Work History
1974 – 1983, Worked as a carpenter, plasterer and construction worker while putting myself through college.
1983 - 1994, Worked for the Clorox Company in Frederick, Md. as a line worker, a plumber, a mechanic and an electrician until the closing of the plant.
1994 – 1996, Worked at Can-Am Steel in Point of Rocks, Md. As a mechanic and an electrician.
1996, Became a full time artist.
1996 – 2009, I joined The Artists’ Gallery in 1996. I have been on the hanging committee ever since and have hung countless shows. For six of these years I was the president of the gallery. I have experience in every aspect of running a gallery: art selection and jurying, hanging and presentation, lighting, openings and sales.
1998, Art presentation and discussion to art students at the Columbia Magnet School for the Fine Arts, Columbia, Md.
2005, Worked for seven weeks with Steven Dobbin’s art class with middle and high school students at the Phillips School for Emotionally Disturbed Children, in Laurel Md.
2006, Art presentation and discussion at Middletown High School, Middletown, Md.
2006 – 2007, Worked with Jim Germaux spring sculpture class at FCC to create boxes for The Artists’ Gallery’s annual Box Show.
2007, Art presentation and discussion with the Art club at Urbana Elementary Scholl, Urbana, Md.
2009, Taught drawing and painting at Frederick Community College, Frederick, Md.
Art History
1956, Born in Washington DC. Studied art from a very young age with the help of my mother, a primitive painter and exceptional quilter.
1966, Studied drawing at the Corcoran
1982, Graduated Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BA in sculpture
1996, Became a full time artist
1996, First one man show, The Orchard Gallery, Frederick Md.
1996, Group show, Deleplaine, Frederick Md.
1996, Joined The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick Md. an artists’ co-op
1996 - 2000, participated in 16 group shows and 13 one man shows at The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick Md.
1997, Became President of The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick Md.
2000, One man show at The Place, Petersburg Va.
2001, Group show at The Art Barn, Luray Va.
2001, Group show at the Deleplaine, Frederick Md.
2003, Group show at the Deleplaine, Frederick Md.
2004, Joined Chi Gallery, Brook land, NY.
2004, Group show at The Affordable Art Fair, New York NY.
2005, Four person show at Glenview Mansion, Rockville Md.
2006, One man show at the Deleplaine.
2006, Two person show w/ Shelley Stevens at the Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel Md.
2006, 2 Man show with Steven Dobbin at The Artists’ Gallery, Frederick Md.
2007, A Maryland State Arts Grant Recipient.
2008, Group show, at the James Madison University Gallery, Fairfax Va.
2008, Group show, “Collaborative Project” w/ Robert Sibbison, Peter Whitting, Maria Barbosa, and Steven Dobbin at the Glenview Mansion, Rockville, Md.
2008, Group show at VisArts, Rockville Md.
2008, Group show at the Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick Md.
2009, One man show at The Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Va.
2010, two man show at The Black Rock Arts center in Germantown, Md.
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