Area of Expertise - Graphic Design, Theatre Design, Drawing, Watercolor
Education & Distinctions
MFA, Digital Art, San Jose State University
MFA, Theater,
Awards from Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Los AngelesSelf-responsibility counts. My students are not hand-held but broadly guided. The more inspired they are themselves, the more support I can give them. I would like to see that each and every one of you get the career you desire and I generally support outstanding talent.
As an active designer I make every endeavor to stay abreast of current design and of the use of digital media in the arts. Students are continuously fed new information of what is happening in this so rapidly progressive world of digitization.
Area of Expertise - Graphic and Web Site Design, Video, Online Instruction
Education & Distinctions
M.A, Educational Technologies, San Francisco State University
B.F.A., Graphic Design, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
B.S.E, Computer Science Engineering, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Scholar
Awards from California Virtual Campus, Philadelphia Art DirectorsTeaching is learning. Teaching stimulates the mind and is a catalyst for the creative process of both student and teacher. Learning is the exploration of one's knowledge in order to gain a deeper understanding of the subject and in a greater sense, the world.
Effective teaching shares enthusiasm for learning and empowers students by reaching out to them with dynamic examples and stories. The difference between teachers and students is not the amount of knowledge they have but their abilities to access information and process it. If a student can learn where to find the resources and how to use them, they will have the ability to learn beyond the confines of the classroom.
Area of Expertise - Graphic Design, Printmaking, Book Arts, Illustration
Education & Distinctions
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990
BFA, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, 1982
President's Medal of Honor for Excellence in Teaching, Foothill College, 1995I believe in art, communication, self-expression and cultural production. My aim is to develop a students passion for meaningful communication.
Advise to Students
• Be passionate about everything.
• Carry a camera and sketchbook everywhere you go.
• Take notes in class. Notes help remind our brains what we thought we could remember.
• Remember, you’ll never know, when you’ll need to know, what you know.Introspection drives my need to create. Processing thoughts, ideas and observations is the nature of my studio activity. Through the creation of images and objects, I explore my being and belongingness. This investigation helps me access my own truths and facilitates my understanding of the world in a broader context.
I am an imagemaker who creates visual narratives and symbols as instruments of understanding. The works function as conscious maps, providing visual routes for interpreting ideas and making meaning. Each mark metaphorically documents an experience, comments on a situation, or reveals a process of thinking.
My artworks reflect the outcome of what I regard as serious play. I'm inquisitive about things I don't understand and create picture narratives to explore possibilities. This activity seems to be both therapy and entertainment. I believe that most of my works are in and of themselves questions. As I find questions are more interesting than answers, the works seek not closure but further inquiry.
Printmaking processes (traditional and digital) serve the conceptual development of my images and satisfy my passion for working with materials. Completed works are realized as fine art prints and artists' books.
I actively exhibit my art in galleries, museums and public spaces.
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