| Statement | ||
| The sensorial world is of unending patterns, with containment being one such pattern, whether appearing as our own metaphysically complex embodiment, or simply...a tea bowl... My current exploration of form and containment in sculpture addresses the aspect of perimeter, expressed as membrane, boundary, definition, shelter or division...something that is defended or celebrated...compiled or deconstructed. Minimal...spontaneous. A gestural use of clay, capturing the essence of containment stripped bare to the bone…and reflecting a palpable stance upon the perimeter of a separate sense of self. Lace-like structural metal often interposes linear openness through the opaque plasticity and mass of freestanding clay. The format of bas relief celebrates three dimensional expression on the wall, coordinating occupied space with silent, open area. In mind, always, is the parallel between our own sense of self and what form or containment actually is. |
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| Education | ||
| 1965-1968 Arizona State University Tempe Arizona Honors at Entrance Art & Architecture | ||
| 1971-1977 San Diego State University San Diego California Ceramics & Enameling | ||
| Selected Shows | ||
| 2007 Museo Langley WA Individual Show-sculpture 2007 Museo Langley, WA Torso Group Show-sculpture 2006 Museo Langley, WA Holiday Gift Show-earrings 2006 Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour-art jewelry 2005 Museo Langley WA Individual Show-sculpture 2005 Poncho 5th Annual Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle Washington-art jewelry 2005 Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA, NWDC 50th Anniversary Show 2005 Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Ctr Wenatchee WA NWDC 50th Anniversary Show 2005 Contemporary Crafts Gallery & Museum Portland OR NWDC 50th Anniversary Show 2004 Seattle Metals Guild Biennial Show Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA 2004 Whatcom Museum of History & Art, Bellingham, WA NWDC 50th Anniversary Show 2004 Bellevue Art Museum Fair Bellevue, WA-art jewelry 2003 Contemporary Crafts Gallery and Museum Portland, OR Group Invitational Jewelry Show 2003 Museo Langley WA Gallery Holiday Gift Show, 2003 Seattle Interior Show Preview Party Jewelry Show to benefit Seattle Repertory Theater Wa State Convention & Trade Center Seattle, WA 2003 Museo Langley, WA Group Show, art jewelry 2003 Bellevue Art Museum Fair Bellevue WA-art jewelry 2003 Snohomish Arts Council Center for the Arts Everett WA NWDC Invitational Show- jewelry 2002 Museo Langley WA Holiday Show,-art jewelry 2002 Feats of Clay XV National Juried Show Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln, CA-ceramic sculpture 2002 Bellevue Art Museum Fair Bellevue WA-art jewelry 2002 Craft Forms 2002 National Juried Show Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA-art jewelry 2002 Seattle Metals Guild Biennial Show Wa State Convention & Trade Center Seattle-jewelry 2002 Issaquah Gallery Issaquah WA Washington Potters Association Group Show-ceramics 2001 Gaskill/Olson Gallery Langley WA Group Show-art jewelry 1999-83 Childers/Proctor Gallery Langley WA various shows-ceramics, art jewelry 1998 Seattle Metals Guild Biennial Show Seattle WA-art jewelry |
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| Awards | ||
| 2006 Island Arts Council Individual Artist Grant 2002 NorthWest Designer Craftsmen juried membership award-ceramics & jewelry 2003 The Morris Graves Foundation Artists Residency Award at The Lake, Loleta, CA |
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| Publications | ||
| 2004 “Looking Forward Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at Fifty” by Lloyd Herman, University of Washington Press |
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