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I have many divergent artistic, educational, and social interests. Trained as a potter/sculptor, I also paint and play music. All forms of art interest me, past or contemporary, but I'm most taken when diverse disciplines, mediums and approaches come together in a work.

My approach to everything has likely been influenced by the work and thinking that were prevalent during my training. While traditional and Bauhausian in nature, I was most influenced by books like "The New Avante-Garde: Issues for the Art of the Seventies" that featured artists like Sol Lewitt, Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Joseph Beuys and Mario Merz, Alan Kaprow's "Assemblages, Environments and Happenings" and "Paul Klee's Diaries".

Since the mid 90's I have been interested in technology and building and maintaining web pages. Sites that I have built are linked throughout site. The links below allow you to see some of the work I have produced over the years. Much of the work was made prior to my joining the staff of the Texas Commission on the Arts. Others are recent and new.

Art Work

PAST WORK

PAINTINGS

POTTERY, PAINTINGS AND A POEM

OTHER WORK

NEW WORK

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Worthy Resources

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Travel

(Click on the image above to enter) I have also been fortunate enough to travel extensively and get acquainted with diverse cultures throughout the world. In recent years I have traveled to the South Seas, England, the Netherlands, Mexico and Japan. My most extensive trips have been to the South Pacific. There I have found people from which I believe we have much to learn. Please enter these parts of my site for a glimpse at the people I have encountered and what they have taught me. Kia Orana A Poem (Click on Image to Enlarge) In September of 2000 I traveled as part of a Maori tour group to the 8th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture in Noumea, New Caledonia. I'm pictured

here at Taco Taco, the only "Mexican Food Restaurant" in Noumea. My traveling companions were primarily Maori with interests in film and music. Unlike, my initial trip to the 6th Festival in the Cook Islands, it was my engagement with these individuals and other Maori I met along the way that made this trip particularly special. The Festival activities were full of magical moments, as were New Zealand and New Caledonia. On the pages linked below I will share with you a variety of images and stories from this experience. These pages are being built when time permits and include text, photos, and a bibliography and discography. So please come back periodically. The Journey Begins The First Days The Seafaring Tradition Tattoo Ceramics Jamming (Click on Image) The beach at Anse Vata on the southern end of Grande Terre, the mainland of New Caledonia. HEARTS (Click to See Related Ceramic Hearts)

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Current Work

Currently I am the studio assistant for Carolyn Vasquez, owner of Paloma's Nest an internet based business making ceramic products for the wedding industry. Prior to working for Ms. Vasquez I served in a variety of capacities at the Texas Commission on the Arts, from 1977 until August of 2007, when I retired as Executive Director.

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