Artist Biography

Roy is an art educator and Freelance artist who resides, works, and plays in the Denver Metro area. He earned and Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art at Cornell College. He further advanced his artistic experiences at various schools including the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of Iowa, and earned an Art Educator’s License from Metropolitan State College of Denver. Roy has most recently earned a Master of Arts at the University of Denver in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Aesthetics.

Roy has been commissioned to do artwork over the course of the last decade including album artwork for several rock groups, a cover illustration for a children’s book, artwork and signs for a restaurant, a church, and a non-profit agency.

In the past several years, he has been commissioned to paint works of art of various sizes for private parties. Roy has also been a contributing member of the Denver-based Scattered Arts Collective, and has recently shown his artwork in solo and duo exhibitions in Denver area coffee shops, restaurants, night clubs, and a few galleries. From 2012-2014, Roy was extensively involved with the Colorado Arts Center Gallery at 841 Santa Fe on the Art Walk.

Some of Roy’s credits and accolades include, being selected as the featured artist of the month at denverartists.com in August 2006. Roy has also had artwork published in academic journals at Metropolitan State College of Denver in 2003 and at the University of Denver in 2007. He has also participated ten out of twelve years in the Jefferson County Art Teachers Juried Exhibition and won Honorable Mentions in March of 2006 at Next Gallery Open Show in Denver and in April of 2014 and 2015 at the Jefferson County Art Teachers Juried Exhibition.