Artist Statement

I am a painter (primarily oils), and an intaglio printmaker–using dry point, etching, and mezzotint (I have yet to do an engraving, but I’m working up to it).  My print work is primarily black and white, based on the traditional approach to etching and mezzotint, stemming from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.  I am fascinated that intaglio printmakers today use the same processes and techniques employed by the old masters.  I find that a black and white print, when well executed, has a timeless quality to it.  I also enjoy telling people about the intaglio printing processes, because these processes are unknown to most people, and they appreciate discovering these techniques.  I am always amazed when I show people how a print is made from a plate using a press–“wow” is the usual response when they see the finished product.

Artist CV 

Artistic Timeline

• 1975:  Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Virginia Tech University School of Architecture
• 1976 – 2003:  Career as an Air Force Officer. Primarily a painter during this period of my life.
• 2011:  Torpedo Factory class in etching (Pam Day was my instructor)
• 2012:  First place award in a portraiture competition (oil painting) at the Herndon VA Art Space
• 2014:  Purchased a small press and began etching
• 2015 – present:  Installation of three 4’X4’ paintings at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, Reston VA

 
Colonial Market Fairs and Demonstrations
Juried participation in colonial market fairs, demonstrating printmaking and selling works:

• 2016 – 2019 (spring, summer, and fall) at the Claude Moore colonial farm, McLean VA
• 2018:  Jamestown Settlement, VA
• 2019 – 2021:  Benjamin Banneker Park, Ellicott City MD
• 2019:  Baltimore Reginal F. Lewis Museum
• 2020 – 2023:  Mount Vernon VA
• 2023:  Fort Loudoun PA

 
Joined Printmakers Inc. in 2023, participating in group shows

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