Drawing is the primary focus in my art and is suitable for various methods in lithography and intaglio. Relief printing requires a reduction of the plane or surface of the plate or block that presents a different way to draw. With relief the drawing is developed using a carving tool or gage rather than a grease crayon or etching needle. The process is in many ways reversed and requires more planning and preparation for printing. The unique qualities I find working in relief expand my mark making vocabulary by carving and chipping away at the surface of the printing block. The block can then be printed in relief or by intaglio. The results are unique and integrate varied printing processes in order to make hybrid prints or multiples. The drawing or key image changes radically. I find reduction printing to be demanding and requires giving up how I am accustomed to draw tone and pattern. The process dictates a “cause and effect” approach for making pictures. The results are characteristically unique to the process.
 
 

Education
MFA The Ohio State University, 1988
BFA State University of New York at Buffalo, 1985
Professional Development
Tamarind Institute Summer Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1995
Frogman’s Summer Print and Paper Workshops, University of South Dakota, 2005/07
Artist Residency, Texas Collaborative Houston, Texas, 2008

Selected Exhibitions
2012 Time and Time and Time Again, solo exhibition, Nauhaus Gallery, Houston TX

2011 East/West Portfolio, group exhibition, Central Connecticut University, New Britain, CT
East/West Portfolio, group exhibition, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
East/West Portfolio, group exhibition, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Ob–jec-tiv-i-ty, invitational exhibition, Nau-haus Gallery, Houston, TX

2010 The Extra-Dimensional Print, NEXUS/foundation for today’s art, Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA
History of the United States in Print, Joiner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

2009 Identification Please, Portfolio exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Invitational group exhibition, Gallery 842, Huntington, WV
Demo Firma, group exhibition, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA

2008 Word for Play, Nauhaus Gallery at the Texas Collaborative, Houston TX
Made in the USA, Portfolio exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Multiples and Collaborations, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Autobiographies, Clay Center Ovampato Museum, Charleston, WV

2007 Prints and Objects, Greer Visiting Artist program at Bethel College, Newton, KS
Looking for Relief, Frankenberger Art Gallery, University of Charleston, Charleston, WV
Hand Picked, Prints and Works on Paper, Greer Museum, Rio Grande University, Rio Grande, OH

2006 Prints and Works on Paper, San Jon Gallery, Fernandina Beach, FL
The Bird House Show, Tower Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
The Guy’s Show, invitational group show, Dickerson Gallery, Tamarack, Beckley, WV
Allied Artist Exhibition, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV
Bob Ross Don’t Live Here No More, group exhibition, Huntington, WV

2005 West Virginia Juried Exhibition, WV Cultural Center, Charleston, WV
Clotho, Invitational group show, Covenant House Gallery, Charleston, WV

2004 Contemporary Drawings, The Art Store Inc., Charleston, WV
Tool As Art, Avampato/Clay Museum, Charleston, WV
Dark Pictures, Museum in the Community, Hurricane, WV

2003 Works on Paper, four-person show at Appleton Gallery, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH
One Thing Leads to Another, Annex Gallery at Taylor Books, Charleston, WV
Collective Impressions, invitational Printmaking exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV

2002 Three West Virginia Printmakers, West Virginia Cultural Center, Charleston,
Spread the Word, Art and Text, Museum in the Community, Hurricane, WV
Cream of the Crop, juried exhibition, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
Main Street Studio Invitational, Main Street Studio Gallery, Hurricane, WV
Off the Wall, invitational group show, Dickerson Gallery, Tamarack, Beckley, WV

2001 Crosscurrents, juried exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
Summer Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV