Work Experience - Fine Arts

 

          Over the last twenty years I have worked as a printmaker, photographer, computer artist, 3D animator, and interactive media designer.  My latest artwork is focused on computer manipulated digital photography and ceramics.  I have broad experience in the visual arts, supporting myself or supplementing my income through sales of my work.  I have a wide knowledge of global artistic styles and traditions, and stay current with trends in the art world.

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         My exhibition and gallery experience includes promoting and exhibiting my own artwork, establishing and managing three art galleries, founding a successful large scale non-profit Open Studio Tour, and curating art exhibitions for other organizations.  

  •  1998 to present - Gallery Owner and Curator, Williams Gallery West, Oakhurst, California

Williams Gallery West maintains a permanent inventory of American and International fine art and folk art, vintage prints, photography, jewelry, ceramics, and art glass, and features a number of special exhibitions each year. 

The gallery also offers appraisal and brokerage services for fine art, folk art, and collectibles. The gallery operates using a click-and-mortar business model.  Our sales resources include our gallery showroom, an established web site, and in-depth knowledge of on-line  auction services.

 

  • 2003 to present - Owner and Curator, Artspace Gallery, Oakhurst, California

ARTSPACE is a cooperative art gallery where members have a vested interest in the gallery, contributing to expenses in exchange for the regular display of their work. The goal of Artspace  is to create an environment where artists work together, inspire and support each other, and have the opportunity to collaborate on joint projects and exhibitions.  Artspace offers a delightful selection of photography, prints, ceramics, and sculpture by nine local artists.

 

  • June 2005 to present - Partner, Stellar Gallery, Oakhurst, California

Stellar Gallery is dedicated to providing its patrons with the best in contemporary fine art including photography, painting, prints, sculpture, art glass, and ceramics.  The gallery offers works by many of the West Coast’s best fine art photographers including David Ashcraft, Charles Cramer, Steve Dzerigian, Richard Garrod, Jeff Grandy, Joseph Holmes, and Heidi Vetter. The gallery carries other works as well including art glass by Christian Guenther, ceramics by Richard Moore and Ken Foster, sculpture by Helen Banks, and digital art by Jonathan Bock.  

  • Founding Chairman, Sierra Art Trails Annual Open Studio Tour - 2003 to present - Madera and Merced Counties, California

Sierra Art Trails is a non-profit Open Studio Tour featuring over 100  artists and artisans, currently encompassing ten communities in Eastern Madera and Mariposa Counties.  Over the last three years I have been responsible for laying the foundation of this long-tern annual community oriented art exhibit designed to promote working artists, and to establish a reputation for the region as an arts destination.  My duties include managing an independent planning committee responsible for organizing and implementing the event,  fundraising, advertising, establishing show guidelines, and curating the event.  The show has proven itself to be financially viable, and proceeds from the event have resulted in over 5000.00 in art scholarships since 2003.  Sierra Art Trails is in its 4th year and has become the most anticipated art event in the region.  

  1984 - Printmaking Instructor -  Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon

  • At Maude Kerns I organized printmaking facilities for etching, lithography, and screen printing.  I taught classes in screen printing for two terms.