I draw my work from my inner world, conscious to maintain an active overview while allowing the art to direct, continually reminding myself to trust the process, get out of my own way and let the work guide and disclose.
B I O G R A P H Y
1958 Born Ukiah, California
1981 Koningkijke Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving, the Netherlands
1979 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
1977 Bradford Liberal Arts College, Bradford, Massachusetts
A W A R D S
2006 L B Research and Education Foundation Grant. 25,000 dollars to pursue a one year course of artistic exploration.
1980 Rotary International Foundation Grant. 10,000 dollars to support art and language studies in the Netherlands.
1977 Bradford Liberal Arts College, Massachusetts. Merit Scholarship.
1977 George Haseltine Art Prize, Bradford Liberal Arts College, Massachusetts. Graduated second in class and was the first undergraduate to be awarded this honor.
M U S E U M E X H I B IT I O N S
2013 Grace Carpenter Hudson Museum, Ukiah, California.
“Points of Encounter”, Head Series, acrylic and mixed media on wood panel
2006 Grace Carpenter Hudson Museum, Ukiah, California.
”Abstracted Elements”, Abstract Minimalism, mixed media on wood panel
S E L E C T E D S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2016 Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Figuratively Speaking, mixed media on wood panel
2013 Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
"Red", Abstracts, mixed media on wood panel
2010 Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
New Work 2010, acrylic and mixed media on wood panel
2009 Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
Vertical Series, acrylic and mixed media on wood panel
2006 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California.
Abstract Minimalism and Persons Series, acrylic mixed media
2005 Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
Persons Series, acrylic mixed media
2004 Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
Abstract Minimalism, acrylic mixed media on wood panel
2002 Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon.
Abstract Minimalism, mixed media on wood panel
1999 Tercera Gallery,Palo Alto, California.
Abstract Minimalism, acrylic mixed media on wood panel
1998 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Nudes and Persons Series, oil wash and pencil
1997 Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Nudes and Persons Series, oil wash and pencil
1996 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Nudes and Persons Series, oil wash and pencil
1995 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
Abstract Minimalism, acrylic mixed media on paper
S E L E C T E D G R O U P S H O W S
2013 Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, California.
Head Series, acrylic mixed media on wood panel
2010 Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, California
Vertical Series, acrylic mixed media on wood panel
2002 Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, California.
"A Horse is a Horse", metal sculpture
2000 Qwendajay Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Nudes and Persons Series, oil wash and pencil
1997 Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Nudes and Persons Series, oil wash and pencil
1993 Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco.
Abstract Minimalism, acrylic mixed media on paper
1992 Gallery Marckant, Langelo, the Netherlands.
Abstract Minimalism, acrylic mixed media on paper