While painting, Call has been a dedicated teacher to many high school students, through Bonneville, and Roy High, a combination of thirty seven years of teaching. He completed his art and teaching degree through Utah State and then went back and to finish and obtain a Master’s of Fine Art degree. Call also participated in the United States Navy and was part of the Special Services group in football and baseball. He also played golf for Utah State University.

Call has won numerous art awards and has been recognized throughout Utah. He is held in high regard in the Ogden community through his teaching and art exhibits. He has held a position on the Eccles Art Council, has been president of the Ogden Palette Club, and his been an ongoing member of Studio Nine.

Call’s art can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and the UK.

Exhibited in:

Ventana Fine Art Gallery, One-person Show, Santa Fe, NM 2008

A Gallery, One-person Show, Salt Lake City, UT 2006

Tucker Gallery, Two-person Show, Chicago, IL 2005

Ventana Fine Art, Two-person Show, Santa Fe NM 2005

Piñon Fine Art Gallery, One-person Show, Denver CO 2004

Meyer Gallery, Tonalist Invitational, Scottsdale, AZ 2004

Coda Gallery, New York City, NY 2004

Cherry Creek Arts Festival, CO 2003

Mountain Trails, Jackson Hole, WY 2003

Eccles Art Center, One-person Show, UT 2003

Springville Art Salon, UT 2003

Southwest Art Magazine, "Artist to Watch;" May 2002

35x35 Artists Under 35 Years of Age, UT 2002

Eccles Statewide Competition, UT 2002

Traces of the West, Second Place, UT 2002

Color of the Land, Deseret News Landscape Competition, UT 2002

Art and Soup, UT 2002

Art Form, Two-person Show, UT 2001

Park City Arts Festival, UT 2000

Surviving a baseball size eye tumor when he was 2 years old, they did not find out that he was legally blind without glasses until the second grade.  Thus having missed his first year of learning to read, he found acceptance and success in art through his early years.  From there he grew and developed academically and artistically receiving The Outstanding Scholastic Award in Art in college.  He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Weber State University and his MFA from Utah State University.

He taught art for 27 years while being a professional artist.  There he touched the lives of many young artists.  He designed and built his own home and helped to restore an 1890’s building into an art studio where he does most of his work.

Travis is never without his sketchbook and camera.  He has traveled and painted in Europe, Egypt, Mexico, Canada and 47 of the 50 states.  He works in oils on linen, but has also worked with and taught watercolor, acrylic, pottery, sculpture, jewelry, pastel, and pencil.  He is currently exhibiting works at Zantman Galleries, Williams Fine Art Gallery, and The Gilded Edge.  His name has appeared in publications such as Southwest Art and Artists of Utah.

Hunting and fishing with his father, backpacking with his friends, farming with his grandfathers, playing in the ol’ swimming hole, watermelon busts in the fields, and roaming the woods brought a deep love for the outdoors.  His landscape paintings reflect his understanding and feelings of nature.

His goal is to capture a moment of inspiration on canvas that will lift the viewer to greater heights of thought and help recall a memory from the viewer’s past.  He uses an impressionistic technique to capture light and atmosphere that gives an illusion of realism from a distance.

He studied art at the University of Utah and now specializes in etched and carved glass as well as granite. Cummings has several commissioned sculptures on the Utah State University campus. He has completed numerous private and public commissions throughout his career.

Dan is sought out for his unique treatment of glass and interpretation of highly creative challenges in granite. Some of his granite etching work can be seen at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Dan was recently selected for the proposed Larry H. Miller Tribute Monument in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Lynn starts with an image, an idea and lets it grow into its own creation; simplifying the shapes, colors and contrasts of what her eyes and spirit interpret from the scene. Simplification and adaptation are key to creating each piece of art.

Member of the Ogden Palette Club.

