ARTIST’S STATEMENT

The human form is the earthly embodiment of the Soul… and a piece of wood or stone has an essence all its own. I just try to fuse the Essences of the model and the medium… without losing either one in the process…

EDUCATION

1969 New York Art Student’s League New York, NY
1973 – 1978 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED SHOWS

Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Juried Exhibtion 2011 - Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
Sculpture New Hope 2*0*1*1 New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA.
Sculpture Walk 2011 - Soiux Falls, SD
National Sculpture Society's 77th Annual Awards Exhibition 2010 Brookgreen Gardens, SC.
Sculpture New Hope 2*0*1*0 New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA.
The Art of Teaching 2009 - Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Sculpture New Hope 2*0*0*9 New Hope Arts Center – New Hope, PA.
Penna. Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Invitational Exhibition 2007 P.A.F.A. Hamilton Bldg. Gallery - Philadelphia, PA.
Sculpture New Hope 2*0*0*7 New Hope Arts Center - New Hope, PA.
National Sculpture Society’s 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition 2006 Quick Center - Fairfield, Conn. & Brookgreen Gardens, SC
National Spring Open Juried Exhibition 2006 Wayne Art Center; Wayne, PA.
National Sculpture Society’s 72nd Annual Awards Exhibition 2005 New York, NY & Brookgreen Gardens, SC
Philadelphia / Tri-State Artist’s Equity Juried Annual 2005 West Chester, PA
Living with Art; The Main Line Art Center 2004 Haverford, PA.
15 Exposures; USArtists: American Fine Art Show 2003 Philadelphia, PA.
Philadelphia / Tri-State Sculptors Joint Conference & Exhibition 2002 Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA.
Dunwoody Village, Newtown Square, PA. 2001
Esther M. Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. 2001
Prizewinners Exhibit, Markeim Art Center, Haddonfield, NJ. 1999
“The Unbroken Line;” P.A.F.A. 100th Annual Juried Show 1997
Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. (w. Sarah McEneaney) 1979

AWARDS

Dr. H.A. Fadli Award - National Sculpture Society's 77th Annual Awards Exhibtion 2010
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award for Sculpture 2009 - PAFA Fellowship Annual Show
Adolph Dioda Award 2008 P.A.F.A. Fellowship Annual Show
Wayne Art Center Sculpture Award 2008 Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
First Prize Camden County Cultural Society Annual 2007 Hopkins House, Collingswood, NJ
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award for Sculpture 2006 P.A.F.A. Fellowship Annual Show
Juror’s Award; National Spring Open Juried Exhibition 2006 Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juror’s Award; Main Line Art Center 2005 Annual Juried Show, Haverford, PA
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award for Sculpture 2005 P.A.F.A. Fellowship Annual Show
Friends Award 2005 Phila./Tri State Artists Equity Juried Annual, West Chester, PA
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award for Sculpture 2004 P.A.F.A. Fellowship Annual Show
Wayne Art Center Sculpture Award 2004 Annual Juried Show, Wayne, PA
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award for Sculpture 2002 P.A.F.A. Fellowship Annual Show
First Prize; Markeim Art Center 1999 Annual Juried Show, Haddonfield, NJ
Kellmer Jewelry Co. Award; Main Line Art Center 1998 Annual Juried Show, Haverford, PA
Joseph S. Wohl Award; Main Line Art Center 1997 Annual Juried Show, Haverford, PA
First Prize; Center for the Arts of S. New Jersey 1996 Annual Juried Show, Marlton, NJ
Penna. Acad. of the Fine Arts Fellowship Trust Purchase Prize 1994 P.A.F.A. Fellowship Annual Juried Show
Mary Butler Memorial Award 1981 P.A.F.A. Fellowship Annual Juried Show
J. Henry Schiedt Traveling Fellowship 1977 P.A.F.A.
Ward Prize for Sculpture 1977 P.A.F.A.

DAY JOBS

Staff Sculptor at the Advanced Stone Technologies
Carving Teacher at the Grounds for Sculpture