patron of the arts, and founder of the Tim Reynolds Foundation. Reynolds’ vision was to create a non-profit effort that would provide an intensive multi-year art skills education to aspiring artists around the world. In 2011, the Waichulis Studio merged with the Ani Art Academies project to form the Ani Art Academy Waichulis. In order to provide individual attention for each pupil, only eleven applicants are accepted each year. Since it began, the Ani Art Academies project has seen the launch of two international Academies: one in Anguilla and one in the Dominican Republic. Additional academies using Waichulis's celebrated curriculum are scheduled to open in Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka in the near future. In 2010 Waichulis contributed a piece entitled Young Leia to the book Star Wars Art: Visions. He also worked as an art professor at his alma mater. In 2014, his works were featured in two exhibitions: Still Life, Floral and trompe-l'œil at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco, CA and Heroes, Villains, Myths and Legends at the Rehs Galleries in New York City. Since his first exhibition there in 1999, Waichulis has presented his works many times at the John Pence Gallery. In addition to his presence in major galleries and publications, Waichulis also appeared on Art Scene with Erika Funke, a local television program, in 2009 and 2011. Waichulis makes very few new pieces available each year for others to purchase, and the prices of these pieces range from $4,850 to $45,000. Personal life Anthony lives with his wife, Leah Waichulis, in Bear Creek, Pennsylvania. His wife was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and also studied art at Luzerne County Community College. Notes External links Ani Art Academy Waichulis - Official site Gallery 1261- Representing gallery 1972 births Living people 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists Trompe-l'œil artists