Throughout my life I've been blessed with interests and abilities on both sides of my brain.
Right side abilities were fostered in grade school and high school, leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees in art (painting & drawing) in the late 1970s and early 80s.
As many like me have learned, a degree in art doesn't guarantee overnight success. So when the opportunity came along in the mid-80s to take post-graduate classes in electronic media and desktop publishing, new fields ignited by the advent of personal computers, I switched gears over to the left side of my brain. The skills gained through these studies enabled me to "pay the bills" through teaching stints and jobs in the corporate world over the next thirty years.
Most days now in retirement find me happily splitting creative pursuits between "analog" and digital art, the latter of which encompasses both single-image photography and multi-image "mashup" works showcased on this site.
An interest in photography was planted early on through the one class I took in college, making images the old-fashioned way developing black & white film. In the 2000s I dabbled with a few point-and-shoot digital cameras and an entry-level DSLR, mainly for family and vacation photos. In recent years, smartphones had been the main weapons of choice, used to snap source images for early mashup works. The purchase of a Nikon mirrorless camera in 2022 rekindled a passion for serious photography and added the ability to go larger with output sizes.
Beyond creating art, other hobbies including golf, swimming, chess, and building a new comic book collection after my brother and I sold our treasure-trove of 1960s silver-age books. I've been greatly blessed by my wonderful wife and two equally wonderful children, now adults out making their own creative mark on the world.
Thanks for visiting. A formal CV follows below. If you have any questions for me or general feedback about my work or the site, I would love to hear from you.
Education
Post-graduate Coursework in Electronic Media
January 1986-May 1987
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb IL
Areas of Study:
Video Art, Paint Systems, Desktop Publishing, Graphics Programming in Basic and 'C' languages
Master of Fine Arts
Painting & Drawing
August 1982
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Painting & Drawing
May 1979
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington IL
Work Experience
Senior Research Analyst
Technical Resources Analyst
May 1996 - June 2019
State Farm Insurance Co.
Bloomington IL
Adjunct Instructor
Beginning & Advanced Web Design
August 2012 - May 2015
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington IL
Electronic Production Supervisor
Technical Support Supervisor
June 1991 - May 1996
Chief City Graphics
Pontiac IL
Adult Extension Instructor
Introduction to the Macintosh
Graphics Programming on the Macintosh
Beginning & Advanced Desktop Publishing
Presentation Graphics & Design
September 1988 - May 1991
Northeast Metro Technical College
White Bear Lake MN
Adjunct Instructor
History of Art
August 1988 - May 1990
College of the Associated Arts
St. Paul MN
Adult Extension Instructor
Computer Graphics Paint Systems
April 1988 - December 1989
Minneapolis Technical College
Minneapolis MN
Adjunct Instructor
Painting I & II
January 1986 - May 1987
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove IL
Selected Exhibitions
Painting & Drawing
Faculty Biennial Exhibition
October 1-30, 2013
School of Art Galleries
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington IL
Celebration of the Arts
June 5-6, 1987
North Island Center
Aurora IL
One Person Show
July 2-26, 1986
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights IL
New Horizons in Art
April 14-June 9, 1984
Chicago Public Library Cultural Center
Chicago IL
Class of '79 Alumni Exhibition
February 25-March 18, 1984
School of Art Galleries
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington IL
2-D National '83
April 24-May 25, 1983
Angels Gate Cultural Center
San Pedro CA
A New Generation of Artists: Works on Paper by Students
May 14 - June 2, 1981
The Lobby Gallery
Illinois Bell Building
Chicago IL
McLean County Artists: Art of McLean County
January 1979
McLean County Arts Center
Bloomington IL
Digital/Computer Art
Prix Ars Electronica (International Competition for Computer Art/Computer Culture Festival
Linz, Austria
Work accepted into 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991 competitions, received an Honorary Mention award in 1991
Computer Art '89
February 13-March 2, 1989
Shircliff Gallery of Art
Vincennes University
Vincennes IN
Dreams and Visions
January 8-February 17, 1989
Bloomington Arts Center
Bloomington, MN
First International Symposium on Electronic Art
September 27-30, 1988
Utrecht/The Netherlands
National Computer Art and Electronic Media Exhibition
January 3-February 12, 1988
Gallery of Art
Eastern Washington University
Cheney WA
Work featured on exhibition poster
