Education

1978-80    MA in Fine Art, Goddard College; Graduate Program in Europe

1974-75    Graduate Program in Printmaking; Royal College of Art, London

1967-72    BA in Fine Art; University of California, Santa Cruz


Teaching

1983-2006    Santa Rosa Junior College, California

1983-1981    University of California, Santa Cruz

1981-1982    San Francisco State University

1978-1980    Brighton University, England, BA and Graduate students


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010    “Arch”, artist’s book with collaborator Jack Stauffacher, Donohue Rare Book Room,

            University of San Francisco, California

2009    “Luminous Shadows: Mezzotints & Paintings”, Quicksilver Mine Co., Forestville, California

2007    “The Printmaker as Painter” (two person) Larry Warnock Fine Arts, San Francisco

           “Mezzotints & Recent Paintings”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington

2005    “Regional Paintings”, YWCA, Berkeley, California

2003    “Recent Paintings”, Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California

2002    “Paintings”, West Wing Gallery, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California

2001    “Twenty-five Years of Mezzotints”, Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, California

1997    “Recent Paintings”, 550 California Street, San Francisco

1995    On The Wall Gallery, Medford, Oregon

1993    Ebert Gallery, San Francisco, ten year survey

1992    Ebert Gallery, San Francisco

1989    Citadel Print Center, San Jose, California

1986    Allport Gallery, San Francisco

1984    Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, California

1980    Luz Gallery, Manila, Philippines

1978    Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

1977    AIR Gallery, London


Selected Group Exhibitions

2010    “Introductions 2010: New Artists & Fresh Works” ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California

           Calabi Gallery, Petaluma, California

2009    Members, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Galleries, London

           2 nd Qijiang International Prints Exhibition, China

           “Field Report, Boston Printmakers”, Moss-Thorn Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State University,

             Kansas; Kellogg Art Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona, California                        

2008    “A Grand Affair”, Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco

            Prints, Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya                                                        

           “Manière Noire/ Mezzotint”, Atelier les Mille Feuilles, Quebéc, Canada

           “Mezzotint Masters”, Larry Warnock Fine Art, San Francisco

          “Field Report, Boston Printmakers”, Gordon College, Wenham Massachusetts; Brickbottom

            Gallery, Somerville, Massachusetts

           “Ink & Clay”; Kellogg Art Gallery; Cal Poly, Pomona, California

2007    “Art of the Mezzotint”, Ren Brown Gallery, Bodega Bay, California

            “Looking at Architecture”, Ontario Airport, Los Angeles, California

            “Small Prints”, Washington D.C. Printmakers, Washington D.C.

             LAPS 19th International Print Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, California

            “Leaves from a Sketchbook”, Bankside Gallery, London

            “Blue Print”, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Newark, New Jersey

2006     Galleria, International School of Painting, Drawing, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

            LAPS juried members, Creative Arts Center, Burbank, Los Angeles, California

            Members, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London

2005    “Dwellings”, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdale Park, Los Angeles, California 

            VCCA Studio, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France

            Members, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London

            “Contemporary California Mezzotints”, Collector’s Gallery, Oakland Museum

            North American Print Biennale, Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts          

            International Miniature Print Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking,Norwalk, Connecticut

2004     Prints, Stewart Gallery, Boise Idaho

            48th National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey

            Motorola/Next Level, Rohnert Park, California

            Members, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London

            “Originals ‘04”, Mall Galleries, London

            Anne Bradford Gallery, Healdsburg, California

2003    U.S.A. Prints 2003, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri 

            North American Print Biennale, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

            LAPS 17th National Print Exhibition, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California

            Prints, Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho

2002     “Works on Paper”, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

            “National Small Works”, Washington Printmakers, Washington D.C.

            Pacific Prints”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California

2001     “Vanishing Landmarks”, 3 painters, Quicksilver Mine Co., Sebastopol, California

            Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii

            Arts on Fire”, paintings, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California

            “Between Light & Shadow”, the Gary Bettis Collection, Boise Art Museum, Idaho

2000     11th National Florida Printmakers Exhibition, New World School, Miami                                         

            Next Level Communications, Rohnert Park, California

            “Day of the Dead”, A Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, California

1999     “Mezzotints”, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California

            43rd National  Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey

            “Art of the Ordinary”, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California

1998     “Treasures”, Bradford Smock Gallery, San Francisco

            Mezzotints from the collection of Derby Fine Arts, Chicago; Holland, Michigan

            Amsterdam Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco

            “International Mezzotints”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington

            LAPS 15th National Print Exhibition, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

1997     “Small Works”, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa

            Visions”, paintings, Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, California

            “Resolutions”, paintings, Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, California

1996     Faculty Prints, Kala Institute, Oakland, California

            “Landscapes - Under a Foot”, Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, California

            "Mezzotint, Art of Darkness", New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana

1995     “Taking Flight”; Patricia Swewart Gallery, Napa, California

1994     "Contemporary Mezzotints", curated by Carol Wax; Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

1993     “Landscapes”, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa

            West Coast Edition Printmakers”, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, California

            Taking Flight”, Califia Books, San Francisco

1992     “Mezzotints: Yesterday and Today”, Stanford University Art Museum

            “Black and White”, Ebert Gallery, San Francisco

            “The Saga Show”, Portland Art Museum, Oregon

1990     "The Mezzotint", Sylvan Cole Gallery, New York

            Faculty Paper”, paintings, Santa Rosa Junior College, California

            "The Making of a Print", Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington

1989     "From Dark to Light: Contemporary Mezzotints", Sacred Heart, Menlo Park, California

            "Exemplary Contempor'y"' The Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz

1987    “Prints”, World Print Council, San Francisco

            "North of the Gate", Sonoma State University Gallery, Rohnert Park

1986     "Drawing: A Classical Continuum", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

            Frechen International Print Biennale, Frechen, W. Germany

1985    Drawings, Marilyn Pink, Los Angeles

            Drawings, Allport Associates, San Francisco

1984    New Gallery Artists, Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco

            International Mezzotints”, Pratt Manhatten Center Gallery, New York

            New Gallery Artists, Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco

            International Mezzotints, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England

1983     "Recent Acquisitions", Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

            Phelan Art Award Recipients, World Print Council, San Francisco

            Frechen International Print Biennale, Frechen, W. Germany

1982     "Mezzotints", World Print Council, San Francisco

            "Subjective Realities", Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

            Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain

            Cabo Frio International Print Biennale, Brazil

1981    “Heads or Tails”, Newcastle Upon Tyne and  Neal Street Gallery, London

            International Exhibition of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland

            National Print Workshop Exhibition, Crescent Art Gallery, Scarborough, England

            Seoul International Print Biennale, Seoul, Korea

            Dealer’s Choice, Artefact Gallery, London

1980     International Biella Prize for Prints, Biella, Italy

            Cracow International Print Biennale, Cracow, Poland

            World Print III, and traveling exhibition, San Francisco

            Listowel International Print Biennale, Listowel, Ireland


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