Growing up on a 500 acre farm in Ohio, I’ve always had a fascination with horses. Horses have really distinct personalities and physical traits. I love to create horses in action, a unique gestural three dimensional drawing with metal. I exaggerate the form, giving it a sense of what I see and feel it to be. I love to work with the line, weight, movement, the essence of the form, the negative space in defining the form and character. I strive to capture the personality of the horses, more than a specific realistic representation of one particular horse.
Education:
M.Ed., Educational Leadership, NAU. Summa Cum Laude
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
Studied with John Battenberg, Sculptor/Painter
Awards:
2010 Eleanora Duse Diva Award, Commission Design, Chiggio ( Venice) Italy
2009 Featured Artist – Festival of Fine Art, Carefree, AZ
2007 Best of Show - Sculpture - Arizona Art Alliance Exhibition
1999 Best of Show - Art Institute of Phoenix Faculty Exhibition, AIPX Gallery
1996 Columbus Metropolitan Library Purchase Award, Hillard Library
1995 Columbus Metropolitan Library Purchase Award, Hilltop Library
Periodicals & Publications:
Western Art Collector, ‘ Dazzling Gems” November 2012
American Art Collector, “Solid Beauty” July 2012
The Sentinel-Record, “Unveiling” April 24, 2011
The Sentinel-Record, “Outdoor Sculpture Showcase” May, 10, 2010
Sonoran News, “Festival of Fine Arts”, March12, 2009
Desert Living Magazine, “Steel the Show”, March 2008
American Art Collector, “Sculpture at Schemer”, February 2008
Phoenix Magazine, “Outdoor Sculpture”, December 2007
Scottsdale Tribune, “Sculpture on the Street”, Nov. 4, 2007
Scottsdale Tribune, “Sidewalk Art”, Nov. 6, 2005
Organizations & Associations:
Contemporary Sculpture
American Plains Artists
Galleries:
K. Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ
West Lives On Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
Turquoise Tortoise Gallery, Sedona, AZ
Commissions:
2012 The Mary Center, Tucson, AZ
2006 TOC Productions, Orlando, FL
2006 Lasardi Construction, Phoenix, AZ
2005 Private Sculpture Commission, Scottsdale, AZ
2003 The Art Institute of Phoenix Lobby, Phoenix, AZ
2000-01 Larsardi Construction, United Auto of North Scottsdale, AZ
Public Art:
2007 Totem: “The Soul Survivor”, Sculpture in the Streets, Mesa, AZ
1996 “Ask Me” , Columbus Metropolitan Library Hilltop Branch, Columbus, OH
1995 “Rimstalker”, Columbus Metropolitan Library Hillard Branch, Columbus, OH
Solo Show:
2011 “Steel & Bronze” Taylor’s Contemporanea Fine Arts, Hot Springs, AR
2010 “Recent Works”, MyXMedia Gallery Phoenix, AZ
2009 “SurReality” Works from Asia Sabbitical form AiPX.
2006-07 “Those I have Known”, Spanish Village Sculpture Garden, Carefree, AZ
2 Person Shows:
2008 Sculpture WorkX, The Shemer Art Center & Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2007 Space, Form & Time, The Studio on 56th Place, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 ARTXTWO, AIPX Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2002 ARTXTWO, AIPX Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibitions:
2013 America’s Horse in Art, American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum, Amarillo, TX
2013 Cattleman’s Western Art Show & Sale, Paso Robles, CA
2013 Empire Ranch 100 Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2012 Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2012 Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale, Prescott, AZ
2012 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO
2011 Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2011 TJCC Third Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
2011 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO
2010 TJCC Second Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Tucson, AZ
2010 Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour, Scottsdale, AZ
2009 Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour, Scottsdale, AZ
2009 Sonoran Festival of the Fine Art, Carefree, AZ
2008 Telluride Festival of the Arts, Telluride, CO
2007-08 9th Annual Sculpture in the Streets, Mesa, AZ
2007-08 Art at the Center - Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Prescott Valley, AZ
2007 25th Annual LaQuinta Arts Festival LaQuinta, CA
2006-07 8th Annual Sculpture in the Streets, Mesa, AZ
2006 15th Annual Loveland Sculpture Invitational, Loveland, CO
2006 24th Annual LaQuinta Arts Festival LaQuinta, CA
2005-06 7th Annual Sculpture in the Streets, Mesa, AZ
Teaching:
1981 - 1996 Assistant Professor - Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus, OH
1996 - 2010 Professor – The Art Institute of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ
