ARTIST’S STATEMENT (PDF)
Back in art school, a much admired senior wandered through the second year painting studio and, stopping in front of my work, was heard to mutter “this guy will do ok if he just follows his nose”. I was never quite sure what he meant, and nearly forty years on still don’t know. Nevertheless I’ve always tried to follow his advice.
My work is a combination of willfully misunderstood influences (some obvious and others obscure, mostly from reproductions and though much beloved, too numerous to list) and unexpected objects glimpsed in passing. Shapes and voids that seem to (for lack of a better word) “present” themselves. If these glimpses share anything in common it’s a peculiar, heightened sense of volume in both object and space, usually picked out by a low, raking light. In these surprised moments I often experience a pleasant, physical confusion of scale, mixing the toy-like with the monumental. Later, in the studio, whether I’m working with still-life objects or landscape sketches, my approach is much the same, and primarily directed by those somatic sensations.
There are many times when I wonder at my fascination with this questionable but engaging puzzle; how by smearing colored paste on a flat surface can one contrive to re-present the odd and occasionally epiphanic sense of being and seeing in a corporeal world.
| CURRICULUM VITAE (PDF) | |
| Born | |
| 1950 | St. Louis, Missouri |
Education |
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| 1985 | University of Texas at San Antonio, M.F.A. |
| 1977 | The Museum Art School, Portland, OR, B.F.A. |
| 1971-72 | The Art Students League, N.Y.C. |
| 1968-71 | Northwestern University, Evanston, III. Journalism/Theater |
Exhibitions |
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| 2009 | Two Person Show, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 2004 | Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 2000 | Group Show, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1997 | Artists’ Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1996 | “With Respect to Painting” Invitational, San Antonio, TX |
| 1995 | Group Show, Sol Del Rio Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1994 | “Blue Star-Red Dot” Collectors Invitational, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX |
| 1994 | Jansen-Perez Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1993 | Group Show, Sol Del Rio Gallery |
| 1992 | Still-Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1991 | Three Person Show, Jansen-Perez Gallery |
| 1990 | “New Painting – New York, California, Texas” Henry Hopkins – Curator, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX |
| 1989 | Reed-Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1989 | Faculty Show, UTSA Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 1989 | Group Show, Unser Haus Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1988 | Three Person Show, Blue Collar Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1988 | “Confluence” National Juried Exhibition, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX |
| 1988 | One Person Show, Koehler Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX |
| 1987 | Juried Show, Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA |
| 1986 | Faculty Show, Analy Gallery, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA |
| 1985 | “Ninth Annual Small Works Show”, Allan Stone – Juror, 80 Washington Sq. Galleries, N.Y.C. |
| 1985 | National Small Image Competition”, Realart Gallery, Spokane, WA |
| 1985 | “Works on Campus”, Texas Fine Art Assoc., Atrium Gallery, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1985 | “Invitational 2-D Show”, Midland College, Midland, TX |
| 1985 | “M.F.A. Thesis Show”, UTSA Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 1984 | Invitational Show, P.N.C.A. at Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR. |
| 1984 | Group Show – Paintings, Hobbs Gallery, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, N.M. |
| 1984 | “11 San Antonio Artists”, Curator – Robert Tieman, Texas Lutheran College, Seguine, TX |
| 1983 | Invitational, Texas A&I, Kingsville, TX |
| 1983 | “Artists Annual”, Koehler Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
| 1981 | Members Exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1980 | “John Alberts & Robert Yarber”, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1980 | Group Show, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR |
| 1980 | Figure Drawing Show, Marylhurst College, Lake Oswego, OR |
| 1979 | New Members Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1978 | One Person Show, Buckley Gallery, University of Portland, Portland, OR |
| 1977 | “Thesis Show”, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
Professional Experience |
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| 1991-06 | Partner/Designer/Craftsman, D.W.Pipes – Furniture Makers, San Antonio, TX |
| 1987-90 | Teaching Associate – Painting and Drawing, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 1986-87 | Part Time Faculty – Basic Design/Color, West Valley Community College, Saratoga, CA |
| 1986-87 | Part Time Faculty – Life Drawing/Anatomy, College of San Mateo, CA |
| 1985-86 | Full Time Faculty – Sabbatical Replacement, Santa Rosa Junior College, CA |
| 1979-82 | Member – Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR |
Gallery Affiliations |
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| Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, TX – Current | |
| Artists Gallery, the Aviart Group, San Antonio, TX | |
| Jansen Perez Gallery, San Antonio, TX | |
| Still Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA | |
| Art South, Pennsylvania, PA | |
| Reed Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX | |