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Biography
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I am told many
people saw my artistic potential when I was quite young, but I
have looked at examples of my childhood drawings and wonder how
anybody could be so sure. What is clear is that I never lost
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My first awareness of a skill or aptitude in the visual arts
came in Mr. Lindquist's junior high school class. He taught a
disciplined course and I learned the rules of perspective and
other "foundation" fundamentals from him. A year or so
later I was fortunate to fall under the guidance of three
exceptional high school art instructors: Peter Boyer, Edith
Horsburgh, and Cliff Hilliard. Between them, they developed an
inspiring and challenging art program that, through the years,
led many of their students to become successful visual artists.
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Toward the end of
high school I began doing layout and freelance graphic design
work and this continued through college. I attended Pitzer
College and received a degree in Fine Art from the California
State University, Fullerton. In 1986 I took along some painting
equipment on a trip through the Grand Canyon. In a matter of a
few weeks, my lifelong interest in looking at the Earth's
geography turned into a passion for painting it. |
Since that Summer in
1986 I have received numerous awards in competitions for work in
a variety of media: watercolors, oils, acrylics, and pastels. I
have earned exhibitions in Yosemite National Park (as Artist in
Residence) and Grand Canyon National Park. My pastel
painting Glowing Canyonlands was selected among the top 100
paintings in 1998's Arts For the Parks competition. |
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Designated Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of
America in 1992, my work in soft pastel has been featured in the
magazines American Artist, Pastel Artist
International, and The
Pastel Journal. My drawing and painting technique are
featured in the books Acrylic Painting Techniques, Painting the Many Moods of Light
(published
by North Light Books), The
Best of Pastel 2, and The Best of Sketching
published
by Rockport
Publishing. |
Interest in trains has led to my work
being featured in Railfan & Railroad magazine;
exhibited in the California State Railroad Museum; sponsored in
exhibition by Caltrans Division of Rail/Amtrak; and used to illustrate
the music of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Roger Miller,
and Waylon Jennings on the music CD Between the Rails: America's
Train Songs (available on the GNP Crescendo Records label).
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I am
also noted for my paintings of golfers and golf holes. On the
Tee with Jack Nicklaus at Bel-Air Country Club (which includes Byron
Nelson and Tiger Woods among the gallery of onlookers) appears
in the book Bel-Air Country Club: A Living Legend. |
My ability to paint a variety of subjects
leads me to accept a wide range of commissioned painting assignments
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My original
work hangs in many private and corporate collections. I am represented by the following fine
art galleries: Stary Sheets Fine Art Galleries, Poulsen Gallery, and
Judith Hale Gallery.
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I
conduct demonstrations and teach
workshops in drawing and painting. For a schedule of shows,
exhibitions, demonstrations, and workshops see the events
section. |
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