Biography

Born: Cedar Rapids, Iowa - 1941
Residence/Studio: Matthews, North Carolina

Aesthetic Biography

1960's: Influenced by Abstract Expressionism; especially Hans Hofmann, Philip Guston, Nicholas De Stael and Mark Rothko. Themes: Iowa landscape and Cape Cod land/seascape.
1967: Became interested in working with the human figure using oil and airbrush techniques in addition to traditional techniques. Francis Bacon and Paul Wunderlich influences.
1973: Abandoned figure painting and returned to abstraction working from an interest in Cy Twombly, Antoni Tapies, and John Cage. Work is conceptually related to Automatism and non-objective esthetics using linear structures .
1979 - 1988: Sabbatical from pure abstraction; concentration on abstract seascape themes using watercolor techniques in acrylic polymer on paper and canvas.
Late 1987: Began working again with painting and techniques related to automatism and subjective esthetics in oil on paper and canvas.
1988: By searching through early paintings of the '60's to find Roads not Taken, discovered an opening covering color, mass, texture, and paint as subjects. Small work on paper and canvas include wax and egg yoke as part of the oil medium. Larger pieces on canvas are executed in acrylic polymer with added materials.
1991: Began computerized subjective abstractions using image structuring started in late 1987.
1992: Closed 22-year program in seascape abstractions.
1995 - Present: In place and operating non-objective painted and digital abstractions.

Selected Group Exhibitions

Palos Verdis Invitational/CA '61
El Camino College/CA '61
All Iowa fair/Cedar Rapids '62, '63 & '64
Walker Art Center/Minneapolis, '62
The University of Iowa '62, '63, '64, '65, '66 & '67'
Des Moines Art Center '63, '65 & '66
Rourke Art Gallery/Fargo, ND (Red River Annuals) '63, & '64
Cedar Rapids Art Assoc. '63
Guild Gallery/Iowa City '62, '63 & '64
Sophia Art Center, Tokyo, Japan '64
Mercyhurst College/Erie, PA '65
SUNY New Paltz-NY, '66
Maka Gallery/Rock Island, IL '67
Sioux City Art Center (Iowa Annuals), '63, '66 & '67
Berkshire Art Assoc (Annuals)/Pittsfield, MA '67, '68, '69 & '70
Berkshire Museum/Pittsfield, MA '68, '69 & '70
Artists Outlet Gallery/Hinsdale, MA - Annually '69-'73
Loft Gallery/Lenox, MA '68, '69 & '70
Norwich University/Northfield, VT '71
Fleming Museum, U. of VT/ Burlington '72
Goddard College '73 & '75
Backus Gallery/E. Montpelier, VT '73
Backus Gallery II/Stowe, VT '74
Illinois U./Carbondale (drawing invitational) '75
Second Story Spring Street Gallery/NYC '76 & '77
Peter M. David Gallery/Minneapolis (annually) '76-'80
Viridian Gallery/NYC '76, '77 & '85
Terrain Gallery/NYC '77 & '78
Slater Memorial Mus./Norwich CT (CT Annuals) '80-'87/'89,'90 & '91
Milford Public Library/Milford, CT '80-'81
Stamford Museum '80
Guilford Handcraft Center '81, '82, '83 & '84
New haven Paint & Clay Club '81
Art at the Governor's Residence/Hartford, CT '81 & '82
Shoreline Alliance for the Arts (Choices '85)
Museum of Art, Science & Industry/Bridgeport '89
Mattatuck Museum/Waterbury '89
Artists Signature Gallery/New Haven (annually) '80-'86
Temple Beth Tikvah, Madison, CT '87
Atria Architects Gallery/Hartford '86-'88
Munson Gallery (Chatham, MA & Vero Beach, FL) (annually) '83-'93
Arlene McDaniels Gallery/Simsbury, CT '90-'91
Fovea Gallery/Blowing Rock, NC (annually) '93-98
Kothe Howard/Charlotte, NC - Dec '97
Berkshire Artisans Gallery/Pittsfield, MA '78, '82, '83, '91, '03 & '04
Hart Witzen Gallery/Charlotte, NC '04
Modern Eye Gallery/Charlotte, NC '05-'06
Munkdogz Urban Art Inc, NYC '06

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Guild Gallery/Iowa City '64
University Athletic Club-Iowa City '65
University of Iowa '65
The Mayflower Gallery/Iowa City '67
Maka Gallery/Rock Island, Il '67
Western Kentucky University/Bowling Green '68
The Berkshire Museum/Pittsfield, MA '68 & '71
Graphic Arts Gallery/Springfield, MA '69
Goddard College/Plainfield, VT '71 & '75
Springfield College/ Springfield, MA '71
Franconia College/Franconia, NH, '73
The Moscow Gallery/ Stowe, VT '74
Backus Gallery II/Stowe, VT '74
Terrain Gallery/NYC '77
Berkshire Artisans Gallery/Pittsfield, MA '78, '81 & '06
Union Trust Bank/Old Saybrook '82
Acton Public Library/Old Saybrook '79, '80 & '83
Artists Signature Gallery/New haven '81, '82, '83, '84 & 85
Slater Memorial Museum/Norwich, CT- Dec 2, 1990 - Jan 20, 1991
Fovea Gallery/Blowing Rock, NC '95
Kothe Howard/Charlotte, NC - June '97

