I’ve spent the last 50+ years as a sculptor. My work has included toy design, public sculpture, claymation, 3D clay illustration, dioramas and private commissions.
Lately I put away the clay and started playing with some vintage oil paints that I found. I love how rich and electric the colors can be, the perfect medium for my obsession with the mod 60s and 70s. Since I was very young, I collected unusual and interesting objects; toys, fossils, plastic tokens, miniatures, and more. I assumed that my little treasures were capable of human emotion...and with my new paintings, I hope to capture the secret life of inanimate objects.
Exhibitions/Shows:
2019 Impact: Color/ Black and White, Fine Arts Center, Highland Park
2008 Highland Park Art Walk
2007 Focus on the Arts (2003, 2005)
2005 Life is Sweet, Pop-Up Show
2004 Benchmark/ Highwood Arts Project
2002 First Biennial Dimensional Salon, Society of Illustrators, NY
2003 Around the Coyote, Bucktown Chicago
2001 The Box Project, Macdaddy Salon Chicago
2000 Millenium Material: the Fine Art of Polymer, Suburban Fine Arts Center
1995 The Fun Show, Uncle Fun Chicago
1994 The Neo-Futurists Hall of Presidents
1991 Shoes Through the Ages
1990 Open Spectrum, David Adler Cultural Center
1990 December Bow Wow/ Dogs Doghouses and other Fine Containers JHG
1990 Ravenswood Arts Festival (Best in Show)
1989 Broadway Art Fair, Watertower Art Fair, Evanston Lakeshore Arts Fest
1989 Scenes from Everyday Life, Joy Horwich Gallery Chicago
1988 Small Works, Artphase Chicago
1988 Off the Wall, Chiarascuro Chicago
1998 Box Show, Group Show, Artphase Chicago