Artist Biography:
Ron Whitehead was born and raised in Maryland. After graduating high school in 1989, he joined the United States Army for four years. While in the Army, he served all four years as an infantryman and was stationed in Fort Polk, Louisiana and Bamberg, Germany. In 1990, Ron deployed to Iraq with the 1st Armored Division and fought in Desert Storm.
After being honorably discharged from active duty, Ron joined the Maryland Army National Guard while entering Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. He majored in Art Education for his undergraduate degree. He has been teaching art in the Ossining UFSD for twenty three years. He also has a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology through Western Connecticut State University.
Ron presently resides in New York with his wife and two children.
His interests include reading military biographies, painting, kayaking, and photography. Ron’s BIGGEST passion is to serve fellow veterans in any way he can.
-Won 1st place for B&W Photography in the 2015 VA Creative Arts Contest
-Had my work featured at the Pentagon Veteran Art Show
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-Was featured by CBS News: ”War and Homecoming Through Veterans’ Eyes”
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/war-and-homecoming-through-veterans-eyes/
-Was featured in the US Army Magazine:
http://soldiers.dodlive.mil/2013/11/artists-works-informed-by-their-experiences-as-soldiers/
-Sold a painting to the US Court Of Appeals
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