1973-1976 University of California at Santa Cruz, CA, (Dance)

1971 Goodman School of Drama, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL (Acting)

1964-1968 Luther College, Decorah, IA, BA English

2003 Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID. Three Person Show

Browns Gallery, Boise, ID-Solo show

Schromberg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA-2 Person show

2002 Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID. Three Person Show

Attic Gallery, Portland, OR-2 person show

Browns Gallery, Boise, ID-Solo show

Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ-Solo show

2001 First Avenue Gallery – Portland OR – Solo Show

Brown Gallery – Boise ID – Solo Show

Kneeland Gallery – Sun Valley ID – Two Person Show

Desert Cabarellos Museum – Wickenburg AZ – "Rising Stars"

Boise State University – Boise ID – Group Show

2000 "Defining Idaho", Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID

Brown’s Gallery, Boise ID – Solo show

Solo Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise , ID

Idaho Arts Commission Fellowship Winners Exhibit - statewide

1999 "Perceptions of the Land", Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID

Jalisco, Mexico-Idaho Sister State Cultural Exchange

Solo Exhibition, Brown’s Gallery, Boise, ID

1998 Two person Exhibition, Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID

1997 Group Exhibition, Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID

"Art Equinox", Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT

Art West Open, Jackson, WY

"Thunder and Lightening", Art Calendar Magazine, International Exhibition

1997 Georgetown International Fine arts Competition

Lewis-Clark Open Juried Art Exhibition, Lewiston, ID

6^th National Art Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO

Three person Exhibition, Sutton West Gallery, Missoula, MT

Group Exhibition, Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR

1996 National Juried Competition, Corsicana, TX

Group Exhibition, Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID

Boise Chronicle, Boise, ID

Lewis-Clark Pacific Regional Exhibition, Lewiston, ID

Lewis-Clark "Encore" Exhibition, Lewiston, ID

Solo Exhibition, Brown Gallery, Boise, ID

1995 Idaho Triennial Exhibition, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

Galos Gallery, Bosie, ID (Solo Exhibitions Jan. & Dec.)

Group Exhibition, Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID

Art Equinox, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT (12 State Regional Exhibit)

19^th Biennial National Juried Art Exhibtion, Valley City, ND

Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Albertson College, Caldwell, ID

Lewis-Clark Pacific Regional Exhibition, Lewiston, ID

1994 Cheyenne Artists’ Guild, National Competition, Best of Show

1993 Northwest Contemporary Artists, Boise State University, Boise, ID

Centennial 8, Nampa Art Guild, Merit Award

1992 Lewis-Clark Invitational Art Show, Lewiston, ID

1991 Images of Boise, Boise State University Gallery, Bosie, ID

1990 Snake River Competitive, Idaho Falls Art Guild, Merit Award

2002 Idaho Commission on the Arts Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts

1998 Art Calendar Magazine, "Crabbie Awards" Grand Prize Winner

1997 Selected for inclusion in New American Paintings

1994 Cheyenne Artists’ Guild, National Competition, Best of Show

1993 Centennial 8, Nampa Art Guild, Merit Award

1990 Snake River Competitive, Idaho Falls Art Guild, Merit Award

Washington Arts Commission

Governor and Mrs. Phil Batt

Healthwise Corporation

City of Boise

Mountain State Tumor Institute

Blue Cross of Idaho

1989-present Idaho Dance Theatre, Boise, ID, Co Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer

1993-1995 Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Choreographer

1988 American Festival Ballet, Boise, ID, Guest Dancer

1987 "Visions", A Collaboration with composer Jim Cockey and dancer Lynette Kessler

1986 Solo Dance Concert

1980-1985 Idaho Dance Ensemble, Sun Valley, ID-Founder, Artistic Director; WESTAF Touring Program-performances throughout Idaho and Wyoming

1980 Dance Theatre of the Southwest, Denton, TX-Guest Dancer and Choreographer

1976-1979 Portland Dance Theatre, Portland, OR-Dancer and Choreographer; performances and residencies in OR, WA, CA, WY, ID, MT, CO

1975 Baroque Dance Ensemble, Smithsonian Institute-Dancer in National Tour

1974 New York City-Danced for Rod Rogers, Rael Lamb

1971-1972 The Bridge Co., San Francisco, CA-Actor in Scripted and Improvisational plays

2002 Idaho Governor’s Award-Excellence in the Arts, Lifetime Award

2000 Artist Fellowship in Dance – ID Comm.on the Arts

1999 Artist Fellowship, Honorable Mention, in Painting-Idaho Commission on the Arts

1995 Worksite Award, Idaho Commission on the Arts: $5,000 to support choreography for one year

1993 "Sudden Opportunity"-Idaho Commission on the Arts: Support for Gallery Show

1990 New Forms; Regional Initiative-NEA

Funding for "Next of Kin", a full length play produced in Boise

"Sudden Opportunity", Idaho Commission on the Arts-support for "Next of Kin"

1987 Art fellowship in Dance-Idaho Commission on the Arts

Community Arts Grant-Idaho Commission on the Arts-support for "Visions", a collaboration

1996 & 1997 Southern Ballet Theatre, Orlando, FL; Summer Workshop

1994-97 Boise State University; Adjunct Faculty

1992 Regional Dance America, Boise, ID; Master Classes

1992 American College Dance Festival, Moscow, ID; Master Classes

1990-present Summer DanceFest, Boise State University

1988-90 Idaho Dance Alliance Summer Workshop

1991 University of Wyoming, Laramie, Residency

1986-90 Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs; Residencies

1984 University of Idaho, Moscow; Residency

1980-85 Ballet School Foundation, Ketchum, ID; Modern

1976-79 Portland Dance Theater School, Portland, OR; Modern

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Until I learned to paint, I had no way to express all the emotions and impressions that continually enthrall me here in the West. All around me is beauty. Form, color, line and texture combine to evoke some sort of visceral response from me. Painting is how I interact with my environment. It is personal and deep and essential. As a transplanted Midwesterner, perhaps I see this land with greater intensity. It is not where I was raised, it is not my birthplace. But it is my home now, since ’73, always somewhere in the west. I am at home here. It continually inspires and amazes me. And with paint, I can have a dialogue with it. I can interact with it. Through painting I can say something about myself as well as something about the land. Before painting I had a long history with the theater, in dance, and perhaps I see the landscape in a theatrical way: strong light; usually from the side, emotionally charged, suggesting the human figure. My paintings are for people who love form and substance and color and a strong statement.