Seasoned is the best description I can come up with for me and for my work: seasoned with years of experience in a variety of areas that have blended into the most satisfying combination of knowledge, expression and flavor.
Having a solid liberal arts foundation from the University of North Carolina has allowed me to work in the most interesting fields within the past 40 years.
I graduated magna cum laude in Fine Arts and Classical Languages. This double major included painting, drawing, printmaking, pottery, and childhood education; in addition to the classical languages of Ancient Greek and Latin.
That broad background–with exposure to deep technique and deep thought by wonderful instructors–has made it possible for me to easily gain depth in a multitude of areas with ease since. Also, the art of knowing when it was time to move forward kept me growing in the areas of writing, organizing, creating, managing and supervising jobs; in addition to allowing me to explore and express and share within the wide areas of architectural, fine, graphic and publishing arts as well as teaching.
For well over 50 years, I have been fortunate to have been exposed to and to have worked with some of the best practitioners in the fields of architecture, painting, drawing, graphic design, printmaking, flat glass, neon design, sign design, calligraphy and lettering arts, book design, marketing and publishing.
I have also had the opportunity to travel extensively, and I truly believe that I now live in the most beautiful part of the world!
A variety of my work (architectural glass, commercial signage, calligraphy, painting, drawing, book design and making as well as textiles) has been commissioned and/or collected around the world and exhibited in local and regional invitational and juried shows across the US.
Currently I work in my Wyoming studio, where I most gratefully live and breathe in the fresh air of the Absaroka mountains each day.
