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Born: Columbus, Ohio

Resides: Morgantown, West Virginia

Education: Ed.D. (2002). Department of Special Education, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. The doctoral degree at WVU is a general special education degree. However, within that, my interests and concentration focused on child development and early childhood special education. I completed all the course work toward a masters degree in child development in the Child Development and Family Services Department.
MA. (1993). Department of Special Education, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. The course-work for this degree concentrated on early intervention special education and severe multiple disabilities and led to state certification in these areas.
Master of Fine Arts (1977). University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
B.A. (1973). Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.
Diploma (1969). Morgantown High School, Morgantown, WV.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 This is to that as....., Solo Exhibition; Brooks Gallery, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV
1994 Solo Exhibition; Monongalia Arts Center, Morgantown, WV
1989 Art for Children; Cortesi Gallery, Highland Park, IL
1986 Solo Exhibition; Brouhaha Gallery, Providence, RI
1983 Solo Exhibition; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Day of the Dead Exhibition, Brooks Gallery; Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV
2007 Fairmont State University Faculty Show; Appalachian Gallery, Morgantown, WV
1992 The New England Holocaust Memorial Competition Designs; Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge Massachusetts
1991 Crosscurrents 1991; Stifel Fine Arts Center, Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV
1990 Whose Choice?, The Manor House of the Arts Council of San Mateo, Belmont, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; Chicago, IL
         52nd Upper Ohio Valley Art Show; Stifel Fine Arts Center, Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV
1986 Crossroads in Contemporary Art; Soghor, Leonard and Associates, NY, NY
         Premiere Invitational Exhibition: Alumni/ae Work; The Art Gallery, Olin Library, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
1983 P. Dora Gallery Meets First Night 1983, The Suitcase Exhibition, Boston, MA
1982 "New Work by New York Artists;" Milliken Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
         Down and Out of New York; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
1981 Full Service & Summer Touring Exhibition, P. Dora Gallery, Cambridge, MA
         The Santa Barbara Show, University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Publications: No art related publications

Artist's Statement: When my children were born, I realized that I needed to develop a more stable career. I went back to school at WVU in the special education department and began a nearly 15 year hiatus from my visual career. After I got my doctorate, I finally felt enough breathing room to begin again but still had very little time and knew that I couldn’t just pick up where I left off. I began doing small, almost throw away drawings at the end of the day to get my skills back and, I hoped, develop a new direction. The only rule was that I had to draw the first image that came to mind when I looked at the paper. This process, almost a surrealist exploration of the unconscious, developed into the drawings and paintings I am doing now. To the extent that they are about anything, it is the process of association and the pleasure of using the materials to a degree of unselfconsciousness that I was unable to achieve in my earlier career.