I work in the still life tradition because I feel objects have the power to transcend their existence as the artifacts of everyday life and become emblematic of human existence. My paintings are certainly representational, but they have a relationship to reality that recalls a stage set. My images evoke reality but do not replace it.

EDUCATION
1981   MFA: Painting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1978   BFA: Studio Art, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

CURRENT POSITION
Professor of Drawing and Painting

Assistant Department Head, Graduate Program Co-Ordinator

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Guest Professor, Universität Essen, Germany 1994 - 95, 2001 - 02
Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach 1984 - 88

RECENT GRANTS AND AWARDS

2000             Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome
1997             Participant in Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Dept. of State
1994–1995   WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship in Painting
1994–1995   Fulbright Scholar Award for Teaching and Research at Universität Essen, Germany
1993             Best in Show, cash award, Charlotte International
1992             Artist of the Year, College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, U.S.U.
1992             Purchase Award, Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art
1991             Curriculum Development Grant, College of Humanities, Arts,& Social Sciences, U.S.U.
1990             Reader's Digest Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts
1990             Visual Artist Fellowship, Utah Arts Council
1990             Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007   Stillleben Galerie Aviva, Essen, Germany
2006   New Paintings Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT
2006   Christopher T. Terry Gail Museum of Art, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea
2005   Artifacts & Interiors Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2004   Provisional Altars 3W Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2003   Remembered Interiors Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2001   Solo Exhibition—Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2000   Enigmatic Ritual—Nicolayson Museum , Casper, WY
2000   Paintings—Plains Museum of American Art, Fargo, NC
2000   Recent Paintings—Hackett/Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999   New Paintings—Nora Harrison Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
1999   Pittsburg State University Art Gallery, Pittsburg, KA
1999   Still Lifes—Diane Nelson Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, CA
1999   Art States—ArtWest Gallery, Jackson, WY
1998   Recent Work—Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
1993   Recent Paintings—Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992   Exhibition—Cerro Coso Community College, Fine Arts Gallery, Ridgecrest, CA
1992   Exhibition Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1991   New Paintings—Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
1989   New Still Lifes—Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987   New Work—Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986   Paintings—Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984   Paintings—Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT


SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2007        Group Show, Convergence Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005        Group Show, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2005        Sensation, Jule's Gallery, Boston, MA
2003        Drawings, Julie Nestor Gallery, Park City, UT 2005 5th Anniversary Group Show,

                Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003        Interior/Exterior, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2002        Group Exhibition, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 2002 Group Exhibition,

                Galerie Aviva, Essen, Germany
2001        Realism, Diane Nelson Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, CA 2001

2000        2nd Anniversary Group Show, Hiddell Books Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1999        Hackett/Freedman Gallery Artists, Shasta College Art Gallery, Shasta, CA
1999        Food for Thought, Hiddell Brooks Gallery, Charlottle, NC
1996        Rhode Island College Art Alumni Invitational, Bannister Gallery, Providence RI
1996        Still Life, Hackett/Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996        20th Annual National Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
1996        Contemporary Realism, Hall Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1995        Nachbar Amerika, Are-Künstlergilde, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
1995        Alte Welt/Neue Welt, Schönecken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
1994        Group Show, John Thomas Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994        Slice of Life: The Contemporary Still Life, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1993        Two Person Show, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
1992        The Art of the Still Life, Tullibody Gallery, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
1992–93   A View of Six, Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibition
1991        Feature Exhibition, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
1988        Long Beach Centennial Exhibition, Long Beach, CA
1986        Emerging Artists, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA


SELECTED JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007   Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1997   Border to Border 6, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
1997   31st Annual Natl. Small Drawing Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

1996   Drawing from Perception, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1993   Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition, The Cheekwood
1993   Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
1993   Charlotte International, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
1993   Exhibition 93, Arts Center Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
1993   Florida National, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL
1992   Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1992   Painting and Sculpture '92, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, SLC, UT
1992   New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1992   Florida National, Florida State University Museum, Tallahasse, FL
1991   78th Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, New York, NY