Objectives
It is my goal to continue working at developing new aesthetic ideas that explore spatial relationships through sculptural compositions using a variety of materials. I continue to design and build original sculpture and furniture, work on private commissions , compete in national shows and conduct workshops, while maintaining an active exhibition record.
Experience
Artist/Sculptor/Designer: MAW Studio (1985 – 2010, Spencer. Indiana | 2010 – Present, Tucson. Arizona)
Own and operate a sculpture studio designing original sculpture, furniture and outdoor environmental works. Exhibits nationally and accepts commissions. Conducts workshops and slide lectures with focus on woodworking, environmental sculpture, and kinetic sculpture.
Visiting Professor /Sculpture (1988-1989)
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois
Oversaw the MFA sculpture graduate program with focus on metal casting in the foundry area. Designed and conducted a furniture design course.
Education
MFA Sculpture (1979-1983)
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana Grant (1981)
BFA Sculpture (1974-1978)
Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, Missouri
Deans List (1975, 1976, 1978)
Achievements
2010
Best of Show, Fine Art Show of Corpus Christi, Texas
First Place Sculpture, Art and Air, Webster Groves, Missouri
First Place Sculpture, Crosby Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Permanent Sculpture Installation, “Memories of a Fragmented Past”, Owen County Historic Museum, Spencer, Indiana
Sculpture Accepted for One-Year Exhibition, “Entangled Affair”, Jewish Community Center, Tucson, Arizona
2009
First Place Sculpture, Art and Air, Webster Groves, Missouri
First Place Sculpture, Crosby Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Second Place Sculpture, Broad Ripple Art Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana
Permanent Sculpture Installation, “Homage to Evan”, Bloomington, Indiana
2008
Permanent Sculpture Installation, “Gentle Giant”, CVS, Bloomington, Indiana
First Place Sculpture, Art and Air, Webster Groves, Missouri
First Place Sculpture, Crosby Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Permanent Sculpture Installation, “Dancing Spirit”, St. Louis, Missouri
Permanent Sculpture Installation, “Samurai”, Lexington, Kentucky
Permanent Sculpture Installation, “Stone Falls”, Belleview, Illinois
2007
Winning Design for Public Sculpture, “TREE”, Terre Haute, Indiana
Sculpture Exhibition, “Dancing Spirits”, Ivy Tech Campus, Bloomington, Indiana
First Place Sculpture, Main St. Art Festival, Ft. Worth, Texas
2006
One year Sculpture Installation, “Twisted”, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
2005
Best of Sculpture Award, Miami Beach Art Show, Miami, Florida
2004
Permanent Sculpture Installation, “Dancing Spirit”, Indianapolis, Indiana
Winning Design for Private Sculpture, “Homage to DAMAR”, Camby, Indiana
Limestone Installation, “Stone Falls”, Belleview, Illinois
2003
One year Sculpture Installation, “Desert Hopper”, Indianapolis, Indiana
Artwork Selected for Indiana Community Arts Leadership Awards
2002
Limestone Environmental Earthwork, Harley Davidson of Bloomington, Indiana
2001
“Mental Blocks”, Installation, The City Museum, St Louis, MO
Limestone Environmental Earthwork, Heaton. Brazil, Indiana
Recipient of over sixty national awards for sculpture and woodworking
2000
Artwork featured in The Artist’s Illustrated Encyclopedia, pgs. 12, 212, 390-391
1999
Large scale steel sculpture installed on the IUPUI campus, Indianapolis, IN “Standing In Concert”
1998
Art work featured in magazine American Style #12 Spring 1998 pg. 39
Art work featured in magazine Florida Design vol. 7 No. 4 pg. 192
One Man Show, Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute, IN
White River State Park Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
1997
City of Ann Arbor Purchase Award, Ann Arbor, MI
1996
Amoco Corporation Purchase Award, Chicago, IL
1995
Arts Commission Award, E. Lansing, MI
1993
Coconut Grove National Sculpture Competition Award Winner, FL
1992
Prudential Purchase Award, Chicago. IL
1991
City of Miami Beach Purchase Award, FL
1990
Limestone Environment Earthwork, Oliver Winery, Bloomington, IN
1986
Limestone Environment Earthwork, Cook Urological, Spencer, IN
Collections
Coconut Grove, FL
Harley Davidson, Bloomington, Indiana
Keller and Keller, St. Joseph, Michigan
The City Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Pfizer Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Perez & Perez Architects, Miami, Florida
Quality Surfaces, Spencer, Indiana
IUPUI Campus, Indianapolis, Indiana
Norman and Susan Cohn, Radnor, Pennsylvania
Fedderly Interior Design, Palm Springs, California
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois
City of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Founders Fund, Denver, Colorado
World Life & Accident Association, Richmond, Indiana
Amoco Oil Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Prudential Insurance, Chicago, Illinois
East Lansing City Hall, East Lansing, Michigan
Miami Beach City Hall, Miami Beach, Florida
Union League of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Sheldon Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute, Indiana
Monroe County Bank, Bloomington, Indiana
Owen County State Bank, Spencer, Indiana
Oliver Winery, Bloomington, Indiana
Cook Urological, Spencer, Indiana