He creates sculptures from marble and stone in the northern Mediterranean town of Carrara, Italy. He lived there surrounded by the marble mountains since 1969. For many years he studied Zen meditation and his work had a deep silence, reflecting the spiritual values of this discipline. The energy forms of nature are reinterpreted in the array of marble he uses: bardiglio, fior di pesco statuario, and verde alphi. These simple elegant sculptures are the shape of spirit.
Chronology:
Education
1955 - 1959 Kenyon College, BA Philosophy
1964 - 1967 San Francisco Art Institude
1967 - 1968 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carme Valley California
1968 - 1969 Travels to Europe
1969 - 1981 Carrara, Italy studied marble sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
1982 John Pence Gallery, San Francisco
1978 John Pence Gallery, San Francisco
1974 Robert Thom Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Group Exhibitions
2001 Preffetura, Pontremoli, Italy
1985 John Pence Gallery, San Francisco California
1984 Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto - Artirium Inc. Santa Rosa, California
1981 Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, Ca.
1980 Lincoln Art Center, Sonoma, Ca.
1976 Centro Storico, Pietrasanta, Italy - Deux Lions Gallery, Paris, France - Birmingham Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1975 Galeria Moderna, Vienna Austria - Centro Internazionale, Servavezza, Italy
1973 Artisti Apuani, Lucca Italy
1972 Scultgure Internazionale, Carrara, Italy
1971 Forte Dei Marmi Italy
Commissions
1981 Walking Bear, 5 ton in basalt, Montgomery Center, Santa Rosa, California
Teaching and Work Related Employment
1969 Sonoma State College, Petaluma, California
1988 Carrara Symposium, Italy - Digniles Baines Symposium, Paris, France
Collections
Robert Haas - Levi Strauss - San Francisco, California
Glimmelan Group - San Francisco, California
Modesto Lanzone - San Francisco, California
Consolidated Company - Walnut Creek California
Reynolds and Brown - Concord, California
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