I’ve worked in clay since high school, received a BA from Reed college doing sculpture under Erik Gronborg. Then followed graduate work at UC Davis where I received small but meaningful input from Arneson, Wiley, Thiebaud, et al.
I love working in clay because it is as close as I can get to poetry. The shape itself, bent pinched and folded is the “form” and the colors and lines and applied bits are the “words”. The two play off and against each other harmoniously, incongruously, however! The results are not always what I had in mind but they always lead somewhere.
BA in art, Reed college 1967
Two years graduate school, UC Davis 1968-69
Switched from clay to paint/canvas for several years, went back to clay
Began showing 9th Circle gallery, Palo Alto 1973, solo show there 1975
Began showing Quay gallery, San Francisco 1976; solo show there 1977
Began showing Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara 1980
Showed Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto 1982
Began showing David Cole Gallery, Inverness 1982; solo show there 1983
1988 -2001 worked in theater
Back to clay 2001