I am a multi media artist and work in painting, digital art presented as giclee prints and in musical inventions most notable being the Waterphone.

I have been working in the arts for over 40 years in MS, CA, and HI.  I recently returned to my home here in Ocean Springs and have set up a studio here where I live.  I have also worked in a number of music ensembles mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area and am represented on a number of albums and CDs including one that I produced myself "Water Dreams".  My instrument, the Waterphone, is well represented on movie sound tracks and utilized by both touring bands and symphonies world wide.  I have exhibited both in museums and galleries across the USA and was scheduled to show at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art here in Ocean Springs in Oct./Nov. but Katrina changed all of that and I will be rescheduling my show for next year.

EDUCATION

 

1965 M.F.A., Painting, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1961 B.S., Painting, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS   

   

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

 

+35 years creating and marketing fine arts and sonic crafts. Producing a large body of work using a wide range of materials in painting, sculpture, graphics, musical inventions and recordings.

  +Extensive exhibit and performance record in galleries, museums, and concert halls.

  +Developed   a series of musical inventions into a successful cottage industry.

  +Taught and lectured on the college level. Experience in setting up & directing art departments.

  +Musical inventions are being used in symphonies, Jazz, New, & World Music and performance art as well as many movie and TV sound tracks.

  +Served as the Arts & Crafts Coordinator for the American Bamboo Society.

Developed   the use or utility code for bamboo for the American Bamboo Society.

Attended international bamboo conferences in Bali, and Anji, China.