Introduction

"An artist usually searches for what he doesn't
know and what is usually very difficult to find.
He usually drives an ugly car."

Terry Allen

Terry pretty much said it all but I think I'll add a few personal notes:

I first started making art when I bought a $50 Carl Zeiss camera and got hooked on photography. I pursued it in college to the point where I became an art major. But to get a degree in photography, I was required to take courses in other media such as ceramics, sculpture and graphic arts.

And so, over the years of jumping back and forth from one media to another, I have arrived at the present stage of where I'm at... whatever that is.

 




 
 

 
EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE
2000
 Illuminations, Vitrum Gallery, Asheville, NC. Multimedia Exhibition
1999
Spotlight on Southern Artists Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
  Lighting for the New Millennium, Eclectic Electric, Atlanta, GA
1998
 Atalaya Art Association, Atalaya, SC. Purchase Award
  Blowing Rock Art Association, Blowing Rock, NC. Honorable Mention
1997
 Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA. Handblown Glass
  Llyn Strong Gallery, Greenville, SC. Group Exhibition
1995
 Glass Art Society Exhibition, Asheville, NC
1994
 Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition
1992
 Bryant Galleries, New Orleans, LA. Handblown Glass
1990
 Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA. Neon Sculpture
1989
 Zenith Gallery, Washington,DC. Multimedia Sculpture, Rhapsody of Light - 8th Annual Neon Exhibition
1985
 Le Mieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition
  Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition, Multimedia Sculpture
1984
 Birmingham Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, AL. Multimedia Sculpture
1983
 Birmingham Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, AL. Multimedia Sculpture
1981
 Birmingham Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, AL. Multimedia Sculpture - 1st Place Award


EDUCATION 		 
MFA, Sculpture and Photography. University of Alabama
1981
Numerous sessions and concentrations at Penland School of Crafts.
Instructed by Dudley Giberson, Steve Edwards, Paul Marioni, Richard Ritter and Benjamin Moore
1979 to 1994
BFA, Photography, Art History and Ceramics. University of Alabama
1976
   
MEMBERSHIPS  
Southern Highland Craft Guild
2000
Glass Art Society
1993 to present
   
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
Studio Artist, Great Southern Glassworks, Asheville, NC
1995 to present
Freelance Artist in mixed media sculpture, neon, glass and photography
1988 to 1995
Assistant to Glass Artist Richard Ritter
1987 to 1988
Instructor of Photography, Brewer State Jr. College and Alabama State Council in the Arts, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1977 to 1979