Interrupting my career as an architect to return as a full-time graduate student in painting, I obtained my MFA in 2014. My thesis work and post-MFA studio practice developed directly from experiences in architecture and construction, exploring compositions and textures found in the process of building.
I am primarily a painter and mixed media collage artist teetering unpredictably between abstraction and realism, and every once in a while I scratch my photorealism itch with art based on my interests in aviation and motorsports. There are no rules in my studio regarding technique or methodology; my former professors would probably be appalled.
After a long career in architecture and construction, I've been maintaining an active full-time painting studio in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains in central New Mexico.
"Enjoy every sandwich."
-Warren Zevon
EDUCATION
2014 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), Miami University
2012 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Advanced Studio Art, Miami University
1979 Master of Architecture, Miami University
1979 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Award – Certificate of Merit
1978 Miami University Luxembourg Program
1977 Bachelor of Environmental Design, Miami University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 - 2018 Drawing Instructor, Miami University CraftSummer Program
2014 - 2019 Adjunct Drawing Instructor, Miami University
2012 - 2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Miami University, School of Creative Arts, Department of Art; Drawing I (introductory level) and Beginning Drawing (non-major) instructor, gallery assistant, and Advanced Painting assistant
1990 - 2019 Member, American Institute of Architects
1982 - 2021 Registered Architect in State of Ohio
1981 - 2019 Architect and Principal, engineering/architecture consulting firm, Cincinnati, Ohio
EXHIBITS AND AWARDS
2023 Monothon Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022 10th International Painting Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio (summer 2022 publishing date)
2021 Faculty & Alumni Exhibition, Miami University Art Museum
2019 Lexicon, Downtown Hilton Hotel (solo show), Columbus, Ohio
2017 Faculty & Alumni Exhibition, Miami University Art Museum
2017 Hamilton Current, biennial exhibition, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio
2015 Greater Hamilton Art Exhibition, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio
2014 Within the Limits of Construction, MFA Thesis Exhibition (solo show), Miami University
2014 Nominee for Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship and Residency in Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY
2014 Wet Paint 2014 MFA Exhibition, Zhou B. Gallery (group show), Chicago, Illinois
2013 Slow Read, MFA Exhibition, Venue 222 Gallery (group show), Cincinnati, Ohio
2012 Insight: Recent work by Department of Art MFA students, North Gallery, Hiestand Hall (group show), Miami University; August - October 2012
2012 Provisional Architecture, Oxford Community Arts Center (solo show)
2012 Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati “Architecture as Art” Drawing Competition.
Selected for “Best Professional” award
2011 Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati “Architecture as Art” Drawing Competition.
2006 American Council of Engineering Consultants, Ohio Honor Award for building design
