Education:
'71-'73 The Ivy School of Professional Art Pittsburgh, PA '69-'71 Carnegie-Mellon University Pre-College Art Pittsburgh, PA
'69 The Governors School of Fine Arts, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA Jury Entry

Exhibits:
May, '81 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried section

Oct/Nov 2001 International Art Expo/ California, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco

Feb/March 2002 International Art Expo/ New York, Javitts Convention Center

March 2002 Palm Springs International Art Fair/ Palm Springs California, Palm Springs Convention Center

May '02 2002 Art Atlanta, Cobb Galleria Centre

5/03-10/03 Carnegie Institute, Dinomites outdoor art, "Spectrasaurus"

9/03-11/03 Solo exhibit Oxford Centre Gallery, Pittsburgh

Dec '03 Invited to exhibit at the Biennale Internazionale Dell'arte Contemporeanea, Florence Italy

4/05 Unveiled commision for Centenial trip tyk of Society of Automotive Engineers, Detroit

Oct '05 Solo exhibition, Donatello Gallery, Florence, Italy Dec '05 Invited to return to exhibit at the Biennale Internazionale Dell'arte Contemporeanea, Florence Italy.

Artist's Statement
At its foundation, my work is usually based on a linear element that is derived from my line drawings. On a rare occasion I will sometimes utilize my own photograph if I think the visual content has merit or interest. The compositions will often suggest an object that may or may not seem familiar to the viewer, often challenging the eye and mind to establish or fix an identity.

In this sense, one may say the work is surreal. There is usually a feeling of depth to the picture plane. This depth may be very minimal (as in a sculptural relief) or on the other extreme, having as much depth as that which is found in a landscape.

The objective in the work may be an expression that deals with a theme that is as simple as a visual fantasy of organic forms, to a complicated work with layer upon layer of geometric forms found in an urban landscape.
Other images represented here attempt to deal with a theme of "manufactured" vs. "grown". Light or even paranormal energy (for those of a more scientific bend read ultraviolet, infrared, gamma, radar, whatever wavelength that is beyond our immediate senses) may even be implied in certain contextual situations. These images tend to be the most complicated and far-reaching in that they are not only dealing with a sense of place in the picture plane but there is an attempt to express something about an "event" or experience.

The more rational side or theory behind my work is found in the divisions that describe the three categories of work; these are the Absolute, Continuum, and Phenomenon Series. These terms have been used based on definitions in the philosophical sense of the word. Further explanation of what constitutes this division and the theory behind them can be found in each gallery.

As stated above however, there is no verbal substitute for the primary value that should be derived from the work. It is the visual experience itself and depending on the individual, it may or may not be a meaningful one.