EDUCATION:
           ~  Master of Science in Art Education, Queens College of the City University of  New York, 1991
           ~  Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse University School of Architecture, 1974
           ~  Bachelor of Arts, New College of Hofstra University, 1972

PROFESSIONAL  BACKGROUND:
           ~  Studio potter, 1975-present
           ~  Adjunct assistant professor of fine arts, Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, New York, 1989-1999
           ~  Adjunct assistant professor of fine arts, Nassau County Community College, Garden City, New  York, 1986-1999
           ~  Adjunct instructor of fine arts, Hofstra University, Hempstead,  New York,  1993
           ~  Visiting instructor of fine arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,  New York, 1986
           ~  Instructor of ceramics, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts,  Roslyn, New York, 1979-1981
           ~  Adjunct instructor of fine arts, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York, 1976-1977

SOLO  SHOWS:
           ~  Nada/Mason Gallery, Bolger Arts Center, Northfield, Massachusetts, 2003
           ~  The Gallery at the Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2003
           ~  The Becket Arts Center, Becket, Massachusetts, 2000
           ~  The Gallery at the Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York, 1990
           ~  The Center for Architecture, New York Institute of Technology, 1985
 
TWO-PERSON  SHOWS:
           ~  The Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2003
           ~  The Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts, 2000
           ~  Gallery West, Suffolk County Community College,  Brentwood, New York, 1998

SELECTED  GROUP  SHOWS:
           ~  ”Mentors,” Pinch, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2003
           ~  “Earth Art,” Becket Arts Center, Becket, Massachusetts, 2002
           ~  “Asparagus Valley Potters Guild Twenty-fifth Anniversary Show,” Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts, 2002
           ~  “Vessels: On the Edge of Function,” Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle,  New Rochelle, New York, 1995
           ~  “The Teapot through Time,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York, 1994
           ~  “The Second Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National,” Market House Craft Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1994
 
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS, CONTINUED:
           ~  “Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994
           ~  “Crafts National 28,” Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1994
           ~  “Clay, Here and There,”, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, 1993
           ~  “Strictly Functional Pottery National,” Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1993
           ~  “The Domestic Object,” Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1993
           ~  “Contemporary Craft,” Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, 1991-1992
           ~  “Tabletops,” Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, Vermont, 1991
           ~  “The Dining Experience: a Craft Expression,” Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1991
           ~  “First Regional Juried Exhibition,” National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 1991
           ~  “Crafts National 25,” Zoller Gallery, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1991
           ~  “Sixth Annual Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition,” San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, 1991
           ~  “Great Lake States Works of Clay,” Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1991
           ~  “Just Fired: New Ceramic Work,” Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona, 1991
           ~  “Teapots 1990,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware, 1990
           ~  “Hofstra University Alumni Ceramics,” Calkins Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1990
           ~  “The Fine Art of Craft,” Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, New York, 1989
           ~  “Production Potters, Edition Printers,” Ammerman Campus Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Selden, New York, 1988
           ~  “Southwest Reflections,” The Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, New York, 1988
           ~  “A Tea Party,” The Ferrin Gallery at Pinch Pottery, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1987
           ~  “Taking Shape,” Huntington Township Art League, Huntington, New York, 1985

MAJOR  JURIED  CRAFT  FAIRS:
           ~  The Smithsonian Craft Show
           ~  The Philadelphia Craft Show
           ~  ACC Craft Fair: Baltimore, West Springfield

COLLECTIONS:
           ~  The White House, Washington, D.C.
           ~  Monarch Tile, Inc., Florence, Alabama

WORKSHOPS  PRESENTED:
           ~  Suffolk Community College, Selden, New York
           ~  The Center for Architecture, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NewYork
           ~  Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York
           ~  The Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, New York
           ~  Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
           ~  Becket Arts Center, Becket, Massachusetts
           ~  Smith College Pottery Club, Northampton, Massachusetts

ARTIST'S  STATEMENT:

I create wheel-thrown stoneware. Throwing on the wheel allows me to produce forms
that express a feeling of movement and growth, and at the same time a sense of balance
and resolution. Many of my forms are inspired by ancient Chinese examples, especially
jars from the Tang Dynasty (about 900 AD). I am drawn to their grace and simplicity.

In each piece I create a dialogue between the shape and its surface. In some cases the design
responds to and strengthens the feeling of growth and motion in the form itself. In other examples
I seek a tension between form and surface. In my latest work I am exploring the use of
perspective, surface carving and underglaze color to develop illusions of three-dimensional space.

To develop my surface designs I use drawings as a tool to assist my thinking before I proceed to
the clay. Each series of sketches represents a progression of ideas, as I seek a solution for a given
form. Once I begin to work on the piece itself, the design will often evolve further as I respond to
the clay.

Some designs are then developed by impressing into the clay and inlaying glaze into the impressions.
Others are produced by coating the form with a white clay slip and then applying underglaze colors
over this white ground. In some of the newest pieces I carve deeply into the clay to create a sculptural surface.

I studied ceramics with Roger Lintault, Donald Booth, Elizabeth Nields and Jolyon Hofsted, and
studied design at the Syracuse University School of Architecture and the School of Visual Arts in
 New York City. This training has led to my interest in the organization of form and space.