O.K...just a little more....oh no...too much...act fast...more blue...now some white...WOW!...that's the ticket
Degrees:
B.F.A., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1974
M.A., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1977
C.C. Photoshop/Illustrator, Lake Washington Technical College, 2008, President's List for Academic Achievement
I think it's possible that beauty can save the world. Then will come a time when every challenge faced will be steadily overcome. Civility, reason and respect will replace fear, loathing and mad dog greed. Art will be life and life will be art. That's where I come in. I'm an artist. I promote beauty and creativity with an open mind and a love of nature. My imagery is built around a concept. After a central idea is established I explore possibilities within a set of creative and aesthetic parameters. From my perspective visual art is idea, expression, experience and process fused to create a perceptual synergy.
Nature has always played an important role in my art. In the late seventies and early eighties it was the focal point of several commissioned installations in Seattle and Chicago. During the next two decades or so landscape painting and drawing were my primary areas of interest. The work was exhibited in minor venues in Washington and Hawaii.
It was in 2005 when I bought my first computer and digital camera. The initial attraction was the speed that imagery could be produced. It was exciting to work at the speed of idea where the time span between concept and image was short. What followed has been a nonstop process of photography and editing. Presented here is an assortment of images that are a visual record of that activity.
1981 Benchcones, at Seattle Center, Funded by the Seattle Arts Commission Seattle, Washington, United States
1981 THE ELECTRIC RAIN FOREST, funded by the Illinois Arts Commission, The National Endowment for the Arts and The ARC Educational Foundation. Chicago, Illinois, United States
1980 BENCHCONES, at Lincoln Park, Funded by The Seattle Arts Commission. Seattle, Washington, United States
1979 ELECTRIC RAIN, Funded by The Seattle Arts Commission and The National Endowment for the Arts. Seattle, Washington, United States
1978 SIX ON LAND, Funded by The Seattle Arts Commission and The National Endowment for the Arts. Seattle, Washington, United States
1978 HOMAGE TO CAGE, CAGE, funded by Seattle Arts Commission Seattle, Washington, United States
2000 IMAGES FROM THE GREEN SHACK Kapaa, Hawaii, United States
1987 NATURAL MYSTERIES Seattle, Washington, United States
1985 OTHER PLACES Seattle, Washington, United States
1981 THE ELECTRIC RAIN FOREST Chicago, Illinois, United States
1979 ELECTRIC RAIN Seattle, Washington, United States
1978 HOMAGE TO CAGE, CAGE, Seattle, Washington, United States
1977 STREET TUNING Chicago, Illinois, United States
2016 The Art Bothell, Washington, United States
1981 BENCHCONES, at Seattle Center Seattle, Washington, United States
1980 BENCHCONES, at Lincoln Park Seattle, Washington, United States
1978 SIX ON LAND Seattle, Washington, United States
1977 The Big Scoop DeKalb, Illinois, United States
1984 Alternative Spaces, A History in Chicago, mentioned by Lynne Warren, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1984. Chicago, Illinois, United States
1982 Arts Money: Raising It, Saving It, and Earning It, by Joan Jeffri, mentioned on page 90. Chicago, Illinois, United States
1982 National Arts Guide, Volume 2, Issue 2, mentioned on page 71 New York, New York, United States
1981 Art in America, mentioned in Volume 70, page 3 New York, New York, United States
1981 Chicago Sun Times, review of The Electric Rainforest Chicago, Illinois, United States
1981 Seattle Daily Times, rebuttal to review Seattle, Washington, United States
1981 Seattle Daily Times, review of Benchcones at Seattle Center Seattle, Washington, United States
1979 Master’s Thesis in the Arts and Social Sciences, Issue 1, mentioned on page 229 United States