Juried Shows:

• Eccles Art Center Statewide Competition in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006.
• Black and White Show: 1998, 2000.
• Bountiful Davis Art Center: Statewide 2002.
• 2002 - Judges Choice Award, People's Choice Award, Purchase Award.
• 2001 - 1st Place - Teton Arts Council Show
• Palette Club Show: 2001 Honorable Mention.
• Eccles Art Center: 2004 Carriage House Solo Show.
• Powder Mountain Ticket Artwork:   2004-05 season, 2005-06 season, and 2006-07 season

The joy is being able to create that art and showing others what I experienced at that moment.  I was raised in the beautiful desert and mountain lands of eastern Utah.  From an early age I have had a desire to put on canvas what I have learned from this land.  As an adult I have had the opportunity to live in northern Utah and paint the pastoral valleys and rugged mountain landscapes.  My painting style has developed by trying to capture the freshness of a fleeting moment or a time of day.  If I labor too long capturing the moment it seems to fade away.  I enjoy working alla prima (all at once) or en plein air (out of doors).  If I can say what I want with the stroke of the brush or pastel, that is what I strive for.

At the beach he was always constructing elaborate sand castles.  He would be drawing or painting whenever he had the chance.  Loving color and form his desire was to create something unique or "out of the norm."

Hancock received his Bachelors Degree from Weber State University and his Masters Degree in Guidance & Counseling from Brigham Young University. He is a member (Past & Present) Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi & Phi Delta Kappa, a past recipient of Utah Teacher of the Year Award, past Chairman of the Pacific Regional Art Association, and past Chairman of the Weber School Districts "Arts in Action" activities.
Hancock has worked in public education as an Art Teacher and Guidance Counselor for 32 years. His art awards are numerous the most recent being: the Directors Merit Award at the 2002 Provo Historic Court House Exhibit; the People's Choice award at the 2002 Utah State Pastel Show; 2nd place at the 2002 Provo Arts Council Exhibit; 2nd place (pastel) in the 2002 Dixie International.

Hancock received the Merit Award and Purchase Award in the 2001 Springville Museum of Art 77th Annual Spring Show; special award 2001 Art of the West Show; 1st place and Best of Show 2000 Art of the West Show, two 2nd place awards in the 2000 Pastel Society of Utah Exhibit.

David Frederick Hardy was born June 17, 1974 in Chico, California. At age six his family moved to Palm Springs, California. By 1980 Palm Springs was an echo of the glamorous Hollywood weekend getaway destination it once was. Vestiges of talented footsteps and success still lingered on the streets of Palm Canyon Drive. The arts were well supported by the community and Hardy took advantage of it. There was even a famous sculptor by the name of Colin who lived down the street from Hardy. At age 13 he was fully funded to study trumpet at the University of Redlands with Mr. Moore, the teacher of the famous trumpet player and founder of A&E Records Herb Alpert (Alpert is also a renowned bronze sculptor). Hardy enjoyed his trumpet study and performed solo, competing, winning top achievement in Southern California wide competitions. Soon after, his interests shifted to composing music.

After completing high school he and his family moved to Utah. Wasting no time upon arrival, Hardy organized a 19-piece chamber orchestra and named it the Utah Chamber Symphony. He composed the music, rehearsed the group, performed and the recordings were broadcast on classical radio. (He also began a series of abstract paintings. In 1996, one of them was accepted into the Utah Spring Salon at the Springville Museum of Art and printed in the catalogue.) By 1997 his Music for Four Flutes and Chamber Symphony No. 1 and No. 2 were broadcast on KUER FM 90 in Salt Lake City. The Intermountain Chamber Orchestra and the Contemporary Music Consortium at Westminster College also performed his music. His orchestra, the Utah Chamber Symphony, performed two seasons at the Provo Tabernacle. Later, Hardy began composition studies with Salt Lake City based composer Ann Hankinson PhD, who studied under Pulitzer Prize winning composer Bernard Rands. After an enlightening term of study with Dr. Hankinson, which accumulated in both composers work performed together in a concert supported by a grant from the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Hardy decided to pursue a college education.

Hardy received admission into the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. After his first term, and organizing a student orchestra to perform one of his pieces, Hardy decided to change academic directions. He decided to study Liberal Arts at Harvard University Extension School in Cambridge Massachusetts. A few years into his study, and after meeting Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Hardy began making collages. Hardy then put on a one-man solo performance-art show at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he displayed Various Visual Hand Configurations Applied on the Keys of a Grand Piano. By spring 2001 Hardy decided to move to New York City to explore the visual art world there.

