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EDUCATION:

1985 Master of Business Administration - Accounting
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS

1976 Bachelors of Science-Business Education
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS

WORKSHOPS:

2006 Professional Practices Artists, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI

2005 Platinum Printing Using a Digital Negative Workshop by Bob Herbst
Cleveland, OH

2004 Platinum Printing Workshop by Bob Herbst
Cleveland, OH

2003 Platinum Printing Workshop by Dick Arentz
Seattle, WA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2003-Present Co-0wner, Quad-Black Photographic Studio, Racine, WI
Responsible for day-to-day operations and financial reporting.

2003-Present    Instructor, Quad-Black, Photographic Studio, Racine, WI
                 Courses taught: Beginning Darkroom, Intermediate Darkroom
                 Polaroid Transfer and Lifts, Matting and Framing
                    Responsible for curriculum, demonstration and evaluation.

2002-2005       Treasurer, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI
                    Responsible for all financial reporting to IRS, Board of Directors
                    and members, budget development, cash management, accounts
                    receivable and accounts payable.

1988-2001       Controller, Walker Forge, Inc., Racine, WI
                    Responsible for all aspects of financial reporting including financial
                    statement preparation, reports to Board of Directors and Officers,
                    tax preparation, budgeting and annual independent audit for this
                    $60 million corporation.

EXHIBITION RECORD:

2007            Anderson Arts Center, Solo Award Show, Kenosha, WI
                  Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Gallery
                    Rhineland, WI
                  Milwaukee Gallery Night, P.H. Dye House Building, Milwaukee, WI

2006            Winter Juried Exhibit, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
                    Juror: Colette Odya Smith
                  Photography Midwest: A Seven State Juried Exhibit, Madison, WI
                    Juror: Catherine Edelman
                3rd Annual Summer Mail Out Exhibition, Group Exhibit, The Trunk
                    Space, Phoenix, AZ
                  Racine Arts Council, Group Exhibit, Racine, WI
                  Milwaukee Gallery Night, P.H. Dye House Building, Milwaukee, WI
                Student Show, Group Exhibit, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI

2005 Photography: An Exhibit of Visual Images Juried Exhibit, Anderson
Arts Center, Kenosha, WI

2004            Winter Juried Exhibit, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
                    Juror: Gary John Gresl
                Spectra '04, National Photography Triennial, Silver Mine Guild Arts
                    Center, New Canaan, CT
                    Juror: Barbara Hitchcock
                Wisconsin Photography 2004 Juried Exhibit, Racine Art Museum,
                    Racine, WI
                    Juror: Natasha Egan
                Looking for American National Juried Show, Washington Gallery
                    of Photography, Bethesda, MD
                Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Gallery,
                    Rhinelander, WI
                    Juror: Katherine Sherwin
                Barns & Farms National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Barnsite Art
                    Studio and Gallery, Kewaunee, WI
                    Juror: Joseph Mendez
                New Visions' Gallery Culture and Agriculture 2004, Marshfield, WI
                National Juried Exhibition, Plant Art Association, Plano TX
                    Juror: Tom Lynch
                MGAL National 2004, Germantown Performing Arts Center,
                    Germantown, TX
                    Juror: Greg Cartmell

2003            From Silver to Platinum (solo), Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI
                Power in Unity, Group Exhibition, Kenosha Public Museum,
                    Kenosha, WI
                Power in Unity, Group Exhibition, Wisconsin Arts Board,
                    Kenosha, WI

AWARDS:

2006            Solo Show; Winter Juried Exhibit, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,
                    WI
                3rd Place Award, Student Show, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI

2005 Honorable Mention Award, Photography: An Exhibition of Visual
Images, Anderson Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Kenosha, WI

2004 Merit Award in Photography, Germantown Annual Juried Exhibition,
Germantown, TN

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

Working Dog Gallery, Racine, WI
Gallery MM, Yokohama, Japan

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Coalition of Photographic Artists, Milwaukee, WI
Racine Arts Council

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Library, Kenosha, WI

ABOUT THE PLATINUM PROCESS

My images are original platinum photographic prints. Today’s platinum printing process is virtually unchanged when compared to the first time it was used in 1873 and still produces one of the most archival images available. A 100% cotton rag paper or photo vellum is hand-coated with a solution containing platinum and/or palladium salts and iron oxalate sensitizer. After drying, the coated paper is exposed with the negative to intense ultraviolet light, which causes a reduction of the metal salts to pure metal. The light is approximately one million times that needed for traditional black and white photography. After developing, the image is cleared to remove remaining salts, leaving a final print of pure platinum and/or palladium metallic fragments laid onto and imbedded within the paper. The resulting image is one of incredible tones with unparalleled detail and clarity.

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