Resume

Education 

University of South Florida – Post graduate studies in Fine Art -1971-75'

Florida State University- Bachelor of Fine Arts -1968-70'

Miami-Dade Community College – Associate of Arts- 1966-68'

Awards 

Polk Museum of Art -1997 Purchase Award 

Nation Endowment for the Arts -1987 Regional Fellowship Award/Painting 

Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award -1986/Painting 

Commissions 

2012- Sulfur Springs Mural Pump Stations Building, Tampa FL, City of Tampa Public Art- Latex on Stucco Walls 2010 - Ocean Center, Daytona Beach FL, County Art in Public Places, “terrain Aqua” oil on canvas 2006 – Aquatic Mural Pier Aquarium, Saint Petersburg, FL, latex on aluminum 

1993 -Tampa General Hospital ER, Tampa, FL, Nine coral reef paintings, oil on canvas 1988 -Clearwater Countryside Mall, Clearwater, FL, latex on dry wall, 7 vaulted ceilings 

Collections 

Tampa Museum of Art 

Leepa Rattner Museum of Art 

Polk Museum of Art 

USF Contemporary Art Museum 

Marshall Center at USF 

Percy Geiger Collection 

Tampa Electric 

Holland & Knight 

Volusia County Courthouse 

Tampa General Hospital 

GTE

Exhibitions 

Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center -2018 130 Years -Hillsborough Community College -2017 

Artist of Hillsborough County - Leepa Rattner Museum – 2015- Present One Man Show -Carrollwood Cultural Art Center -2014 Paradise Lost, Paradise Found – Morreau Arts Center -2014 Art Palm Beach -Mindy Solomon Gallery -2011 

Art San Diego-Mindy Solomon Gallery -2010 

In a New light -Florida International Museum -2009 

One Man Show -Salt Creek Artworks-2009 

One Man Show -Hillsborough Community Cllege-2006 One Man Show -Museum of Science and Industry -2004 Contemporary Landscapes in Florida-Percy Geiger Collection-1999 Gulf Cost Museum of Art -1999 

Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences -1999 

Polk Museum of Art -1993

My paintings have evolved from the observation of the environment, both natural and man-made. 

I am also interested in fractals. Fractals are described as computer generated forms that interpret the geometry of nature.

 It is a system where forms in nature are defined in mathematical terms. 

The forms of nature are repeated in the realms of earth, air, fire, water, and ether. 

This repetition extends from the micro to the macro levels. 

We can see that the branches of a tree are similar in form  to a bolt lightning or that rings of Saturn resemble the rings of water in a puddle. 

Yet they exist separately in time, space, and scale. 

There exists and order of continuity throughout the different realms.

 There is also a balance between chaos and order the within this system. 

The stripes of the zebra appear to be same yet no two zebras have exactly the same pattern.

 All humans have similar finger prints yet each one is unique. 

To describe my painting process, I take photos of things like construction debris, tropical foliage image, and microscopic patterns. 

I look for images that connect and complement or contrast. I make many collages and eventual something will make sense. 

Then I draw out the images on canvas and paint. Some of my paintings take months. 

I use oil paint on canvas and in my outdoor murals I use latex paint.

In my paintings, I am interested in showing the similarity and contrast between natural and man-made forms. I look for connections and relationships between forms and scenes. By realizing these concerns, recognition occurs both visual a physiological. This helps define for me a fractal like oneness as is found in Buddhist mandala paintings which is a source of inspiration for me. This focus has allowed me to devolve imagery that reflects on a range of issues from social and environmental concerns to mediations on the patterns and actions of nature. By showing a shifting of scenes in my work, events and forms merge while at the same time retain their own individual identity. The interactions  between  the scenes and images help define new relationships and meaning. I am seeking a balance between opposites such as order and chaos, large and small, or the physical and metaphysical. Working with this attitude reveals for me new interpretations and ways of seeing the world.