Statement:

We are the result of what we were and our beginnings occurred long ago in many places. Our western heritage had its origins in one of man's earliest and most creative civilizations, Mesopotamia, i.e. Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria. Through my forms and the ancient cuneiform texts, I try to honor their spiritual and cultural achievements in clay, the material they used 5,000 years ago.

My work is one of a kind, designed, formed and then impressed with the detailed texts. I fire to stoneware temperature 2160ºF/1180ºC. A laminated English translation of the text accompanies each piece. Some texts are abridged because of size limitations.

Studied:

Academie Julian, Paris

Art Institute, Chicago

University of Miami

Edinboro State College

UCLA, M.A. Art

Kutztown University

Barnstone Art Studio

Philadelphia School of Fine Art

Shown:

Academie Raymond Duncan, Paris

Ryder gallery, Los Angeles

Comara Gallery, Los Angeles

Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles

Dobrin Gallery, Los Angeles

Van Keppel Green, Los Angeles

Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

Americana West, New York City

New Jersey Designer Craftsman

Montclair Art Museum, NJ

Summit Art Center, NJ

Newark Art Museum, NJ

Trenton State Museum, NJ

Morris Museum, NJ

Noyes Museum, NJ

Walker Kornbluth Gallery, NJ

Skylands, Newton, NJ

Peters Valley Gallery, NJ

Artexpo NY 2007