The Sky Above, the Water Below - Limited Edition 1 of 1 Print

After teaching in private and public colleges and universities in the Midwest for five years, I moved to Maine where I have lived and worked ever since. I taught Printmaking, Drawing, and Bookmaking at the University of Maine @ Augusta since 1987. My print works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and I have received numerous grants and artist residencies including NEFA Fellowship, NEA & Arts International Travel Grant, MAC grants, Karl Hoffer Society, Anderson Ranch, Fundacion Valpariso and MARC Residencies. My travels have informed my creative work and influenced the media used. My prints are conceptually and physically embedded in reciprocity. They are built by the mutual relationship of concealing and revealing, plan and chance. As I investigate properties of nature with marks and inky flats of color, I also explore properties of paper and metal by folding & embossing by hand or with the pressure of the press. These layers are built upon until I have captured a momentary balance of chance with a fugitive experience of nature.