EDUCATION: BA and MA - University of  California-Berkeley

                       Post graduate work in sculpture, University of Denver

TEACHING: Elementary schools, Adult education programs, Recreation programs, Denver

                       Art Museum, Adams County, Colorado, elementary schools, 70 video tapes for

                       art instruction.

EXHIBITS: IN GALLERIES SINCE  1980  Inkfish, Denver; Elizabeth Schlosser, Denver;

                       Clay and Fiber, Taos NM; Wm Havu Gallery, Denver; culture clash gallery,

                       Salida CO

COLLECTIONS: Mac Donald’s Corporate Collection, Chicago; Safeco Corporation, Denver;

                       Kaiser Permanente, Denver; REI flagship store, Denver; Heart of the

                       Rockies Medical Center, Salida CO; Medical Center, Alamosa, CO.

                       Numerous private collections.                    

PUBLICATIONS:  Colorado Abstract, Painting and Sculpture by Michael Paglia and

                       Mary V. Chandler, 2008

MY THOUGHTS ON THE WORK

For the last 50 years I have concentrated on wood and metal constructions which are mostly wall hung; some are free standing.  I am attracted to the warmth  and versatility of wood and I frequently recycle old wood which shows the scars of its history.  I am pursuing simplicity of shape, an individual gesture in each piece and refined color.  I spend much time applying and removing acrylic until it seems to be  part of the wood.

I started wood constructions in Yellow Springs, Ohio where I found used oak fence posts.

We moved to Colorado where I became familiar with Southwest Santos.  Ancient petroglyphs and pictographs also gave me inspiration for numerous wood figures I called Spirit Figures.

Later I wanted to build out into space and I developed boat forms with thin wooden strips.  These became Spirit Boats with the space moving thru them rather than being closed vessels. The potential poetry of this theme led to many kinds of boat forms and groupings that hang freely in high atriums.

Some of the boats had developed wings which led me to the idea of making Flyers, and a

large installation of invented flying forms for the Dairy Center of the Arts in Boulder, CO.                

Recently I have returned to an old inspiration, the art of Japan.  I have made a series of Temples with the characteristic roof lines of  Japanese temples.  This has led me to a

rewarding simplicity of form.