Nabi Gallery, and Seraphin Gallery, and
at the National Academy of Design, in New York
City, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, in Indiana.
He has taught drawing and painting at Long Island
University, Southampton, and currently teaches
drawing and painting at the New York Academy of
Art and the Long Island Academy of Fine Art, in
Riverhead, New York, which he founded in 2000.
His own studio is in Brooklyn, where he lives
with his wife and daughter.
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James
Albinson, Artistic and Program Director
James Albinson began his art studies at the School
of Visual Arts, in
New York City, and continued his studies with
Robert Armetta at LIAFA.
He then attended the Stevenson Academy of Fine
Arts in 2000, where he
became an apprentice to Attila Hejja for several
years, and developed
and refined his skills to become the lead instructor
and art director
there. James has exhibited at the Grenning Gallery,
in Sag Harbor, and
now shows at the prestigious Hampton Road Gallery
alongside artists
such as Andrew and Jamie Wyeth.
James's passion for art and dedication to teaching
are unparalleled,
and his energy and enthusiasm are contagious.
He has now partnered
with Robert Armetta and joined the LIAFA team
as the Artistic and
Program Director. James is delighted to bring
his vision and
commitment to LIAFA's staff of professional instructors,
and looks
forward to a bright future here.
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Shawn
Fields
Shawn Fields lives and paints in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1994 Shawn moved from Baltimore to New York to
attend the School of Visual Arts, where he was awarded
the Gilbert Stone Scholarship and received a BFA
in Illustration. In 1996 Shawn was accepted to the
prestigious Water Street Atelier, and studied there
for four years. His experiences at Water Street
enabled him to start showing at galleries in New
York and around the country. He also began accepting
portrait work, completing commissioned paintings
for clients all along the East Coast. Shawn enjoys
teaching because it involves sharing helpful information
with new people, whose varied perceptions inform
the way he sees and communicates.
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Dave
Peikon
David Peikon (born 1958) dreamed of a life as
a painter since his early teens but was urged
to seek a more secure career path. After college
he spent 15 years in the commercial printing industry,
culminating his career as a vice-president of
sales. In 1996, at the age of 38, he left the
business world to pursue his passion.
His landscapes have been described as scenes
of serene isolation, always with a reverence for
the beauty of nature, whether the subject is the
native shores of Long Island or the hills of Tuscany.
Now in his second decade as a painter, his work
hangs in private and corporate collections around
the world. In addition to 10 solo shows thus far,
he has been featured in numerous publications
including American Artist Magazine and The NYTimes.
Also known for his striking portraits, the artist
is honored to include among his clients such notables
as author William F. Buckley Jr., Salvatore Ferragamo,
Dr. James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate, and Dr. David
Steinberg, President of Long Island University.
The artist continues to make Long Island his
home, along with his wife and two children.
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Julia
Reynolds
Julia Reynolds first formally trained at the
Art Students League, where she studied with Nelson
Shanks, Gene Sparkman, and Gustav Rehberger. While
there, she won first place in a competition at
the Pastel Society of America and received a scholarship.
She also studied for two years at a division of
Parsons School of Design at Adelphi University,
majoring in illustration. She continued her studies
with Robert Armetta, both at the Long Island Academy
of Fine Art and in private lessons in drawing
and painting. Julia is currently pursuing a successful
career as a painter and illustrator, and was recently
invited to join LIAFA's faculty as a painting
and drawing instructor.
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Thomas
Shelford
Thomas Shelford embarked upon a fine-art career
after years of working in New York City as a professional
illustrator and website designer.
Thomas has exhibited at the Grenning Gallery,
in Sag Harbor, where he also teaches sculpture
drawing. Thomas currently pursues a nineteenth-century-style
training regimen at the Grand Central Academy,
founded by Jacob Collins. He has studied extensively
with Robert Armetta, Travis Schlaht, Jon DeMartin,
Edward Minoff, and Brian Schumacher.
Placing an emphasis on artwork that combines
beauty and skill, Thomas believes that in this
era of commoditized images oil painting provides
a medium for authentic individual self-expression
that also fulfills core human needs for transcendence
and relatedness.
His eclectic academic background includes degrees
in mathematics and political philosophy.
An avid surfer, Thomas is a resident of East
Hampton, NY.
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Bennett
Vadnais
Bennett Vadnais (b. 1978) grew up in Washington
State. He began pursuing art seriously in his early
teens and trained in the classical tradition at
such schools as the Bougie Studio, MN, the Water
Street Atelier, NY, and the Art Students League
of New York. Upon completing his studies
in New York, Bennett lived, worked, and traveled
in Europe. This afforded him the opportunity to
study the great masters in some of the world’s
most extensive art collections. In addition, he
began exploring outdoor subject matter, landscapes,
and street scenes in order to develop his ability
to capture changing light effects. Although many
of Bennett’s paintings are highly realistic,
they are often begun in response to abstract elements,
such as appealing color combinations or shadow
patterns.
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