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About Me:
- Grew up in rural eastern Colorado.
Studied Graphic Design, Interior
Design, Civil Engineering, Urban Design, and Construction Management at CSU,
in addition to Fine Arts.
Owned and operated a successful Urban
Design and Landscape Architecture consulting firm for over 25 years. Was
named Fort Collins “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 1994; Also received various
design and water conservation awards.
My artwork is available at Absolutely
Art in Catalina, AZ and on-line at Saatchi Art.
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Exhibitions and Recognition:
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Over
50 juried shows in Arizona and Colorado since 2008.
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Best
of Show or 1st
Place awards in ten separate juried exhibitions for Nogales
Ah Um, Blue Saguaro, Jazz Gardinia, Lunar Shell,
Fibonacci Sisters, Agave in the Sky with Lizards, Amalfi Coast, Lunar Shell,
and Winery Afternoon (Now in the Littleton Museum’s permanent
collection).
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Award
of Excellence for
Slipped Disk 8 at Tubac Center of the Arts’ Members’
Open.
Various Awards for Reclamation, Borderland, Altered
State Flower: CO, Ristra, House of the Sun Cloud, Sisters at Tahoe, Ho2 No2,
South Beach, Departure, Bigger Banana Split, Bigger Parfait and more
at other shows.
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Selected
Participant in
exhibitions at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Ironwood Gallery, Fort
Collins Lincoln Center, Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Spark Gallery, Spencer
Gallery, Fort Collins Museum of Art, Oro Valley Community Center, and other
galleries.
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Solo
Shows - at the
invitation of the venues – include:
Littleton Museum (suburban Denver, CO)
Artists & Makers (Oro Valley, AZ)
Catalina Vista Activity Center (Oro Valley, AZ)
St John the Baptist (Glendale, AZ)
Art Lab (Loveland, CO)
La Linea [3 artists] (Nogales, AZ)
Gallery Bleu [2 artists] (Fort Collins, CO)
Quincy Douglas Library [2 artists] (Tucson, AZ)
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I’m a member of the Southern Arizona
Arts Guild, the Tubac Center of the Arts, and the Sun City Oro Valley Art
League.
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Career History:
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“Super Graphic” murals and other free-lance graphic
design: 1973 – 1978
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Architectural Drafting: 1975 - 1978
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Wall art pieces for Colorado State University and the
City of Fort Collins Public Library: 1975, 1976
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Urban Design Professional: 1976 – 2008
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Practicing Artist: 2008 – Present
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