Fellowships/Awards

** Graduate Teaching Assistant (painting/Stuart Edie)/U. of Iowa '64 - '67
** All Iowa Fair/Cedar Rapids '62 {1st watercolor; '63 {1st painting, 1st ceramics, 1st drawing & 1st sculpture; '64 {Best in Show [painting], 1st painting, 1st drawing & 1st ceramics.  (Byron Burford juror).
** Purchase Prize in Painting- Biennial of Painting and Sculpture/Walker Art Center/Minneapolis '62.
** Commendation Award in Painting- SUNY New Paltz/1st New Paltz Intercollegiate Exhibition '66.  (Clement Greenberg juror).
** Purchase Prize in Painting- 30th Iowa Annual/Sioux City Art Center '67.
** Honorable Mention in Painting- Vermont Annual/Norwich U./Northfield, VT '71.
** Judges Award in Painting- 3rd Annual/Littleton, NH '72.
** Grant for Painting/The Goddard Foundation '73.
** Ct. Com. on the Arts/Art in the Governor's Residence/Hartford '81 & 82.
** Ct. Com. on the Arts/Art in Sen. Dodd's Offices/Hartford.
** Berkshire Artisans /Pittsfield, MA 1991 (Juror Renato Danese, Dir. Pace Gallery/NYC).
** Solo Exhibition Award- 47th Annual CT Artists Exhibition/Slater Memorial Museum/Norwich, CT '90-'91.

Selected Collections

Represented in over 50 public collections including:
American Assoc. of University Women/Minneapolis Chapter
Walker Art Center/Minneapolis
El Camino College/Los Angeles
Sunrise Motel, Inc./Madison, WI
Holiday Inn/Los Angeles & Iowa City
Los Angeles Airport Village
The University of Iowa
Sioux City Art Center
Woodmen of the World Office Center/Chicago
University of Cincinnati/Ohio
Taconic High School/Pittsfield, MA
The Berkshire Museum/Pittsfield, MA
Berkshire County Savings Bank/Pittsfield, MA
Berkshire Community College/Pittsfield, MA
Mount Mansfield Co./Stowe, VT.
Northfield Dental Group/Northfield, VT.
H. T. Hillard Oil Co./Menlo Park, CA
Peter M. David Gallery/Minneapolis
Echlin Mfg. Co./Branford, CT
Union Trust Co./New Haven
Colonial National Bank/New Haven
Beth el Temple/Hartford
Southern New England Telephone/New Haven
Ensign Bickford Co./Simsbury, CT
Many private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan.

Gallery Affiliations

Guild Gallery/Iowa City '62-'65
Maka gallery/Rock Island IL '66-'79
Artists Outlet Gallery/Hinsdale, MA. '69-'75
Loft Gallery/Lenox, MA '69
Backus Gallery/East Montpelier, VT '73-'74
Backus Gallery II/Stowe, VT '74
The Grist Mill Gallery/Reading, VT '75
Second Story Spring Street Gallery/NYC '76
Viridian Gallery/NYC '76
Terrain Gallery/NYC '76-'78
Gombinski Gallery/NYC '76-'78
Peter M. David Gallery/Minneapolis '76-'79
Spectrum Galleries Ltd./Brewster, MA '82
Artists Signature Gallery/New Haven '79-'86
Atria Architects Gallery/Hartford '86-'88
Arlene McDaniels Gallery/Simsbury, CT '90-'91
Munson Gallery (Chatham, MA & Vero Beach, FL) '83-'93
Fovea Gallery/Blowing Rock, NC '93 - '99
iDreamOfArt online gallery, CA '00-'02
Art-Exchange online gallery, Little Rock, AR '01–
Darious Gallery/Atlanta, GA '02
Hartwitzen Gallery/Charlotte, NC '04-'05
Modern Eye Gallery/Charlotte, NC '05-'06
Munkdogz Urban Art Inc/ New York, NY '06–
Edge Gallery/Philadelphia, PA '08–

Education

Northrop Institute of Technology/Inglewood, CA '60-'61, engineering.
El Camino College/El Camino, CA '61, graphic design and drawing.
The University of Iowa/Iowa City: BA (art & art education) '64;
MA (painting), Feb '66;
MFA (painting/drawing), August '67

Teaching

The University of Iowa '64-'67
Berkshire Community College/Pittsfield, MA '67-'70
Goddard College/Plainfield, VT '70-'75
Johnson State College/ Johnson, VT, '77
Adult Education Program/Old Saybrook, CT '82
Guilford Handcraft Center/Guilford, CT '79-'83

Courses taught: painting, drawing, design, figure drawing
& figure painting. Undergraduate and Graduate Levels.