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~BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS~ graduated 1980
Cameron University, Lawton Oklahoma
~MASTER OF FINE ARTS~ graduated 1982
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas |
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The work exists as a progression of different arrangements
of forms, which are then assembled into a unified whole. They are
brought together under the assumption that there arises in the viewer
an instinct to return to the past. I see these pieces as artifacts
excavated with pick and brush from my imagination. The forms often
represent strength and violence, oppression and fear, cruelty and
brutality. Yet, within these destructive instincts I try to inject
the softness and feeling of sympathy, friendship, trust, courage,
and love. I allow cultures to arise in my imagination and I build
their artifacts. Sometimes animals emerge that no one but I have seen
and I create them. Often these architectural and animal forms are
indistinguishable, so they are created as one piece to avoid any intellectual
disorder.
Often, key information is left out of the work so that it will not
give the viewer all the answers. I prefer to provide an abundance
of mystery that engages the imagination, encouraging it to form it's
own interpretation. Thus, the viewer's interpretation can never be
disproved, no matter what conclusion is reached. For me, the artist,
these artifacts are always larger than themselves and through a sense
of control and stability I search for a point where some romantic
conclusion might emerge.
The work exists in three stages:
FORM, where all problems are worked out, including balance,
shaping of space, weight and direction.
NARRATIVE, which is selected, constructed, and assembled
with the existing form.
FINISH, the maturation process where color is added.
The durability of the finish outdoors is of little importance to me,
just as it was of little importance to the early Greeks and Romans.
They painted their pristine marble figures, only to have the color
lost before our time; only the beauty of the form remains. The color
I add is for our time, and the people of our time. It is the form
that I hope remains timeless and chants the beauty of life. |
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Eastfield Community College, Mesquite, Texas
Fall 1999 to present. Classes include Design I, Design II and Sculpture
I, Sculpture II, beginning and advanced.
Dallas Creative Art Center, Dallas, Texas
Summer 1995 to present. Classes include: Welding in the Arts, beginning
and advanced.
Collin County Community College, Plano Texas
Summer 1993 to 1999. Classes include: Three Dimensional
Design and Sculpture, beginning and advanced.
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Summer 2000 to 2001. Classes include Welding in the Arts, beginning
and advanced
Eastfield Community College, Mesquite, Texas
Spring 1985 to Spring 1995. Classes include: Three
Dimensional Design and Sculpture, beginning and advanced.
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Spring 1982 to fall 1982. Artist in Residence, (Study of Cast Iron
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2003:
One Person Show Mitchell Lofts: A Show Of Color, Dallas, Texas
Feature Artist Series Art House Gallery: "Daniel Sellers"
Dallas, Texas 2002:
Group Show Bath House Cultural Center: Reserved Seating, Dallas,
Texas
Group Show Art Centre of Plano: Reserved Seating, Plano, Texas
2001:
Group Show Quorum Gallery: Recent work, Addison, Texas
2000:
Group Show Eastfield Community College: Outdoor sculpture show,
Mesquite, Texas.
Group Show "Teachers and Their Students" Depo Fine Arts
Gallery, Denison, Texas.
1999:
Group Show, "Artattack": Fresh Light Studio/Gallery, Denison,
Texas.
Two Person Show, Depo Fine Arts Gallery: Denison, Texas.
Group Show, Collin County Community College: Outdoor sculpture
Plano, Texas.
Group Show, "Texas Connections in Contemporary Art", Steven
F.
Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas.
1998:
Opening Show of the New Deep Ellum Center for the Arts: Outdoor
sculpture exhibition. Dallas, Texas.
Group Show, Mesquite Art Center: Mesquite, Texas.
Group Show, Collin County Community College Gallery: Plano Texas.
Group Show, Plano Municipal Building: Plano Texas.
1997:
Group Show, Creative Art Center of Dallas: Dallas, Texas.
Faculty Show, Collin County Community College: Plano, Texas.
Show of Purchased work, Ricker Gallery: Garland, Texas.
One Person Show, "New Works", Collin County Community
College: Plano, Texas
1996:
One Person Show, Courtyard Center for Professional and Economic
Development, Plano, Texas.
"Hope for the Children", Sable V Gallery: Cypress Creek,
Wimberly, Texas.
"Old Friends", Eastfield College Gallery: Mesquite, Texas.
Faculty Show, Collin County Community College: Plano, Texas.
Opening Show of the new Plano Arts Center, An outdoor exhibit: Plano,
Texas.
Other
PUBLICATIONS:
"A Century of Sculpture in Texas - 1889 to
1989" By Patricia Hendricks and Becky Duval Reece, June, 1989
"From Scrap to Sculpture" By Susan Freudenheim
for Texas Homes Magazine: May, 1986
"Discovery" By Laynie Morgan Lidji for
the Dallas Morning News:
February, 1986 |
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| "Rose Award for Excellence in Teaching",
Nominee: Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas.
"Excellence in Teaching" Eastfield College,
Mesquite, Texas.
"Recognition in Achievement" Cameron
University, Lawton, Oklahoma.
"Dean's Invitational Award" University
of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Purchase Award, Delta Exhibition, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Best in the Show, First and Second American metals
show, Zales Building, Dallas, Texas.
Best Sculpture Award, Art in the Metroplex, Texas
Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.
Honorarium Award, Fort Worth Arts Festival, Fort
Worth, Texas.
"Shandy Fenton Award" KERA Channel 13,
Dallas, Texas.
Commission Award, {site sculpture competition}
Brookhaven College, Farmer Branch, Texas.
Commission Award, {competition for permanent sculpture}
Exposition Plaza, City of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. |
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| PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS |
| Eastfield Community College: Mesquite Texas.
Brookhaven Community College: Farmers Branch, Texas.
City of Dallas, Exposition Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
Little Rock Museum of Art: Little Rock, Arkansas
Columbus Public Library: Columbus, Ohio.
Southern Methodist University: Dallas, Texas.
Museum of the Great Plains: Lawton, Oklahoma.
Lawton Public Library: Lawton, Oklahoma.
Comanche County Veterans Council: Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Joan Davidow: Director, Irving Arts Center, Irving,
Texas.
Sue Pittman: Director, Pittman Sculpture Garden,
Houston, Texas.
Amy Monier: Director, Connemara, Dallas, Texas. |
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