After I got my BFA at Wayne State University (Detroit Michigan) in 1976. I moved to New York City in the fall of 1977 to the third floor of 10 Bleeker St. (the old PS1 building).  I made kite-like wall sculptures with wood and japanese paper, did some small oils and gouaches, and took a lot of photos of the NYC buildings.

I moved in the fall of 1979 to a loft in Williamsburg Brooklyn at 705 Driggs Ave.  I began working with wood and encaustic paint until about 1987, when my interest in metalworking was rekindled. I had learned to weld while going to WSU in Detroit and I began to acquire more metalworking equipment.  I experimented for many years with combinations of wood and steel, steel armatures and encaustic paint, and metal wall sculptures. As my metal fabricating skills expanded, I began making work that only used metal.

During this time, I became interested in intaglio printmaking as well, and worked on prints using various combinations of small plates.  I took several courses at the Manhattan Graphic Center (http://www.manhattangraphicscenter.org) under the guidance of the estimable Vijay Kumar. I liked using photo plates with hand drawn plates, and then began using digital images that were printed on rice paper and glued onto the etching paper surface. I wasn’t interested in edition printing, preferring to create monoprints.

I moved to Portland, Oregon in March of 2003, and later that year, in July, I moved all my metal working equipment to a studio in Southeast Portland as well. In 2006 I moved to another studio nearby and at the end of 2010 I moved my studio to my home in SW Portland.

I am continuing metal sculpture on the Notes Series and Head Series, and installing new outdoor works on my half acre of heaven near Lewis & Clark College here in Oregon.

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