Statement

My work grows out of a fascination with the dynamics of nature and the way in which I see human interaction mirrored in the natural world.  I am interested in the unconscious and the tensions created by natural forces that individuals have little control over.  I refer to these social, sexual and gender dynamics as Nature, Pleasure and Innuendo, which I use as a collective title for my work.  I explore these tensions and interactions through variously abstract forms, patterns, textures and colors.  Through a process of drawing and discovery I look for images that have the power of mystery and illusion.  The drawings and prints explore the juncture between abstraction and representation, the point at which a referent may be felt in the work without the intrusion of the literal.  The drawings and prints are relatively small and are intended for close viewing.  They are meant to be contemplative and intimate.


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SELECTED INVITATIONAL, GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1990

2015     Ten Drawings, Group Exhibition, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2014     Woodmere Annual Group Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
             School House Gallery, Group Exhibition, Provincetown MA
             The Garage Gallery, Mt Desert Island ME
             Visions in Printmaking, Invitational, Cheltenham Arts Center, Cheltenham PA
2013     Creative Hand, Discerning Heart Group Exhibition, Michener Museum, Doylestown PA
2012     The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Collection of Linda Lee Alter,
             Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
             Philagrafika Invitational Portfolio Prints, Studio Christian, Philadelphia PA
             Printmaking Invitational, Kutztown University, Kutztown PA
2011     Finlandia Portfolio: Response to Tom of Finland, Bixby Hall, Washington University, Saint Louis MO
2010     Forty Years of Nature, Pleasure and Innuendo, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA (Solo)
             Inside and Outside the Clamshell Box, Group Show, Delaware County Community College, Media PA
             A Survey of Contemporary Prints, Wellington Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
             Selections from C.R. Ettinger Studio 2000-2010, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia PA
             Mark/Remarque Portfolio, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
             Mark/Remarque Portfolio, Crane Art Center, Philadelphia PA
             Colorprint USA, 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
             DOG Portfolio, Conjuquer Etudes et Editions d’Artistes, APRIM, Montreal Canada
2009     DOG Portfolio, Marais Press Collaboration Explorations 1992-2009, Lafayette Museum of Art, LA
             Intaglio a Go-Go, Etching Moves Forward, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
2006     DOG Portfolio, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder CO
             International Printmaking Exchange, RMIT University Art Gallery, Melbourne Australia
             Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York NY
             William Penn Foundation, Philagrafika, Philadelphia PA
2005     Visual Dialogue on Abstraction, Center for Works on Paper, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial,
              Philadelphia PA (Two Person)
2004     Recent Editions, C. R. Ettinger Studio, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
             All About Drawing, Eisentrager/Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
             Ball State University, 100 years of Etching and Woodblock Prints, Muncie IN
             Progressive Proof: 40 Years of Collecting at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
             Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints, Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio, Philadelphia PA
             Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center, Printmakers Who Teach, Sioux Falls SD
2002    Buddy Holly Center, Colorprint USA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
            Tulane University, Carroll Gallery, Taboo Portfolio, New Orleans LA  
2001    St. Joseph’s University, Boland Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA (Solo)
            Corcoran Museum of Art, Saints and Sinners Portfolio, Washington DC
            University of Georgia Abroad, 2001: A Print Odyssey, Cortona Italy
2000    Arte Della Stampa, Grafiche Originali, il Quadrato Di Omega, Rome Italy
1998    Philadelphia Printmakers, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia PA
            University of Texas at Arlington, Foundations: Mechanics and Instinct, Arlington TX
1996    Prints II, An Invitational of American Artists, Ball State University, Muncie IN.
           14th National Print Invitational, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls TX
           Markmakers Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Frogman’s Press and Gallery, Beresford SD
           Southern Graphics Council Exhibition: Remote Sensing, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV
1995   14th National Print Invitational, University of Dallas, Irving TX     
           University of Nebraska Art Gallery, INK: Works on Paper, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE              
           Artists of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, Philadelphia PA                     
1994   Hicks Art Center, Hybrids, Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA         
           Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, The Complete Drawing, Philadelphia PA
1991   Institute of Contemporary Art, Artists Choose Artists, Philadelphia PA
1990   Philadelphia Museum of Art, Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia  PA
           Southwest Texas State University, Print Works, San Marcos TX  

In addition, my work has been shown in over 100 competitive exhibitions in the United States and Europe since 1970.

