EDUCATION                                                           
1976- Jan/80    Graduate of the University of Illinois, Champaign/ Urbana Illinois
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major Graphic Design Minor Painting
1975-1976         McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois
1973-1975         Crystal Lake High School, Crystal Lake, Illinois               
                                   
POST GRADUATE STUDIES
1994-95-99      Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
1992-93             University of Las Vegas, Nevada/ Advanced Painting
1986-88             Joliet Junior College, Joliet Illinois /Ceramics
1981-82             Glendale Community College, Phoenix Arizona/ Ceramics

TELEVISION
1995 Channel 8 KLAS Eyewitness News 6/1995
1995 AM Southern Nevada, FOX 5 Taped 2/1/1994 and 8/1995
1996 Channel 13 Convention Center/Solo Exhibits 9/20/1996

PUBLICATIONS
Las Vegas Review Journal, 6/24/1995, 8/21/1994, 7/23/1993, 6/7/97
Las Vegas Sun, 2/6/1996, 9/1/1995, 7/20/1995, 1/17/1994, and 1/7/1994
Scope Magazine, Las Vegas, NV. January Issue 1994
Senior World, March Issue 1994
What's On Magazine, Las Vegas, NV.  8/31/1994, 2/14/1994, 8/14/1995
New Times Magazine, Las Vegas, NV. 3/2/1995
Western Life Magazine, November/1997 Issue, Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Las Vegas Life Magazine, June 1998, Las Vegas, NV.
Holocaust Exhibition Catalog, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV.
Day Dream Magazine, fall 1999 Las Vegas, NV.
The Art of Gambling Through the Ages, by Arthur Flowers and Anthony Curtis, 240 pg. hardcover art book, Huntington Press, Las Vegas, NV.1999
Borders News and Events /January 1999
Las Vegas “Art Beat”  Las Vegas Art Museum Monthly Publication, Oct./1997, Nov./1997, and Winter 2000
Desert Sculptures Newsletter Dec/1999, Jan/2000 and 2004-2005
Architecture Las Vegas Magazine Fall 2002

AWARDS
Oslo, Norway, Artists representing Las Vegas, Director Kim Fink
McPherson, Kansas National Juried Show
Honorary Mention City of Las Vegas Citizen Appreciation:
            Neighborhood Preservation Committee, Co-Chairman
            Neighborhood Clean-up Project Clark County School Dist and the City of Las Vegas, NV.
O.K. Adcock Elementary,  Cultural Programming Las Vegas, NV
Parent Teacher Organization 1992-95 Arts in Education Committee

WORK EXPERIENCE
2004-6            Yesco Sign Company Freelance Sculptor/ Part time
1997-1999       Treadway Industries.  Sculptor for the Venetian Hotel Casino. Las Vegas, NV. 
1997                 Candidate for Las Vegas City Council, Ward 2
1995                 Charleston Heights Community School/ Beginning Drawing
1995                 Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art/ Director, two art programs
1993                 Cultural Art Director/ O.K. Adcock PTA
1981-1983       Carefree Enterprise Magazine, Graphic editor, Scottsdale, AZ.
1980-1983       Land O' Sun Printers and Phoenix Engraving and Lithography, Phoenix Arizona                           (In house commercial artist)

Free Lance work (Client listing available upon request.)
1979-1980      University Press, Graphic Artist
1979                 Parks and Recreation Art Teacher, Champaign Urbana, Illinois
1976-1977       Daily Illini News Paper, University of Illinois, Graphic Editor
1973-1979       Sun Electric Corporation, Graphic Artist Apprenticeship, Crystal Lake, IL.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Publisher, Excel, Word, and Office.
Adobe Illustrator and Photo Shop/ Certificate from Community College of Southern NV 2005.

LANGUAGE
1972-1974 High School and college German        
1996 Community College of Southern Nevada/ German

COPYRIGHT
Painting and Sculpture Copyright registration
#VA412-640, VA412-641, VA401-617, VA412-639, and VAu328-236

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Dean Whitter Reynolds Inc., Las Vegas, NV.
Hired Hands Massage Therapy, Las Vegas, NV.
Penny France Productions, Las Vegas, NV
Equistar Mortgage Co., Las Vegas, NV.
Midway Packaging Inc, Glen Brook, IL.
Kelly Gorbold CPA, Longmont, CO.
 
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP

Charleston Heights Preservation Founder & President, 1994-1997
Las Vegas Art Museum, Advisory Board 1994-1995  member since 1994
Contemporary Arts Collective, Secretary 1993-1994 member since 1993
Desert Sculptures Association, Inc. President 2000-2002 Board of Dir. Present