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Information About Me
My Background
My Medium and technique
My Medium and technique
- 1981-1982 Kean College of NJ.,Union, NJ. MA.Education Supervision Administration.
- 1974-1976 Kean College of NJ., Union, NJ. MA Art Education and Studio Art .
- 1973 El Paso Trade School, El Paso, TX. Certificate Of Welding Technology.
- 1971 Newark State Teachers College. BA. Art Education.
- Currently working full time in my studio.
- 1992-20
- 1981-1982 Kean College of NJ.,Union, NJ. MA.Education Supervision Administration.
- 1974-1976 Kean College of NJ., Union, NJ. MA Art Education and Studio Art .
- 1973 El Paso Trade School, El Paso, TX. Certificate Of Welding Technology.
- 1971 Newark State Teachers College. BA. Art Education.
- Currently working full time in my studio.
- 1992-2011 Art Teacher at Sparta High School, Sparta NJ.
- 1983-1992 Owner Glenside Builders, Inc.
- 1971-1983 Art Teacher at Columbia HS, Maplewood, NJ.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS:
- 1997 & 2023 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship.
- 1996 Geraldine R. Dodge Grant.
- 1995 Geraldine R.Dodge Foundation Fellowship.
- 1993 & 1994 Skidmore College Summer Six Fellowships.
- 1993 N.J. State Council of the Arts Grant.
- 1993 National Endowment For TheArts Grant
- 1991&1992 NJ Artist Teacher Institute Fellowship.
- ART EXHIBITIONS:
- 2015 25th Skylands Exhibit, Newton, NJ. Juried Show.Best in Show.
- 1996 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
- 1994 Skylands Exhibit, Sparta, NJ. Juried Show.
- 1994 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. Invitational Show.
- 1993 Stockton State College, NJ. Group Show.
- 1993 Agora Gallery, NYC NY. Group Show.
- 1993 North Jersey Art Center, New Milford, NJ National Juried Show.
- 1993 Skylands Exhibit, Sparta, NJ. Juried Show. Honorable mention .
- 1993 Center Gallery, Demarest, N.J. National Juried Show.
- 1992 Bowery Gallery, Wooster Street, NYC, N.Y. National Juried Show.
- 1992 Skylands Exhibit, Sparta, N.J. Juried Show.
- 1987& 1988 Sparta Gallery.
- 1986 Kean College, Union N.J.
- 1978 Kean College, Union, N.J.
- 1977 City Without Walls, Newark, NJ Juried Show.
- 1977 Somerset Art Center, NJ ( Best Painting).
- 1975 Hunterdon County Art Show. Juried (Best Painting).
- 1975 Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ. Juried. ( Best In Show).
- 1975 Newark State College, Union,N.J.
- 1974 ARTVARK Gallery, Jersey City, NJ. Invitational Show.
- 1973 Gallery Two Twenty Two, El Paso, TX. Two Person Show.
My Medium and technique
My Medium and technique
My Medium and technique
I have used many mediums and techniques. Oil and acrylic painting, printmaking, ceramics, charcoal, ink and graphite drawings, sculpture and multi-media wall pieces.
Recently , I have been using acrylic paint on canvas and producing a series of paintings based on the 'Tesseract Hypercube'. I change and modify the grid and use transparen
I have used many mediums and techniques. Oil and acrylic painting, printmaking, ceramics, charcoal, ink and graphite drawings, sculpture and multi-media wall pieces.
Recently , I have been using acrylic paint on canvas and producing a series of paintings based on the 'Tesseract Hypercube'. I change and modify the grid and use transparency and translucency to enhance the effects.
To paint these latest paintings, I have revisited my early( 1972) painting system ( which I recently discovered was an algorithm)that I developed because at the time there weren't any personal computers. I've developed a color system where all hues and tone values are predetermined by symbols on a drawing. This system is akin to using music notes when writing music to be played . When I compose a painting, I only have a vague idea what they will look like. The finished painting is always a surprise.These recent paintings are pretty much predetermined, however, I'm always going back and tweaking sections afterwards. There are over 1500facets in each painting where I individually mix colors, cross check with my custom color chart,then tape and paint them.
Like George Ohr ,my ceramic sculptures are purposely nonfunctional . With these sculptures ,I take a vessel , cut it up, introduce planes, and show many views of one or two vessels at the same time. ( similar to cubism and the many views of a cube in the hypercube). These ceramic sculptures exhibit my inspiration and interest in cubism. My first ceramic sculptures were glazed. Later, I began to burnish the pieces like the Navaho ceramic pots I saw in Santa Fe, NM. My most recent ceramic sculptures are painted. This was the result of not having a kiln to fire the glaze. I think this was a "Happy" situation because I don't think I would have made the move to paint except for the fact that I had many unglazed ceramic pieces that were just crying to be worked on.
My Inspiration
My Medium and technique
My Inspiration
I have been making art for over fifty years. The artwork contained in my portfolio are some examples from this work.
What inspired me to paint these geometric paintings was my fascination with the tesseract Hypercube. The beauty of the hypercube is that when looked at, you can see all six sides of the cube at one time. In 1972, there we
I have been making art for over fifty years. The artwork contained in my portfolio are some examples from this work.
What inspired me to paint these geometric paintings was my fascination with the tesseract Hypercube. The beauty of the hypercube is that when looked at, you can see all six sides of the cube at one time. In 1972, there were not any computers that I could use to help me figure out how to paint the illusion of the cube's six sides using the illusion of transparency. So I developed a color system that I would use to make my paintings. Recently, I found out that I had created an algorithm. So, I was using an algorithm to make my paintings before recent artists began creating generative art.