Profile
Photographer, painter, and sculptor for the last thirty years. Producer and photographer of multiple books. Creator and organizer of Abiquiu Workshops and Abquiu Lecture Series. Serves as Board Member of Beth Block Foundation. Retraced Coronado’s trail on horseback with Douglas Preston as documented in the New York Times Bestseller, “Cities of Gold”.
Professional Experience
ARTIST, 1979-PRESENT
PRODUCER & PHOTOGRAPHER, THE BLACK PLACE-TWO SEASONS, PRESENT
Current body of work featuring photographs of landscape Georgia O’Keefe painted. Includes a series of sculpture relief hand crushed earth paintings, wood sculpture relief oil painting: Dance of the Two Seasons, and other painting series including Origins of the Black Place. “The Black Place: Two Seasons” book published in 2014. Black Place photography is represented by Chiaroscuro Gallery in Santa Fe.
PHOTOGRAPHER, EBOOK RETRACING CORONADO’S TRAIL, 2013
Ebook with photographs taken of 1989 journey with Douglas Preston in “Cities of Gold” book. Traveled 7,000 miles on horseback retracing Coronado’s original trail through the Southwest with Douglas J. Preston.
PHOTOGRAPHER, CITIES OF GOLD PROJECT, 1989. PHOTOGRAPHER, CITIES OF GOLD PROJECT, 1989
PRODUCER & PHOTOGRAPHER, RIBBONS OF TIME, 2006
Documented unexplored canyon and land of the Chihuahuan desert donated to Midwestern State University by the late Dr. Walter W. Dalquest and his wife Rose now known as the Dalquest Research Site used for the sole purpose of scientific research.
OWNER, PLATINUM PORTRAIT GALLERY, SANTA FE, NM 1995-2001
Traveled 7,000 miles on horseback retracing Coronado’s original trail through the
Solo Exhibitions
2014
The Black Place - Two Seasons, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Black Place: Earth Paintings, Café Pasqual’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Black Place – Two Seasons, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Tx
2013
Rising Moon Gallery, Abiquiu, NM
The Darwin Shrines featured in magazine, Stone Voices
2011
Graffiti on Aspen Trees- Nature vs Man, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2010
Trees, Greasewood Gallery, Marfa, TX
2009
The Darwin Shrines, (Artspace) at Untitled Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2008
Paintings, Sculpture, Sculpture Relief paintings, Galleria Arriba, Abiquiu, NM
2007
Night and Memories, War and Peace, International Women’s Foundation, Marfa, TX
Ribbons of Time, The University of Texas Museum at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Shrines and Horses, Galleria Arriba, Abiquiu, NM
2006
Ribbons of Time, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
Ribbons of Time, Front Street Books, Alpine, TX
Ribbons of Time, Verve Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Ribbons of Time, Highlands Gallery, Marfa, TX
Ribbons of Time, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX
2003
Pilgrimage into Art, Fain Fine Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX
2002
A Sacred Journey, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001
Impressions from Nature, Edmund Craig Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
1999
Trees, Rocks, Flowers, The Nelson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1998
The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
1997
Retracing Coronado in Search of the Cities of Gold, Platinum Portrait Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996
Fine Arts Center, UNC, Colorado Springs, CO
1995
Expressions in Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994
Inner Visions, Fain Fine Art Center, Midwestern University, Wichita Falls, TX
Retrospective Exhibit, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, TX
Spring Show, Platinum Plus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992
The Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA
Photographers Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1991
Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
1989
Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
Charles B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, OK
1987
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
1985
Atrium Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1984
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
Picture Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Harris Gallery, Houston, TX
OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1983
Wichita Falls Art Museum, Wichita Falls, TX
Group Exhibitions
2016
Twenty New Mexico Photographers, Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008
“Texas Oklahoma Art Prize”, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX
2002
“From Different Points of View”, Kemp Center For the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
2001
“Boundless Ways of Seeing”, Chaffee County Council of the Arts, Buena Vista, CO
Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, NY
2000
Plum Serpent Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Challenge New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
1998
Paris Photo, Carrousel-Du Louvee, Paris, France
“Celebrating the American Farm”, Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, N.Y.
Shrine Show, Owens-Dewey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Sacred Art, Sacred Stone Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996
Fine Art Center, University of Colorado
1995
“The Red Hot Show”, Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, TX
Shrine Show, Owens-Dewey Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Critics Choice” Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
1994
“Exquisite Corpse” Mac Contemporary, Dallas, TX
“Hats Off to Easel”, Dallas, TX
Shrine Show, Owens-Dewey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Spring Show, Platinum Plus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993
“Items and Image II”, University of Dallas, Hagger Gallery, Dallas, TX
Shrine Show, Owens-Dewey Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
“Images & Time” Taipei International Exhibition of Photography Art
1992
Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991
“The Best” Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
“A Sense of Place” Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990
Spirits Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“EXPO’ 90” Osaka, Japan
1989
“Works on Paper” Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
“The New Expeditionary Photographer”, University of Oklahoma Museum, Norman, OK
1988
“Assemblages” Beverly Gordon Gallery, Dallas, TX
“My Summer Vacation” Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX
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“A Texas Dozen” Moss Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX
Gallery of Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
“Zoomopalism” Dallas, TX
“City Fair” Texas Commerce Rotunda, Dallas, TX
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987
Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1986
Ray Hughes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery of Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
“Chiapas” LTV Center, Dallas, TX
Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1985
Phototropics, Fox and Fowl Architects, Inc., New York, NY
Texas Vision, Art League of Texas, Houston, TX
Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX
Carancahua Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Tom Halstead Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Greg Grycner Gallery, Taos, NM
Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Collections
Highlights Selections From Bank of America Corporation Collection
1984
Bank of America World Headquarters, Concourse Gallery
Central State University Museum of Art, Edmond, OK
Portfolio Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hills Gallery, Denver, CO
Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
1983
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Curatorial Experience
“El Duende” (Remembering...Re-membering), Wichita Falls Art Museum, Wichita Falls, TX 1994
“Chiapas” LTV Center, Dallas, TX 1990
Private Collections
Bank of America Corporation, American Express, Frito Lay Corporation, Oklahoma Arts Institute, The
Southland Corporation, Texas Commerce Bankshares, Equitable Life Insurance Company, Seton Medical
Center, Fireman’s Fund Insurance, Gary Cunningham, Architect, Pacific Bell Telephone, Hurd Development,
Coca Cola, Inc., IBM Corporation, E.F. Hutton, Graham Nash Collections, Texas Instruments, Stanford
University Hospital, Alcoa, New Orleans Museum of Art, Republic Bankshares, The Gibson Company, Pepsi,
Inc., The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Oklahoma Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Old Jail
Art Center, Albany, TX, The Santa Fe Museum of Fine Art, The San Diego Museum of Photography, Balboa Park, CA.
Education
Midwestern University, Bachelor of Science 1965
Texas A & M University, Studied Masters of Science 1965
Work In Progress
Copper Canyon (Canyon De Cobre) Abiquiu, NM