Career Summary
After 25 years as a Creative Director for many, advertising agencies & national corporations, I returned to my love of art by pursuing joy-giving act of creating sculpture and jewelry. I have studied art, fine craft and coached creativity for over 15 years.
To share art more fully as a wellness component, I have obtained a Graduate Certificate in Creative Expression from ITP. Palo Alto, CA.
Mediums and Focus
Clay, Metal, Stone, Cast Bronze and Multi-Media
Vessels, sculpture, installations, constructions and assemblage
Clay focus is on sculptural forms in Raku, Saggar – Salt Fire, Metallic Fuming, and other exploratory glazing & firing techniques often combined with metal and copper.
Arts Training
2002 – Laloba Clay Ranch, Steamboat Springs, CO- Advanced Raku – Jim Romberg
2001 – 2002 – Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ Welding for Artists,
2000 – 2001 – Independent Study, Stone Carving
2001 – Biz Littell, Don Reitz, Sedona Art Center, Sedona, AZ Ceramic Sculpture
2000 – Anderson Ranch, Paul Soldner & Peter Voulkos, Sculpture
1997 – 2006 Yavapai College, Prescott AZ, Advanced & Primitive Fire Ceramics, Painting, Advanced Sculpture, Assemblage, 3D & Jewelry Design
1998 – Filipe Ortega Studio – La Madera, NM, Native American Ceramic Techniques
1997 – 1998 Sedona Art Center – Sedona, AZ, Advanced Ceramics, Raku & Saggar
1996 – 1997 Art Institute of Southern CA – Laguna Beach, CA, Ceramics
1996 – Dana Point Art Center – Dana Point, CA, Painting
1990 – Rocky Mountain College – Aspen, CO, Computer Graphics
1970 – The Silvermine Guild of Artists – New Canaan, CT, Sculpture, Painting
1971 – The Arts Students League – New York, NY, Life Sketch, Drawing
Galleries & Group Exhibitions
Juried Group Shows & Representation 2012 -2014
The Clearwater Public Library – Clearwater, FL
Indian Shores, City Hall – Indian Shores, FL
Dunedin Fine Arts Center – Dunedin, FL
Wine and Art Nights – Dunedin & Safety Harbor, Florida various locations
2013 – 2nd Annual Me and My Shadow [Box] – Dunedin Fine Arts Center
Juried Group Shows & Representation
Toklat Gallery, Basalt, CO – Ongoing exhibition
Verdigris, Salida, CO – Art Walk, June 2009 – exhibition
Nature’s Visions Gallery, Salida, CO, Representation
The Courtyard Gallery, Buena Vista, CO, Representation
2003 – Arizona Metal: A New Millennium – The Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2003 – Celebration of Clay – Part of N.C.E.C.A. “Borders in Flux” – Trios Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2002 – Nofufi Garden Gallery – Encinitas, CA- “Kinetica” Show & representation
2002 – Aspen Fine Arts Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ – representation
2002 – Arte-Misia Gallery, Sedona, AZ – representation
1999 Onward – Sedona Art Center – Gallery & Gallery Shop, Sedona, AZ
2001- 2002 Prescott Fine Arts Gallery, Prescott, AZ
2002 – Prescott Fine Arts Gallery, Prescott, AZ – Furniture and Pottery Show
2002 – Juniper Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ – Group Show – Art Matters
2002 – Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ – Juried Show -Random Arts of Kindness
2001 – Prescott Fine Arts Gallery – Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Group Show — – There is Art North of Phoenix
2000 – Yavapai College Art Gallery – Arizona Designer Craftsmen, Juried – The Object is the Message
Oct.1999 – Sedona Art Center, Sedona AZ, Juried – The Art of Recyclism
1999 – Sedona Art Center, Sedona AZ, – Juried – Artists and Craftsmen Annual
Spring 1999 – Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott AZ – Invited – Art Lessons 2
Spring 1999 – Work featured in “The Threshold“ Publication, YC
Spring 1998 – Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott AZ – 3D at YC
Fall 1997 – Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ – Juried – Student Show
Fall 1997 – Sedona Art Center, Sedona AZ – Juried – Artists & Craftsmen Annual
Education
2012 – Present Dunedin Fine Arts Center – Dunedin, FL
Experimental Water Media, Independent study clay
1997 – 1998 Institute of Transpersonal Psychology – Palo Alto, CA
Post Graduate Studies – Certificate of Creative Expression
Qualified to Conduct Artistic Creative Expression and Wellness Workshops. Currently working on Masters Degree
1996 – The University for Humanistic Studies – Solana Beach, CA
Post Graduate Studies – Art & Expressive Therapy
1966 – 1970 Adelphi University – Garden City, NY
Bachelor of Arts Degree – English
Degree in English Education, Minor in the arts
Auctions
“A Chair Affair” Friends of Yavapai College – Fund Raiser
Big Brothers and Sisters – Fund Raiser/Auction
Yavapai Humane Society – Fund Raiser/Auctions
Habitat for Humanity – Fund Raiser
Professional Memberships
Arizona Designer Craftsmen – President, Northern Arizona Chapter
Prescott Fine Arts Association