With an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in Printmaking, I have been creating for over 40 years and I also have…
A CAREER IN EDUCATION
I am a full professor and the Associate Dean of the Michael Graves College, Kean University, USA and Wenzhou-Kean University, China. Before taking on the beast of administration in higher education, I taught art and design for over 25 years, including courses in the fundamentals of form and color, design theory, materials and techniques, and creative thinking as well as guiding a web design curriculum at its inception. The latter belongs in Ripley’s “Believe It or Not.”
In my career as Executive Director and currently Associate Dean, I am proud to be the facilitator implementing the faculty’s grand plans to grow and enrich the many innovative programs of study within the Robert Busch School of Design, https://www.kean.edu/michaelgravescollege. There are many fulfilling activities completed but several are outstanding in my mind: having Michael Graves accept an invitation to contribute to the vision and curriculum at Kean and then allowing for his name to identify our college; being involved on the ground floor (literally ground-breaking) of the establishment of the Sino-American partnership of Wenzhou-Kean University, China; and most obviously proud of helping our students grow and launch meaningful and fulfilling careers.
Artful Thinking:
Nature is an infinite source of inspiration. My drawings include landscapes, seascapes,
still life, and outdoor/indoor interior scenes. I stylize the subject matter in
both a natural and impressionistic way and occasionally intertwine with notes
of the super-real, the abstract, or surreal. Created primarily of colored pencil, as well as etching, mixed media, collage, and found objects, the graphic qualities of pencil on paper have stayed with me since childhood–remember how charming crayons were? Me too.
The intent is to create a delightful memory of nature and joy in the visual
tapestry of drawing itself.
Oh, and the books-yes, right! I love to read; books are wonderful and beautiful and so I
love to draw books.
My drawings and collages have been displayed in group exhibits and single person shows on Nantucket since 1985, as well as in Washington, DC and Rochester, NY. The drawings are in several public collections, such as the National Museum of American Art, Sara Roby Collection, Washington DC, United States Embassy (USIA), Prague: Czechoslovakia, Sapporo: Japan,
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Southeast Arkansas Arts Center, Pine Bluff, AK, Union Planters Bank, Corporate Headquarters, Memphis, TN, Marriott Corporation, Princeton, NJ, and many private collections.
