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Music,
Mythology and architecture are the major influences on my work, suggesting
themes, symbolic shapes and colors, and even titles. Consequently my sculpture
has many cross-cultural references, often echoing Oriental, Egyptian,
other African, Mayan and southwest influences.
The
real search for expression in my work is, however, about our place in
the cosmos. As I grow and attempt to understand my own individual role
in the cosmic dance, I seek to express that need for, and understanding
of, the interconnectedness of all life as energy. My definition of life
includes not only the plants and animals, but the stars, the earth and
indeed every aspect of the universe.
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sculpture is made with wood which I choose for it's workability and durability.
I cut, carve and build up stock--mostly basswood and birch laminated wood.
Creating a highly textured surface with a rich interplay of color on classic
forms is the basis of my work. The richness of the surface is as important
to me as the form, so much of my time is spent adding texture. I do this
in both reductive and additive ways--that is some of my textures are produced
by carving the wood, and much of it is produced by the addition of other
materials (rope, twine, reeds, torn canvas, rice paper, metal leaf) to the
shaped surface. Surface texture has been an ongoing process of experimentation
for me for the past 17 years, when I switched from painting on canvas to
wood. To purists my methods and technique are radical. However, the unconventional
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| I work in series, creating "families" of pieces, however each is a one-of-a-kind. All but my very smallest ones are individually titled and every piece is signed and dated on the back. |
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JURIED EXHIBITIONS
(partial list)
- Summerfair,
Cincinnati, OH - 1996, 1999-2001,2003(2nd Place Sculpture 1999 &
2000), 2005 (Honorable Mention-Sculpture), 2006 & 2007 (Second Place-Sculpture)
- St. Louis
Art Fair - 2004
- Plaza
Art Fair, Kansas City, MO - 1999, 2004
- Coconut
Grove, FL - 1999, 2001-2007
- Winter
Park Sidewalk Art Festival, FL - 2003, 2005-2006
- Old Town
Art Fair, Chicago, IL- 2003-2006
- Cherry
Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO - 2001
- Sausalito
Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA - 2001
- Ann Arbor
Spring National Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI- 2003-2004
- Art on
the Square, Belleville, IL - 2003-2005
- 57th Street,
Chicago, IL - 2002
- State
Street Area Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Mi - 2000- 2004
- Naples
National Art Fair, Naples, FL - 2000, 2001
- Bonita
Springs National Art Festival, Bonita Springs, FL - 2001- 2007
- Scottsdale
Arts Festival, AZ - 2001
- Columbus
Arts Festival, OH - 2001, 2002
- Laumeier
Contemporary Art Fair, St. Louis, MO - 2001, 2002, 2004
- Austin
Festival of the Arts, TX - 2002
- Port Clinton
Art Fair, Highland Park, IL - 1996- 2006 (Merit Award Sculpture 1999,
1st Place Award 3-DNF 1997)
- Cottonwood
Art Festival, Richardson, TX - 2002
- Magic
City Art Fair, Birmingham, AL 2001 Award of Merit & Collectors Purchase
Award
- Long's
Park Fine Art & Craft Festival, Lancaster, PA - 2002
- ArtiGras,
Palm Beach Gardens, Fl - 2000
- Gasparilla
Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL - 1999, 2000
- Boston
Mills Art Fair, Peninsula, OH - 1998-2000, 2002-2004
- Paradise
City Art Fair, Northampton, MA - 1999
- Art in
the Park, Memphis, TN - 1999-2002
- Cain Park
Art Fair, Cleveland Heights, OH - 1999
- Carefree
Fine Art & Wine Festival, AZ - 2002-2005
- Main St.
Fort Worth Arts Festival, TX - 2001
- Brookside
Art Annual, Kansas City, MO - 1999, 2006
- Arts,
Beats & Eats, Pontiac, MI - 1998, 1999, 2003
- CWE Art
Fair, St Louis, MO, Award Winner - 1998
- An American
Artisan, Nashville, TN - 1997, 1998
- Uptown
Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN - 1995- 2000, 2005-6
- Oakbrook
Invitational Exhibition, IL - 1995-1998, 2000
- ACC St.
Paul, MN - 1997-1999
- ACC Baltimore,
Atlanta, Tampa, Charlotte - 1997
- New Eastside
Art Works, Chicago, IL - 1997
- Art on
the Square, Madison, WI - 1997
- Shaw Art
Fair, St. Louis, MO - 1996-1997, 2002,2006
- St. James
Court Art Fair, Louisville, KY - 1996, 2000
- TACA,
Nashville, TN - 1996
- Art &
Apples, Rochester, MI - 1996, 1997, 2000
- Philadelphia
Furniture Show, PA - 1996
- Affaire
in the Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA - Spring & Fall 1995 (2nd Place Award)
- Lakefront
Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI - 1995
- Central
South Art Exhibition, Nashville, TN - 1994
- Fifteenth
Biennial Michiana Show, South Bend, IN - 1988 (Painting Award)
- 22nd Annual
Drawing & Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, TX - 1988 (Del Mar College
Permanent Collection Purchase Award, Kenneth and Dorothy Holmes Purchase
Award)
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INVITATIONAL
- Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO - 1998 Group Exhibition
- del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA - 1997 Group Exhibition
- L. Freud Gallery, Birmingham, AL - 1997
- Showcase Artist Illinois Artisans Shop Chicago, Il - March 1995
- Solo Show, John A Logan College, Carterville, Il - 1991
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PUBLICATIONS
- Nashville
Banner, June 10, 1997
- The Living
Museum, IL State Museum, Vol 57 #3, Fall 1995
- Chicago
Tribune, Sunday, April 2, 1995
- The Milaukee
Journal, Sunday, August 27, 1989
- New Art
Examiner, October, 1988
- The Southern
Illinoisan, December 18, 2001
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Corporate
Collections
- The Boeing
Company, St. Louis, MO - Leadership Center (4 pieces)
- General
Electric-Schleifring, Elgin, IL
- Stryker,
Kalamazoo, MI - Corporate Headquarters
- Berkowitz
Lefkovits Isom & Kushner, Birmingham, AL - Law Firm
- Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young, Clayton, MO - 2 pieces
- General
Tire Corporation, Mt. Vernon, IL - Technology Center
- Signet,
Memphis, TN - Corporate Headquarters
- Hewitt,
Chicago, IL - Corporate Headquarters
- Metris
Companies, Minn, MN - Corporate Headquarters
- Del Mar
College, Corpus Christie, TX - Permanent Collection
- Eischen
Financial Group, Columbus, OH
- Bronze
Construction, Memphis, TN
- Moonfish,
Orlando, FL
- Kent Kehr
& Associates, St. Louis, MO - Law Firm
- Neil Locke
& Associates, Itasca, IL - Hotel Procurement
- Old National
Bank, Belleville, IL
- Barcelona
Apartments, Skokie, IL
- Novar,
Akron OH
- Greenleaf
Trust, Kalamazoo, MA
- Thompson
& Schreiber,PA, Fort Meyers, FL
- Jost Chemical,
St. Louis, MO
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