Featured artist in the book Printmaking: A Primary Form of Expression, Eldon L. (E.C.) Cunningham,  
University Press of Colorado, 1992.  PP 120, 121, 170--173


LIMITED EDITION PORTFOLIOS    

Agritopia  2015, Curated by Emmy Lingscheit, University of Illinois, Urbana IL
Finlandia 2011, Curated by Ron Abram, Denison College, Denison OH
Mark/Remarque 2010, Curated by Rochelle Toner, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA
Vitamin I, 2008, Curated by Johntimothy Pizzuto,  University of South Dakota, Vermillion SD
Nocturne 2005, Curated by Larry Schuh, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA
DOG 2004, Curated by Larry Schuh and Brian Kelly,  University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette LA
Bite Me 2002, Curated by Adriane Herman, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO
Taboo 2002, Curated by Larry Schuh, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA
Saints and Sinners 2001, Curated by Georgia Deal, The Corcoran School of Art, Washington D.C.
Remote Sensing 1996, Curated by Christopher Hocking, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV and Oscar Gillespie, Bradley University, Peoria IL
Masters of Metaphor 1995, Curated by Michael Krueger. University of Kansas, Lawrence KS and Craig Dongoski, Boston Museum School, Boston MA    
Alternative Prints Portfolio # 1 1994, Curated by Lloyd Menard and Larry Anderson, University of South Dakota, Vermillion S.D.
Silver Mountain Suite, 1991, Black Hills Print Workshop, Curated by Lloyd Menard,
Frogman Press, Beresford S.D.


VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS and SYMPOSIA

Contemporary Printmaking Symposium Panel, East Carolina University, Greenville NC 2010
Southern Graphics Conference, DNA of Printmaking Panel, University of Wisconsin, Madison WS 2006
Brookhaven College, School of the Arts, Dallas TX 2007
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA 2005
Metropolitan State University, Denver CO 2005
University of Connecticut, Storrs CT 2005
Mid-America Print Conference, Keynote Panel, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE 2004
Denison University, Denison OH 2002
Washington University, St. Louis MO 1996
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA 1995
Alternative Prints Symposium, Panel Chair and Guest Artist, Univ. of SD, Vermillion SD 1994     
Black Hills Print Symposium and Portfolio Workshop, Silver City SD 1991
University of South Dakota, Vermillion SD 1988, 1982, 1974, 2006


GRANTS and AWARDS

Printmaker Emeritus, Southern Graphics Council International  2010
Resident Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle Ireland  2009
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts SOS Grant  2005
Dundee Art Centre, Printmaking Residency, Dundee Scotland  2004
Resident Fellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony for the Arts  1989
Research and Study Leave  1988/89, 1979/80
Grant-In-Aid of Research, Temple University  1988, 1984, 1982
Grey School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland Faculty Exchange  1985
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant  1983





SELECTED PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
            
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Southern Graphics International Collection, Kennesaw State Univ, Kennesaw GA
Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Linda Lee Alter Collection, Philadelphia PA
Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St Louis MO
Lafayette Museum of Art, DOG Portfolio, Lafayette LA
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, New Brunswick NJ
Corcoran Museum of Art, Print Portfolio: Saints and Sinners, Washington DC
Georgia Museum, University of Georgia, Print Portfolio: Saints and Sinners, Athens GA
TIAA-CREF, St. Louis MO
University of Dallas, Irving TX
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Yale University, Collection of Allen Smith, New Haven CT
University of South Dakota, Vermillion SD
Clarion University, Sanford Gallery, Clarion PA
Museo Aeronautico, Caproni de Talieo, Rome Italy
University of Maine, Orono ME
San Diego State College, San Diego CA
Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson IN
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Des Moines IA
Krannert Museum of Art, University of Illinois, Urbana IL
Springfield College, Springfield MA
Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo IA
Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
Dickinson State College, Dickinson ND
Champaign Public Schools, Champaign IL
Measuregraph Company, Collection of George S. Rosborough, Vinita Park MD
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC
Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
State of Iowa Art Council, Des Moines IA
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb IL
St. Lawrence University, Canton NY
Decatur Art Center, Decatur IL
Lafayette Art Center, Lafayette IN
Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville IN
Clark College, Dubuque IA



BOARDS and JURIES

Second State Press, Board President, Philadelphia PA  2011-Present
Southern Graphics Conference Planning 2010, Philadelphia PA 2007-2010
Philagrafika 2010, Program Committee, Philadelphia PA 2005-2007
Consultant, National Association of Schools of Art and Design 2004-2007
Board of Directors, National Association of Schools of Art and Design 1997-2002
Redevelopment Authority, City of Philadelphia, Public Art Advisory Board 1994-2007
Schuylkill River Development Council Public Art Advisory Board, Philadelphia PA 1996
Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, Board of Trustees, Philadelphia PA, 1990-2000
The Print Center for Prints and Photographs, Board Member, Philadelphia PA, 1989-1998
Philadelphia Cultural Fund Panelist, City of Philadelphia Arts and Culture Grants 1994, 1995
Public Art Jury, Criminal Justice Building, City of Philadelphia 1992
Challenge Exhibition Juror, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA 1985, 2005


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2002-Present    Professor Emeritus, Tyler School of Art/Temple University, Philadelphia PA
1989-2002        Dean, Tyler School of Art/Temple University, Philadelphia PA
1972-2002        Professor of Art, Tyler School of Art/Temple University, Philadelphia PA
1970-1972        Instructor, University of Illinois, Urbana IL
1967-1968        Instructor, Clark College, Dubuque IA


EDUCATION        

1970    MFA, Painting and Printmaking, University of Illinois, Urbana IL
1967    MA, Art and Art Education, University of Illinois, Urbana IL
1962    BA, Art and Art Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA