There are precious moments when the mind is quiet and I can enjoy my senses without interference. Sculpting, at its best, includes such moments. Balancing space, mass, texture, color, line, pattern, weight, and proportion is a visual pleasure. Harmony is something I feel; analysis is secondary.

While I may have a general idea in mind when creating a sculpture, the passages that constitute the whole are a surprise to me. Any durable material is fair game in this process, although steel is usually best for actual connections between mediums. I grab elements that are near at hand, realizing that chance and spontaneity are keys to accessing fresh visual territory. This maundering exploration often involves stumbling corrections and meandering whimsy, but eventually concludes with a satisfying map of the journey.

There is no substitute for handmade objects; emotions, and character are embedded in the work. Art is a vehicle of expression, a means of encoding our response to the world. I hope my audience appreciates my serious folly, my love of nature and beauty, and enjoys my effort to flirt with the mystery of life.

Education
1985 B.F.A. in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute

Selected Awards & Exhibitions

• 2008 Burning Man Honorarium, Grant Recipient for Spread Eagle - shown at Black Rock City, Nevada
• 2008 Wells Fargo Center for the Arts - Santa Rosa, CA - installation of outdoor sculpture and two wall sculptures in main lobby
• 2008 Art Works Downtown - San Rafael, CA - installation of Lion sculpture on 4th ST
• 2008 Encore Group Show at Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
• 2007 Healdsburg Sculpture Walk - Installation of Equine Sculpture Along Foss Creek
• 2007 Burningman - Installation of "Damsel Fly" - An Interactive Kinetic Sculpture
• 2007 "Prelude" A group show anticipating the opening of Sonoma State University's Green Music Center - Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa
• 2006 Keller Estate Winery - Group show supporting the Petaluma Arts Council
• 2006 "Burningman" installation of Sir Bent - an interactive kinetic sculpture
• 2006 "Artrageous" - display of sculpture at San Rafael's Community Center
• 2006 "The Sculpture Park at Redding City Hall" Grand Opening Sculpture on Loan Competition
• 2005 California State Fair - Jurors' Award: First Place Sculpture
• 2005 "Spectrum" Sculpture Sonoma at Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa, CA
  
• 2005 Annual Ruth Bancroft Garden Show - Featured Artist, Walnut Creek, CA
  
• 2004 "Dublin Does Fine Art" A group show of artists who have work in the City's collection, Dublin, CA
  
• 2004 "Natural Selection" A group show at Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa, CA
  
• 2004 "Dwelling" Architecturally based sculpture at the New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
  
• 2003 Sculpture San Mateo - Sculpture on Loan Competition
  
• 2003 City of Santa Clara - Indoor Sculpture Exhibition Jurors Award for "Magic Portal"
  
• 2003 "Sculpting Transformation" Cloverdale Plaza Invitational Exhibit - First Place
  
• 2002 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art: 3 Artists / 3 Media / 3 Visions
  
• 2001 Marin County Fair Fine Arts Competition - Second Place - Sculpture
  
• 2001 Napa Valley Mustard Festival - First Place - Sculpture
  
• 2000 Salute to the Arts - First Place - Sculpture
  
• 2000 Scrapture - First Place - Professional Sculpture
  
• 2000 Napa Valley Mustard Festival - First Place - Sculpture
  
• 1999 Award of Excellence - California State Fair - Sculpture
  
• 1999 Napa Valley Mustard Festival - First Place - Sculpture
  
• 1997 Bodega Bay Art and Wine Festival - Recycled Art - Second Place
  
• 1997 Sonoma Salute to the Arts - Juror's Award (Rene Di Rosa) - First Place--Sculpture
  
• 1996 California State Fair - Juror's Award - First Place - Sculpture
  
• 1996 Kinetic "Scrapture" Competition, Cotati - First Place
  
• 1996 Marin Society of Artists, Open Sculpture and Craft Exhibition, Best of Show
  
• 1994 California Discovery Awards Art Competition, Gold Award
  
• 1994 Sculptural Exhibit of Garden Gates, Biltmore Fashion Park, Phoenix, First Prize
  
• 1994 Vacaville Art Show, Vacaville, CA Second Place
  
• 1993 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Juror's Award, Sculpture and Crafts Show (Robert Hudson)
  
• 1993 Gallery Concord Annual Open Sculpture Category Award
  
• 1993 Professional "Junk" Art, Recycle Town Scrapture Party, Cotati, First Prize
  
• 1993 Auburn Arts 42, People's Choice Award
  
• 1992 Marin Society of Artists Annual Open Sculpture & Craft Exhibition Awards - First Prize
  
• 1991 Marin Society of Artists Annual Open Sculpture & Craft Exhibition Awards (2)
  
• 1991 Roseville Arts Center 16th Annual Open Show Award
  
• 1985 Harold E. Weiner Memorial Prize, Sculpture Award, San Francisco Art Institute

• Juror for Napa Valley open studios 2008
• Juror for Cloverdale Annual Sculpture Exhibit 2006
• Artists' Coordinator for "Wet Paint" 2006 Annual Fundraiser for the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
• Juror for Marin Arts Council's Grant Program - 3D/Craft 2006
• Juror for Terminal A, Sacramento International Airport, Art in Public Places Program, Sacramento Arts Commission

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• Linda Webster, Santa Rosa, CA
  
  
• Kate Schaffner, Sebastopol, CA
  
  
• Susan and Bert Rowland, Hillsborough, CA
  
  
• Martha and Robert Shogren, Sebastopol, CA
  
  
• Tim Korn, Glen Ellen, CA
  
  
• Betty Brachman, Glen Ellen, CA
  
  
• Rene and Veronica di Rosa Foundation, Napa, CA
  
  
• Barbara Lazeroff and Wolfgang Puck
  Beverly Hills and Granita Restaurant, Malibu, CA
  
               
  
  
• Laura & Gregg Perloff - Lafayette, CA
  
              
  
  
• Sacramento Arts Commission Art-in-Public-Places Program
  Convention Center Gates (50K)
  
  
  
  
• The McConnell Foundation
  Redding, CA
  
  
  
  
  
• Viva Downtown Redding
  Art in Public Spaces Program - Dancing Shiva
  
  
  
  
• Stockton Public Arts Advisory Committee
  Anderson Skateboard Park (30K)
  
              
  
  
• Dublin Fine Arts Foundation: Art in Public Places Program
  Dublin, CA, Sculpture for Dolan Park
  
  
• Kamal Golabi - Kensington, CA
  
  
• Darius Anderson - Kenwood, CA
  
  
• City of Santa Rosa - Equine Sculpture
  
  
• Leslie and Michael Lebeau - Albion, CA
  
  
• Gerda Kercher - Tiburon, CA
  
  
• Francis Collins - Sonoma, CA
  
  
• Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation
  
  
• Pam and Robert Stone - Santa Rosa, CA
  
  
• Bob "Moses" Ellerbeck - Moraga, CA
  
  
• Natalie Ng and Tom Arnold - Fairfield, CA
  
  
• Tamara Adams - Emamdal Ranch - Willets, CA
  
  
• Gian Carlo Muscardini and Nuria Bowart
  
  
• Suzanne Brangham - Sonoma, CA
  
  
• Jerry and Pat Thomas - Albion, CA