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Artist Statement

    "Working in steel allows me to manipulate an inert material into tactile textures and produce objects that appear to move and breathe.

    The challenge of instilling movement into metal sculptures of animals and human forms provides both a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

    I take steel welding rod and sheet steel and fabricate lifelike forms and masks, using a oxygen/acetylene welding torch."

Education:
Washington University - St. Louis, MO ­ l year
Graduated - Art Institute of Chicago ­ 4 years
Lane Technical High School (Welding night classes)

Art in Collections:
Giraffe - Collection of Helen D. Daniels - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Young Orangutang - Collection of Helen D. Daniels - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Porcupine - Collection of Wendell C. Trent, DPA - Arlington Heights, IL

Juried Exhibits:
Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Niles, MI
International Welding & Fabrication Show, McCormick Place, Chicago
Eclectic Junction Gallery, Chicago
Alice & Arthur Baer 19th Annual Exhibit, Beverly Art Center, Beverly, IL
Eclectic Junction for Art, Chicago
National Juried Exhibition, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
Blue Moon Gallery, Skokie, IL
Women's Works Exhibit at Woodstock Art Center, IL
Manitowish Waters Art Museum - Wisconsin

Juried Fairs - Chicago Area
Oakbrook Invitational Fine Arts Exhibit - Chicago/Oakbrook, IL
Old Orchard Fine Arts Promenade - Skokie, IL
Wells Street Art Fair, Chicago
Art in the Gardens-Arcola, IL - Received Best of Show
East Lansing Art Festival - Received Honorary Award
Community Art Fair-57th Street Fair, Chicago
Little Red Schoolhouse, Willow Springs, IL