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Murals....Creative Story-telling on a Grand Scale As
a student of Fine Art at the Unversity of Cincinnatti, I exhibited as
a painter and sculptor in local galleries and for two years directed
the University's Tangeman Art Gallery. In 1972 I received my BFA degree
and found work immediately as a graphic artist, designing national tradeshow
displays for Downing Displays Inc. During the six year stint with Downing,
I continued to paint grand landscape narratives in my studio. My life
as a muralist today is rooted in these large canvases and walk-through
commercial backdrops of the tradeshow arena. In 1989, I was commissioned
by the State of Utah to paint a large scale narrative of their history
in a hi-tech fashion. Since then, my interest in narrative art has grown
to include children's book illustration. I have completed numerous illustrations
for children's magazines including Ladybug, Spider, and
Hopscotch and illustrated three children's books: Aunt Matilda's
Almost Boring Party , authored by Jane Morris Udovic, published
by Front Street Press in fall of 2009; A Child's Guide to Common
Household Monsters, written by Scott Thatch, published by Front
Street Press in fall 2007; and Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah
Tale, written by Brian P. Cleary, published by Kar-Ben Publishing
in fall of 2006. |
