EDUCATION
| 1970-74 |
B.F.A., Tyler College of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1972 |
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME |
SELECTED SOLO GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2005 |
The Painting Center, Bad Botany, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
The More Gallery, Plants and Animals, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2000 |
Binghamton University, Rosefsky Memorial Gallery Binghamton, New York |
| 1997 |
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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Left Bank Gallery, Bennington, VT |
| 1995 |
The Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1993 |
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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The Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1990 |
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1988 |
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1984 |
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1980 |
Landmark Gallery, New York, NY |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2005 |
Creatures, Denice Bibro Gallery, New York, NY |
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Crossing Disciplines, The Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2004 |
Staying on Point, Figure Drawing, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
What’s Black and White, Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art, The State Museum of Pennsylvania |
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Light and Landscape: Relections of Italy, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA |
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IV Centuries of Birds in Paintings, Sculpture, and Prints, The Clarke Galleries |
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Traveling, Stowe Vermont, Palm Beach Florida , New York City ( catalog) |
| 2002 |
Imaginative Affinities, Echoes of Edwin Dickenson in Contemporary |
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American Paintings , Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2000 |
175th Annual Exhibition, The National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY (Received the Laufman Award for drawing) |
| 1999 |
Please Be Seated, The MetLife Exhibition Program, curated by Suzanne Randolph Fine Arts |
| 1998 |
173rd Annual Exhibition, The National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY (Received the Joseph S. Isador Medal for painting) |
| 1997 |
Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI (Traveling Exhibition) |
| 1996 |
Smith College Invitational Drawing Exhibtion, Smith College, North Hampton, MA |
| 1995 |
NY Collection, ‘95, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
| 1992 |
Man and Beast, Fan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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New Acquisitions, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ |
| 1991 |
Figures, Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ |
| 1990 |
Nocturne, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1987 |
The Figure, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA |
| 1986-87 |
Works on Paper, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
| 1985 |
Works on Paper, Woodmeer Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1983 |
Four Painters, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1982 |
Elaine Dekooning and Her Inadvertent Collection, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
| 1977 |
New Talent, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME |
PUBLIC/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
| Ashville Art Museum, Asheville, NC |
| Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH |
| Western Carolina University, Belk Art Gallery, Cullowhee, NC |
| Cigna Museum Philadelphia, PA |
| Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA |
| New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ |
| Ciba-Geigy Collection, Ardsley, NY |
| Woodmeer Art Museum, Woodmeer, PA |
| Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| American Arts Quarterly, Spring 2005. James Cooper, Douglas Wirls at the Painting Center |
| Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25, 2003. Edward J. Sozanski, Drawings With Punch |
| American Artist Magazine , January 2001. E. Lynn Moss, Drawings in Flux |
| Birds in Art, 1997. Leigh Yawkey Wodson Art Museum, p. 121 |
| Philadelphia Inquirer , May 28, 1993. Edward J. Sozanski |
| Art in America , January, 1989. William P. Scott, Douglas Wirls at the More Gallery |
| Philadelphia Inquirer , March 20, 1990. Jennifer Crohn |
| Philadelphia Inquirer , December 26, 1986. Victoria Donohoe |
| Philadelphia Inquirer , December 15, 1984. Victoria Donohoe |
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