History

Jars

porcelain, 6 3/4” & 9 1/2”, 1975 (Private Collection)

Katy Vase #1

porcelain, 13 1/2” x 9”, 1975

Interior Dialogues #2

mixed media on paper, 21 1/2” x 29 1/2”, 1980

Interior Dialogues #23

mixed media on paper, diptych 49 1/2 x 76”, 1981

Window Series #27

oil and wax on canvas, 72 x 56”, 1983

Window Series #13

conte, pencil, acrylic on apper, 28 1/2” x 22”, 1983

Calle Nuovo del Rio Terra #2

oil on canvas, 34” x 46”, 1985 (Private Collection)

Via della Paglia

oil on primed paper, 29 1/2” x 20”, 1985

Passages: Fiery Furnace, Arches, UT #2

acrylic and oil pastel on paper, 26” x 20”, 1986

Hayfield, Pine Ridge Country, Nebraska #2

oil on canvas, 44 x 106”, 1986 (Collection of Barry L. Price Rehab Center, Newton, MA)

Becoming #6

oil pastel on paper, 22” x 30”, 1987 (Collection of Fidelity Management Research)

Emergence #4

oil on linen, 36” x 52”, 1988 (Private Collection)

Along the Path #22

acrylic, oil, mixed media on paper and canvas, 25” x 36 1/8”, 2001

Inheritance: Near Karakorum #1

oil on canvas, 12 1/8” x 28 1/8”, 2001

Magical Vision: Li River #6

waterbased carborundum monoprint, 35 1/2” x 55 1/2”, 2005

Magical Visions: Huangshang #18

waterbased caroborundum monoprint, 31” x 22 1/4”, 2005

My first serious work in the visual arts was as a studio potter. During the last few years in ceramics I explored organic, bulbous forms as jars and cups, and large vases and plates with scrafitto line, figure drawings, all in porcelain. In the final year of my 3 year MFA training in drawing and painting I became interested in pattern, based on textiles I owned. Work in subsequent years took my interest in pattern into architecture. It was a western trip with my family that drew me to landscape. I pursued landscape in several series, often influenced by places I traveled to. As most of the galleries on this website show, in more recent years I took a conceptual approach to landscape. In this grouping of past work “Along the Path #2” and "Inheritance: Near Karakorum #1” are examples from two other series related to those shown in the Fragments gallery. Most of my work, over the years, has been strongly influenced by my love of the natural world. And from time to time, pattern reappears!