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EDUCATION
Portland State College: Major in Classical and Modern European Languages, Minor in Fine Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Edge of Oregon: Visions of Future Loss, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark, Maryhill Museum, Maryhill, WA
2004 Abstract Realism, Marghitta Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Sunbird Gallery, Bend, OR
2002 Exposed on the Cliffs of the Heart, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
2000 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
1998 Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
1997 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 The Poet in The Desert (A permanent, traveling exhibition)
1994 1995 World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
1993 Alvar Aalto Library, Mt. Angel, OR
1992 Southern Oregon Historical Society, Medford, OR
1991 Oregon History Center, Portland, OR
1987 Camerawork Gallery, Portland, Apollo and Dionysseus
1972 Maude Kerns Gallery, Eugene, OR
1971 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

JURIED AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Surroundings – A Picture of the Land, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 New Work by Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Oregon in Black and White, Oregon State Fair, Special Invitational Exhibit, Salem, OR
2004 Cascade AIDS Project, Art for Life Auction, Portland, OR
2000 Oregon Photography in the 21st Century, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1998 Monuments, Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 ArtAids, Portland, OR
1993 150 Years of Photography in Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1989 Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 The First Color Show, Josephus Daniels Gallery, Carmel, CA
1988 The Diptych in Modern Photography, Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 The Columbia Gorge, Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, OR
1985 Portland Garden Club, Portland, OR
1985 A Tribute to Ansel, Metropolitan Arts Commission Gallery in the Portland Building, Portland, OR
1982 Designer’s Round Table, Portland, OR
1982 Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Mt. St. Helens, Portland, OR
1981 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1977-80 One Show, New York Art Directors

PERFORMANCE
Multi-projector “slide shows” featuring live and recorded classical music illustrated with nature images. Selected locations:
The California Academy of Sciences
The Oregon Art Institute’s Berg Swann Auditorium
Sierra Club
Portland Audubon
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Maude Kerns Gallery, Eugene, OR
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Washington Park Zoo, Portland, OR
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Oregon Historical Society
High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
Portland Garden Club, Portland, OR

PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS
On the Oregon Trail (with Jonathan Nicholas); Graphic Arts Publishing, 1992
Follow the Wind; Ecola Educational Associates, 1986, 1988
Song of the Earth; Coriolis Publishing, Portland, OR 1983

BOOKS CONTRIBUTED TO
Human Nature; Portland Japanese Garden Society, 1996
The Timberline Lodge Cookbook, Graphic Arts Publishing
Timberline Lodge, A Love Story, Graphic Arts Publishing
Seven Trails West; Abbeville Press, New York, NY
Portland and the Northwest; Fox Publishing, Portland, OR
Mt. St. Helens, A Changing Landscape; Graphic Arts Publishing
Fire Mountain; Cathco Publishing, Portland, OR
Planet Earth; WQED, Pittsburg, PA
Exploring Our Living Planet; National Geographic Society

MAGAZINES
Smithsonian
American Heritage
Communication Arts
Oregon Rainbow
Northwest
California
New West
Oregon Magazine
Pacific Northwest
Sierra
Land and People