Most important influences:

Exposure to and love of nature by my father – an artist in pen and ink, pastel,

and wood worker

Training at an early age by Maryland artist – E.Carey Kenny (mentor and teacher)

Education as a biologist: PhD. – Physical Anthropology

Love of teaching and mentoring

Art Business Background:

1980s: Co-Owner with Nan Wells of Indian Draft Arts and Craft Gallery Greenville West Virginia) – featured my wood working – toys of exotic woods

1980’s: established Indian Draft Wood Working and Forge in Greenville West

Virginia – produced massive furniture in turned fence posts and spit rail fence

1990-2004: established the Old Mill (Greenville West Virginia) – an historic

working water powered grist mill, art and craft shows featuring many of West

Virginia’s finest juried artists. Placed on National registry of Historic Places with

Aid of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History

1992-2002: established and ran Laurel Creek Forge:

One of the largest and most productive forges in Southern West Virginia,

Decorative blacksmith and artist Frank Hedgecock joins as business partner and

Resident artist

Exhibition at shows:

Beckley Annual Craft Show

White Sulphur Springs Annual Arts and Craft Show

West Virginia Division of Culture and History Vandalia Gathering

Peterstown Annual Arts and Crafts Show

Pearisburg Annual Arts and Crafts Show

Crozet Annual Arts and Crafts Show

West Virginia State Fair Arts and Crafts Show

Major contracts and gallery sales:

Penndragon Gallery in Annapolis Maryland exhibition and sales

Tamarack Galleries (prior to Tamarack at it’s present location)

Juried into the current Tamarack facility in the first jury session

Served on the Planning committee for Tamarack

Won competitive bid for ornate replica (original done by the Winslow brothers of Philadelphia) gates for the renovation project of Emory Hall at the West Virginia University. These gate were produced at Laurel Creek forge and were given an Honorable Mention by Architechtural Digest