Artist Statement

I work mostly with woodcuts and linocut relief prints, some etchings, and pen and ink drawings.  For me, my work is about the composition, the subject matter, and not so much about the process.  I do like the handmade quality of relief printing and find this medium is now my preferred means of artistic expression. I am attracted to the chiaroscuro, light-dark, effect that print graphics—especially linocuts and woodcuts—can produce. I like high contrast, flood lighting, shadow boxes, finding that—in one sense—relief prints are like typeface, where the form, more than color or shading, becomes the essential tools for visual communication. I see them as distillations, almost abstractions, where extraneous elements are withheld or downplayed, and a more immediate connection can be made with the viewer. Less is more—not always true of course, but sometimes minimum means generate maximum effect like bold headlines on the front pages of a newspaper.  It is this minimalist aspect of relief printing that I find empowering.
 
Most of my work has the human connection employing figure drawing and portraiture, and architecture, townscapes, and landscapes.

Artist CV 

Education

• Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, AA Diploma 1968
• Qualified as a Practicing Architect under the Royal Institute of British Architect’s Charter, RIBA 1968
• Qualified as a planner under the American Institute of Certified Planners, AICP 1984
• Discover Graphics Atelier Classes, Alexandria, 1996 -2009
• The Art League School Classes, Alexandria, 1996 – 2019
• University of the Arts, London, Summer School Night Classes and Summer Classes, 2014- 2023

 
Career

• Architect – Building Systems Development, Washington DC, San Francisco, 1968-1972
• Senior Planner – Raymond D. Nasher Company, Dallas, 1972 -1979
• Senior Architect/Planner – HOK Inc. Dallas, 1979- 1984 
• Director Planning & Urban Design, RTKL Inc. Dallas, Washington DC, London, 1984 – 2009
• Artist Member – Printmakers Inc. Alexandria, 2014-present

 
Solo Exhibitions

• Printed Art, The Art League Gallery, May 2015
• Faces and Places Along the Potomac, The Printmakers Inc. Gallery, July 2016

 
Awards

•  “Thunder Bay, Maine” , Honorable Mention, The Art League Scapes All Media Exhibition, August 2011
• “The Pilgrims Way” Honorable Mention, The Art League Scapes All Media Exhibition, August 2012
• “Its All a Façade” Honorable Mention, The Art League All Media Show, December 2013
• “Jones Point Lighthouse” Honorable Mention, The Art League Media Show, July 2016
• “ Final Shift” First Prize for the Patron Show Award, The Art League, February 2023

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