-BIO-

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I am currently showing work at Terry Miura Studio in Sacramento, located at the corner of 12th and "S" street, downtown. We are joining together with other local galleries as part of Sacramento's popular ongoing "Second Saturday" event.

After moving to Northern California in late May of 2005, I picked up a new gallery-Phoenix Gallery. Phoenix shows my furniture work exclusively in the Sacramento area. As of 2007, Phoenix Gallery is relocating and the new address is expected to be announced soon.

Additional shops and galleries that have shown my work include: Fire House Gallery (Ojai California), Modernism (Sherman Oaks California), and Raw Style (Santa Monica California). In addition to the Sacramento galleries, I alternate new work between Art Scape (Walnut Creek) and Copperwood Artware (Orange California).

-Exhibition History-

While attending college in the late 80's, I found representation with two galleries in the Palm Desert area (Vallerie Miller Fine Art and Spectrum Gallery). For a few years after graduation, I participated in numerous shows that revolved around the the local coffee house scene. After that, I focused in on the local arts and crafts festivals in both Northern and Southern California. These type of events have various promoters and locations. If you've attended any of these kind of shows within the past 10 years or so- You might have bumped into me at my booth. Maybe at Fort Mason, San Francisco, or possibly at the convention centers in Anaheim, San Jose or Sacramento. Also, the Santa Monica Civic was another location for two of the festival shows I participated in during those years.
I've taken part in multiple shows in a wide range of venues since 1985 and rather than trying to list them all here, I have instead pulled mementos from my scrapbook and posted them here along with brief write-ups. Pictured below are some of the invitations and announcements from the various shows.


-The "Greens" show, 2005-
I acted as promoter of an art event that featured my furniture work as part of a group show in Thousand Oaks (2003). I was able to mass together about 50 of my furniture pieces - Thanks to two local collectors who agreed to lend them out for the evening. I carefully filled up a huge U-Haul type truck with my art and drove to the Los Robles Greens golf facility where a banquet room had been rented out in order to host the show (above).

I was glad to see that Darren and Natalie Doane had their XDOANX (film and video) exhibit already in place when I drove in and they greeted me with a look of excitement. Their enthusiasm was inspiring and together we got the show on the road after months of talk and planning.

Special Thanks goes out to Darren for his brilliant film exhibit, and to Natilie as well for her help in setting up and documenting the event. I would also like extend that special thanks Jamie Drake and Jason Graf for their stunning musical performances. Oh yeah- Udo and Dan, thanks again for loaning out your private collections. You guys are great.

It truly was a thrilling and memorable evening with a great turn out of family and friends. What a summer's highlight! Thank you all for coming.


-Another coffee show - I did not design the postcard-
-Example of a coffeehouse show announcement from the 90's-

The coffee houses are an interesting venue (above). Shows there can be especially tough to set up and sales typically are few and far between. The best thing about the java house is that they're good for getting the artist's work out to the larger public- and the atmosphere is relaxed. I enjoy the spirited interaction and the bustling environment you can mix in on a week-end or during a special event. One such occasion brought me face to face with a guitar hero of mine- Mick Taylor, ex-Rolling Stone's guitarist. There was an open mike session at a coffee cafe in Sherman Oaks and he showed up to play for us! It was magical!


-An Exhibition at Biola University- 		I participated in a couple of shows held on college campuses. At Biola University I shared space with Tim Ebner (left). One thing that sticks out in my mind about this show is the great time I had discussing art with a good number of students who came out for the opening.

My greatest memory of Biola, however, involves a very special person. I had made plans to be accompanied by a hot date for the reception- but she couldn't make it! The next day, however, I went back to the university with her and we walked through the show together- just the two of us. A little more than a year later...We got married.

-And while in College-

My work was chosen along with eight other classmate's for the 1990 undergraduate show at Art Center's space in downtown Pasadena (right). I had made a sculpture that semester that impressed Ed Leffingwell (juror), and he selected it along with other student's works to represent, in part, what the undergrads were up to that year.
-1990 Undergraduate Show at Art Center -


-An early show I did, before college,
as a young member of the local
Watercolor Society-
-Here's where it all started, in 1985, on the streets of Hollywood -

I didn't find fame and fortune my first time out. (And in looking at the picture above- I'm thinking- maybe mom was right..."tucking in that shirt might have helped"). But it was these watercolors along with several photographs of mine that helped me to gain entrance to Art Center College of Design and further my education. Art school may not be the path for every artist- but the guy in the photo above... he was raring to go!