Artist Statement

I enjoy making large platters that are from 16 to 24 inches in diameter.
They can be used as both functional objects and/or hung as decoration when not in use.

I consider the work as decorative objects intended to visually enhance their surroundings.

Lately I have been exploring color along with hand-made, self designed stencils.

It is exciting to see how the designs change from one phase to the next, drawing on the past, experimenting for the future.

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Education

1974
Edinboro Univeraity, Edinboro, PA
BS, Art Education

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Awards & Honors

Awards of Distinction

Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Latrobe, PA
Crafts 15, Central Pennsylvania Festival of Arts
Rhythm and Rhyme, Gallery Ten, Chicago, IL
Clay Today, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

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Purchase Awards

Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Latrobe, PA
LaGrange National Biennial '96, LaGrange, GA
Feats of Clay II, Lincoln, CA
Vessels Aesthetic, Downey Museum of Art, CA

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Collections

William Green Federal Building, Philadelphia, PA
LaserLink Comm.Inc.-Media, PA
Uniform Code Council-Princeton NJ
Wilmington Port Authority-Wilmington, DE
Merrill Lynch-Jenkintown, PA
Wells Fargo-Wilmington, DE
Unisys Headquarters-Blue Bell, PA
LaMar Dodd Art Center-LaGrange, GA
NCO Financial-Blue Bell, PA
Philadelphia Energy Solutions-Philadelphia, PA

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Professional Experience

1974 – 2013
Ceramic Technician, Art Department, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions

2017
Plates, Platters, and Nothing Else Matters, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
National, Juried Show

Art + Science: Glaze Focus, The Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA
Invitational

2011
Plate It Up!: 100 Artists fund raiser, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
Invitational

2010
Abstract Clay: Form and Surface Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
NCECA, Juried Show

30 Years of Clay: Community College of Philadelphia, NCECA 2010

2008
16th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA
National, Juried Show

1999
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, Westmoreland County Comm. College, Latrobe, PA
National, Juried Show

1998
6th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center Ephrata, PA
National, Juried Show

Functional Ceramics, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH
National, Invitational Show

1997
USA Craft Today, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT National, Juried Show

5th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center Ephrata, PA
National, Juried Show

Clay Today, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA National, Juried Show

Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
National, Juried Show

Clay on the Wall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
National, Juried Show

1996
Celebration of American Crafts, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
National, Juried Show

Crossroads in Clay, Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middletown, OH
National, Juried Show