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ABOUT

CAREER

EXHIBITIONS

AWARDS

I was born and raised in Bellefontaine, Ohio.

I’ve spent my career living and working in Columbus, Ohio.

In a fabric design class at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, I was introduced to the silk screen printing process. There was something about the cutting of the rubylith, the mixing of the dyes, the pulling of the squeegee, and the repeated patterns running down the printing table. I was in love. After graduation, I was employed at a firm that designed wallcoverings and prototyped the samples using silk screening. I also began producing my own serigraphs that started gaining some recognition in the regional exhibition and gallery scene. Though I loved the work, there was something insidious happening. In those days, there were no quality water based inks or dyes. The vinyl inks and cleaning solvents were making me very ill. So, after a couple of bouts with pneumonia and a hospitalization, I began the hiatus of my fine art career. Fortunately, along came the Macintosh computer and an opportunity for me to switch to graphic design. That plus raising two children and a side business promoting tennis events throughout Central Ohio kept me busy for the next thirty years. During that time, computers advanced, stat cameras became obsolete, typographers disappeared, and digital printers now produce fine art quality prints on paper and fabric. My hiatus is over.

Artist/Graphic Designer at Alan Kinnard Enterprises, LLC, Columbus, Ohio 1986-Present

Designer/Stylist of residential and commercial wallcoverings at Schuss Design, Inc., Columbus, Ohio 1977-1986

MoCA L.I.ghts V, Light Projection Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island, Patchogue, New York, Oct. 10-14, 2024

Wild and Newfangled Techspressionism Exhibition, Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art, virtual at mowna.org, Oct. 3, 2024-Jan. 26, 2025

Late Winter Storms: Fragility, virtual at artemerge.org, May 16, 2023-Present

Envision Arts - Minimalism, virtual at envisionartshow.com/ minimalism-2023, April 1-30, 2023

Hit the Hop - All Things Green, Studios on High Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, March 4-30, 2023

Techspressionism 2021 International Online Exhibition, virtual at techspressionism.com, Oct. 2021

Abstract Art Today, Bougie Art Gallery, virtual at bougiegallery.com, Dec. 2020

Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition 2020, virtual at oal.org/Fall-Juried-Show-2020/

Graphic Art on Paper and Fabric, a solo exhibition at Benjamin-Marcus Galerie, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 4-28, 1988

In Print, the Columbus Art League presents a Six For Two Exhibition, First Avenue Office Center, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7-Dec. 24, 1987

30th TAG Annual Exhibition, Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, Ohio July 9-Aug. 21, 1987

77th Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, May 30-July 26, 1987

A New Generation of Ohio Artists Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio April 1-17, 1987

Fabrics, Accessories and Artwork, Signatures Contemporary Crafts and Fine Art Gallery, Worthington, Ohio March 2-30, 1985

Merit Award, Columbus Monthly Magazine's 1987 Cityguide, Columbus Society of Communicating Arts 1988

10th Anniversary Commemorative Poster Design Competition, 2nd Place, Columbus Landmarks Foundation 1987