PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2014 Trinity Episcopal Women’s Club, Guardians of theEverglades lecture, February 18
2013 Cypress Trust Company, Guardians of the Everglades, three evening lectures, in Naples, Palm Beach and Vero Beach, Florida, February-March
2013 Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Theater, Guardians of the Everglades Exhibit, February-May
2013 Audubon Gala, Guardians of the Everglades - Seven Portraits, 22 Banners, Live Guardians & Video Interviews, February 7
2013 Miromar Design Center, La Femme en Bleu 1 & 2, Estero, FL - Florida Natural, January
2012-3Deering Estate at Cutler, Seven Guardians Portraits with a Photo Documentary, Nov. 2012 - Jan. 2013
2012Everglades National Park Coe Visitors’ Center, Homestead, FL. Seven Guardians portraits, 8 banners. March
2012 Museum of the Everglades, Everglades City, FL, Seven Guardians portraits, 8 banners, February
2012 Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Artists’ Studio Tour, February
2012 ASTA Annual Show & Sale, Scottsdale, AZ, “Dama Madonna,” October-November
2011-2 Museum of Florida Art and Culture, Avon Park, FL, Six Guardians portraits. December 2011 - January 2012
2011-2012 New River Fine Arts Galleries, Ft. Lauderdale and Naples
2011 Art Naples International Contemporary (Juried) Arts Fair, International Pavilion, Mar. 17 - 21
2010 International Guild of Realism, Annual Juried Exhibition, Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA. February
2009 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition, Corse Gallery, Jacksonville, FL. “Her Honor” November-December
2009 Trinity-by-the-Cove, Ten Years’ Service, Unveiling portrait of Father Michael Basden, Naples, FL. October 14
2009 Big Cypress Gallery, 6x4 foot Oil on Board portrait of Everglades Photographer Clyde Butcher, Ochopee, FL. September 2009 - April 2010
2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival auction package #72, $120,000. Naples, FL, January. 25 – 27
2006-07 Cerulean Gallery, Six paintings, Watercolor, Florida
2006 'Style and Elegance,' Robb & Stucky Designs, Christmas Showing, Bonita Springs, and Naples, FL
1999 Delayne Spain Gallery, Peoria, Illinois.
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2013 Puffin Foundation Artist Grant - $1,000.
2009 First Prize Best Environmental Message - Dr. Jane Goodall, 6x4 foot Oil on Board and Clyde Butcher 6x4 foot Oil on Board. International ArtExpo NYC, March. 500+ artists.
2010 International Guild of Realism, Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition, January
2009 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville, FL, November
2008 The Richeson 75: Artist’s Choice Competition Finalist, Kimberly, Wisconsin January
2007 Highest Honor, 9th Annual Judeo-Christian International Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery
1998 First Prize and Peoples’ Choice, Fulton County Town and Country Art Show, Canton, Illinois
1998 First Prize, Professional Art Show, Illinois Art League, Peoria, Illinois
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015 Naples Daily News, “Everglades Heroes depicted in gallery exhibit,” Neapolitan lead article, Oct. 25
2015 CreativInn “Interview with Nicholas Petrucci,” CreativInn.com Oct. 7
2015 “Meet the Guardians of the Everglades,” Naples Herald naplesherald.com/2015/07/05/meet-the-guardians-of-the-everglades/ July 5
2014 “Nicholas Petrucci Brings Back the Jeweled Portraiture of the Masters,” artistcareertraining.com/nicholas-petrucci/
2013 WLRN-TV, NPR Miami, “Slice of Life,” Meredith Porte, May - present.
2013 WGCU-Radio, NPR Naples, Arts Beat, Guardians of the Everglades, February
2013 Everglades Area Magazine, Florida’s Nature, “Gestation of Guardians of the Everglades,” 3 pages
2013 Gulf Shore Life Magazine, February “Everglades Forever.” 6 pages
2013 Portfolio Magazine, February, “Guardians of the Everglades,” 6 pages
2011 Portfolio Magazine, April, “Nicholas Petrucci, Artist,” 7 page interview
2012 Naples Daily News, Sunday Perspective, “Guardians of the Everglades,” July 22
2011 Life in Naples, “Master of the Canvas,” 6 page interview
2011 American Art Collector, “Buffalo Tiger & Artist Focus,” August
2011 Best of Worldwide PortraitBook. June
2011 Artam, Global Art, Istanbul, Turkey, “La Femme en Bleu.” March
2011 Huffington Post, “Artists’ Studios” by Prof. John Seed, Nicholas, “La Femme en Bleu 2,” January 27
2010 Lee Pitts Live, Fox TV, May
2009 Naples Illustrated, September, “The A-List: An Everglades Institution”
2009 Art Business News, March, “International Artexpo NY Post-show Report”
2009 Art Business News, June, “Emerging Artists: Nicholas Petrucci.
2009 Art Business News, July, “Unveiling of Clyde Butcher of the Everglades”
2008 American Art Collector, May, “Nicholas Petrucci” 2 pages
2008 Book - Richeson 75 International Artist’s Choice