I learned to love lines, surface, and the process of making when I was at SFAI. U of C added many concptual ideas to the processes. And in recent years I've sought to expand my ideas and knowledge of working methods through professional workshops at places like R&F Encaustics, the Scottsdale Artist's School, and the Palette and Chisel Academy in Chicago.
Over the years I've experimented in all sorts of disciplines such as fiber, sculpture, and metals. But I always return to paint, (possibly because I love the smell of it?), Sometimes I return to abstract combinations of paints, pigments, and waxes, as are shown in this website, and sometimes to more representational impressions of the world around me (check out my painting blog).
These days I teach various 2D/3D/ Drawing and the occaional conceptually oriented course at a design college here in Chicago. My work is represented in various private, college, and corporate collections throughout the country.
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I began my career in art when Great Aunt, who, when I was very young and she was in her 80's, taught me to use simple printmaking tools and processes. She had no problem teaching a small child to use sharp cutting tools, and I've long remembered her lessons about the value of not coloring within the proverbial lines. I've made a lot of stuff through the years. Some of it hangs in nice places, some was abandoned in various dumps and apartments along the way, and there is a lot crammed into closets and the garage.
Somewhere during all the years of making stuff, I earned degrees at the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of Chicago. I still regard my instructors at SFAI, and their Bay Area Abstract Expressionist predecessors, as some of my most significant influences.