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Juried Exhibitions
Making Space
ArtReach Gallery
Portland, OR
joint PNWS & NWSSA show
Oct. 2019
Art Comes Alive
group show
Art Design Consultants Gallery
Cincinnati, OH
Oct. ‐ Dec. 2019
Allied Arts of Whatcom County
three person show
September 2017
Guardino Gallery
Portland, OR
two person show
June 2009, Sept. 2014
Arts Alive Invitational
La Conner, WA
Nov. 2013, 2015, 2018
River Gallery
Mt. Vernon, WA
Spring and Fall shows, ongoing
Matzke Fine Art & Sculpture Park
Camano Island, WA
Group shows, ngoing
Anacortes Arts Festival
Anacortes, WA
August 2010, 2012, 2018
Gallery Cygnus
La Conner, WA
two person show
June 2010
Depot Arts Center
Anacortes, WA
May 2010
Integrallife.com
featured artist
August, 2009
Unclad
Stanwood WA
March, 2008-2012, 2016
Lucia Douglas Gallery
Bellingham, WA
two person show
February, 2009
Edmonds Art Festival
1988-1998, 2003, 2008-2015
Arts Council of Snohomish County
2008
Stanwood House and Gallery
Stanwood, WA
2004-2005
History of the World Fine Art Gallery
Camano Island, WA
2002-2003
Allied Arts of Whatcom County Gallery
two person show
July 2008, Sept. 2017
Seattle University
two person show
1998
Continental Savings Bank
Seattle, WA
two person show - 1998
Edmonds Art Festival
Edmonds, WA
1988-1998, 2003, 2008-2016
First Place Award 1998, 2008, 2010, 2012
Second Place Award 2009
Arts Council of Snohomish County
Everett, WA
1997-1998, 2008
Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival
Whidbey Island, WA
1995
Ste. Michele Winery
Woodinville, WA
1990
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Public Art
Inspiration No. 1
1st Street. town of LaConner, WA
2015 to 2017
Moonscape
Des Moines, WA City Hall
2018 to 2020
Inspiration No. 1
Percival Landing, Olympia, WA
2019 to 2020
Honors and Awards
Edmonds (WA) Arts Festival
1st place 2012, 1st 2010, 2nd place 2009, 1st place 2008,
1st place 1998, honorable mention 1996, 2nd place 1993
Arts Council of Snohomish County
honorable mention 1998
Everett (WA) Cultural Commission
Cultural Commission Award 1998
Professional Affiliations
Pacific Northwest Sculptors
http://www.pnwsculptors.org/index.htm
Skagit Artists
https://skagitartists.com/
Allied Arts of Whatcom County
http://www.alliedarts.com/
Sculpture Northwest
associate member, http://sculpturenorthwest.org
Representing Galleries
Matzke Fineart and Sculpture Park
Camano Island, WA
www.matzkefineart.com/
A Gallery Fine Art
Palm Desert, CA
www.agalleryfineart.com
Smith and Vallee Gallery
Bow (Edison), WA
www.smithandvalleegallery.com
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I approach sculpture from two different perspectives. First, I try to make each piece interesting on a purely visual level.
Secondly, I attempt to use symbolism from the physical world, mythology and spiritual practices to challenge the viewer's
paradigms about our relationship to each other, to our environment and to the universe. In my opinion, the unveiling of the
true Self and, consequently, nondual Spirit is the ultimate goal of art. You can substitute the word God, Tao, or whatever,
for Spirit but it's basically about the realization that "All is One" that I'm getting at. Nondual spiritual practices
suggest that any separation we perceive between ourselves and others or any part of the physical or spiritual realms is an
illusion. I think that this is intuitively what artists are doing when they create art. It represents an attempt to go from
the finite self to the timeless Self. This type of art is sometimes called transpersonal art. It occurred to me recently
that what I am attempting could be called "visual koan". The intent of a written koan is to instill the understanding that
the separation between subject and object is an illusion. Some of my artwork is a visual attempt at this type of practice.
Purely representational art can expand ones consciousness as well, if it captures a timeless moment because Spirit itself is
timeless; meaning not time everlasting but beyond time. I believe that any art that disarms you, makes you smile, or makes you
think, is successful. At the very least, most artists hope for an emotional response to their work; I love it, I hate it,
it makes me feel…etc. It's not uncommon, however, for two viewers to get radically different impressions of a work. I hope
my work will inspire you in some way.