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                                            Artist Resume

Accomplishments

  • I've made and placed more than 2000 works of art over the past twenty years
  • Averaging 20 commissions per year for the past three years
  • World class quality and originality in three media: Metal, Dimensional Paintings and Photography
  • Artwork on display in thousands of Public and Private collections across the United States.
  • CD cover for Nicholas Underhill's 'Original Compositions for Piano and Orchestra'
  • Woodhaven Catalog cover
  • Licensed artwork for use by Fuji and other Mon-tresor clients

Awards

  • 2003 & 2005, August, Oconomowoc, WI, Best of Sculpture
  • 2002, August, Evanston Lakeshore, Best of Sculpture
  • 2002 April,  Great St. Louis Art Association, Merit award
  • 2000 August, Hudson Art-On-The-Green, Hudson, OH, 3rd place
  • 1998 July, Art Festival in Hardesty Park, Akron, OH, merit award
  • 1998 July, St. John Westshore Art Festival, Westlake, OH, 2nd place
  • 1993 August, Annual Art Festival, Appleton, WI, purchase award
  • 1993 June, Prairie Village Art Show, Prairie Village, KS, purchase award
  • 1993 April, Art Festival, Mandarin, FL, merit award
  • 1993 January, Treasure Island Art Festival, Fort Pierce, FL, best of show
  • 1992 October, Art in the Village, Cocoa, FL, Award of Merit
  • 1992 September, Art Festival, Oklahoma City, OK 2nd place
  • 1992 June Art Festival, Downer's Grove, IL, 1st place
  • June 1991, Photographer's Forum Magazine, Award of Excellence

Selected Collections:

  • Rohrer Corporation, Wadsworth, OH (18 pieces)

  • Unico Alloys, Inc., Columbus, OH (2)

  • Richard E. Jacobs Architects, Westlake, OH (3)

  • Perfect Plastic Printing Corporation, St. Charles, IL (1)

  • Pioneer Steel, Detroit, MI (2)

  • Bluegrass Woodworking, Lexington, KY (1)

  • City Hall Collection, Prairie Village, KS (1)

  • LifeSource Counseling Center, Atlanta, GA (1)

  • K & A Design, Louisville, KY (3)

  • Diamond Veil Development, Schereville, IN (1)

  • Western Illinois University Collection, Macomb, IL (3)

  • Auction Software, Statesville, NC (1)

  • Tim Fortney Collection, Prospect, KY (1)

  • Steve & Stacie Sheely Collection, Camp Hill, PA (1)

Gallery Associations

  • Don Drumm Studios & Gallery, Akron, OH, 2000
  • Corporate Art Gallery, Mentor, OH, 1999-2000
  • Tomorrow's Treasures, Akron, OH, 2000
  • ARA Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1993-1996
  • ArtResource, Columbus, OH, 2000
  • Gallery Nine, Cleveland, OH, 1994 and 1999-2000
  • Dennis Tapp Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1996-1998
  • Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1992-1995
  • Reiger Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1995
  • Weston Gallery, Weston, MO, 1991

Exhibitions - One-Man Shows

  • 1994 December, Express Gallery, Rocky River, OH
  • 1994 March, Gallery Nine, Cleveland, OH
  • 1992 May, Unity on the Plaza Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  • 1992 February, Kansas Public Library, Kansas City, MO
  • 1992 January, Unity Village Gallery, Lee's Summit, MO
  • 1991 December, Mettier Gallery, Weston, MO
  • 1991 October, Costello's Greenhouse Restaurant, Kansas City, MO
  • 1991 September-October, Channel 41-TV, AM-Live Show
  • 1991 September, Pembroke Hill Library, Kansas City, MO
  • 1991 July, Community Christian Church, Kansas City, MO
  • 1991 June, Roger T. Sermon Gallery, Independence, MO
  • 1991 May, Unity Temple Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  • 1990 December, The Corner Restaurant, Kansas City, MO
  • 1990 October, Ande-leis Cafe & Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  • 1990 September, Executive Gallery, Leawood, KS
  • 1990 August, Center for Business Innovation Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  • 1989 May & August, Executive Gallery, Overland Park, KS

Education

  • Kansas City Art Institute, 1980-1981
  • University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, BA 1979
  • Los Angeles Community College, AA  1976
  • USAF Chinese Mandarin Language School, 1973
  • Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 1970

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