I live and work about an hour's drive north of Seattle and about an hour's drive south of Vancouver B.C.  My house and studio are on The Hill overlooking the wonderful wild Skagit River and the City of Mount Vernon.


Master of Fine Arts (Art Education) University of Central England, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.,1983
Master of Fine Arts, Mills College, Teaching Fellowship. Oakland, CA., 1966. Study with Antony Prieto, Rafael Canogar, Ralph DuCasse.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, 1964, Painting & Printmaking. Study with Richard Diebenkorn, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliviera, Frank Lobdell.

EXHIBITIONS

2011     Decalicious, juried, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO. September to October.    
             The 9th International Ceramics Festival, Mino, Japan, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Honorable Mention, September 16 - October23.
             The Shoulders We Stand On; Potters Council Exhibition, juried, Tampa, FLA. April.
             Human Rights Festival Exhibition: Bring It Home, Lincoln Theater, Mount Vernon, WA March (paintings)
            10th Annual Recycled Art Show, Allied Arts of Whatcom County, Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, WA. April (ceramics)
            Coefficient, group exhibition at Insights Gallery, Anacortes, WA. May-June. (ceramics) 
2010     5th Biennial International Exhibition of New Funerary Urns, juried, Graton, CA.    
             Dining in III, juried, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX.
             Renewable  Roundup, juried, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA. 
             Kansas City Clay Guild Tea Bowl National, juror Pete Pinnell.
             New Directions, juried, The Depot Gallery, Anacortes, WA.
2009    Washington Clay Association Juried Annual, Art Stop Gallery, Tacoma, WA.
             Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour, juried, Skagit County, WA.
2008    Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour, juried, Skagit County, WA.
2007    Journeys: Inward and Outward, juried, The Depot Gallery, Anacortes, WA.
             Nourishment: Clay for the Soul, juried, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle Center, WA.
             Oh, Brave New World, solo exhibition, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA.
              Let Them Hang, Washington Clay Association at Highline CC, Des Moines, WA.

2006     Contain It, juried, Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA. 
2005     Fine Craft Exhibition, juried, Honorable Mention, The Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY.
1986 -2003  Dianthus Ceramics and Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. (Own business)
1999     The Tureen, Grand Prix de Ceramique, Sarreguemines, France, juror Jane Hamlyn.
1990     Invitational Spring Show, The Torquil Gallery, Henley-in-Arden, West Midlands, UK.

AWARDS AND HONORS

1978-1979  John D. Rockefeller 3rd Arts in Education Fellow, The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for  the State of Washington, Olympia, WA.

1964  Summer Residency at The Skowhegan, Maine School of Painting and Sculpture awarded by the San Franciso Art Institute. John Button, Zubel Katchetorian, Alex Katz, Ben Shahn. Created a fresco in the Fresco Barn.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Cascade Clay Artists
Potters Council Board Member

Work can be seen at:
Museum of Northwest Art, Museum Shop, La Conner, WA
Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA.