Residence:
Marco Island, Florida (winter). Princeton, Iowa (summer)
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the artist at work.
Education:
Iowa State University, Bachelor of Science (BS)
Florida Institute Of Technology, Master of Science (MS)
Exhibitions:
Art Encounter, Naples, Florida
Barbara B. Mann Center For The Performing Arts, Fort Myers, Florida
Davenport Museum Of Art, Davenport, Iowa
Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery Of Art, Bolivar, Missouri
Governors Mansion, Jefferson City, Missouri
Naples Art Association, Naples, Florida
National Oil And Acrylic Painters Society 1996
Quad City Arts , Rock Island, Illinois- solo exhibition August 2000
Gladys Woods Kemper Center For The Arts 1999
Awards/Collections;
Best Painting, Naples Art Association 1994
Best Of Show, Naples Art Association 1995
Merit Award, Art Encounter 1996
National Oil And Acrylic Painters Society 1995, 1997(Founders Award)(elected
signature member)
Artist Statement;
Ancient Taoist philosophy is a major influence in
my paintings. My improvisations usually reflect oneness, going with the flow
and the greatness of the unwanted. The paintings develop from a firmament
of random lines, shapes, textures and subconscious feelings. After a great
deal of meditation and reflection, the subconscious is able to speak through
the "Creative Right". Images begin to form as if
by magic and "Content" asserts itself.
"What higher thing can Man in life obtain
Than that the God-Nature should reveal itself to him,
And let the material merge into the spiritual,
As it holds fast what is begotten of the spirit?".....Goethe
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