At the time, the New York art world was experiencing a renaissance of painting. Hardy attended more that 100 art openings at prestigious galleries in Manhattan’s Chelsea District. He was able to rub shoulders with great young painters such as Cecily Brown. By attending openings, Hardy was also able to meet and talk with preeminent sculptors Frank Stella, Arman, Robert Graham and Jenny Holzer. During this time and throughout the years composing music, Hardy often thought about the sculptor who lived down the street from him in Palm Springs.

Colin was a sculptor and bohemian socialite of the Palm Springs desert scene. Back in the 1970s and 80s he was established in Rome, Italy, where he enjoyed a successful, lucrative career. Colin was a best friend with Winston Churchill’s favorite daughter Sarah Churchill whom he jet-setted with. His work was collected by Jackie Kennedy Onassis (widow of U.S. President John F. Kennedy) and Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. In 1990 Colin set up studio four houses down the street from Hardy. During his teens Hardy would see Colin walk by with his dogs almost daily. Hardy would also see the streets filled with cars during gatherings at Colin’s studio. It wasn’t until a few years after Colin arrived that Hardy gained the courage to ask Colin if he could visit his studio. Colin gladly gave Hardy a tour of his collection of beautiful bronze sculptures. Hardy was nearly hypnotized by the grace and flow of Colin’s work. At an unveiling by actress Carroll Baker of Colin’s Illusionist, Colin invited Hardy to learn the craft of bronze. But soon after, Hardy and his family moved to Utah.

During the Utah years, the Boston years and New York, Hardy’s desire to sculpt in clay and cast in bronze grew more and more. While in his Brooklyn studio working on a collage, Hardy sent out a wish that he could learn the craft of bronze. A few days later Hardy had a dream:

“An Owl flew down to me and through my chest several times.
Each time the Owl flew through me it hooted.
I held a whip in my hand and cracked it.
The Owl flew down and took the end of the whip in its beak and flew off.
I held onto the whip and was carried away to distant lands.”

Two weeks later, at an art opening in Chelsea, Colin appeared. They had not seen each other in over seven years since Hardy left Palm Springs. “Colin and I both felt a higher unseen force brought us together.” That night they sat down for dinner in Manhattan. Colin once again offered Hardy the opportunity to learn the craft. Hardy accepted his offer and in February 2002 he returned to Palm Springs, joined Colin and began his journey as a bronze sculptor. After a very enjoyable and educational experience with Colin, Hardy went on to set up studio in Palm Springs, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, following his own path to develop expression in clay to realize in bronze. Colin and Hardy stayed in touch during this time and Colin moved back to his homeland New Zealand where he passed away on September 25, 2007 at age 83. He is missed dearly.

Glen can't remember a time that he didn't draw or paint.  As far back as Elementary schoolhe was selling drawings to classmates and teachers. In high school, Glen was lucky enough to study with Kenneth Allein.  Mister Allein, who had studied with Alvin Gittins, stressed classical realist art, using academic techniques, and daily sketching, a habit Glen still values.

After graduating from Woods-Cross High in 1985, Glen worked as an illustrator for Image West Advertising.  He then applied for, and received, a full tuition fine arts scholarship to Weber State University.  Glen has since studied with an eclectic group, including Utah artist Larry Wade, nationally renowned portrait artist Daniel Greene of New York, Denver artist Ron Hicks, and Matt Smith of Arizona.

Although Glen has received extensive formal training, he gives credit to perseverance.  "Most of what I have learned has come from study, hard work and practice."  He has traveled to museums to study works of master painters from around the world.  Glen believes, "A great painting contains an artist's lifetime of knowledge.  With study and practice one can continue to learn lessons from artists both past and present."

Glen is actively involved in promoting the arts.  In years past He has conducted the weekly figure study sessions at both the Bountiful Art Center, and the University of Utah.  He has also provided several guest artist workshops and painting demonstrations for local schools, galleries and art centers.  Glen has also been a requested artist for several local charities including, The Utah Symphony, Red Butte Gardens, The Utah Rape Crisis Center and Community Nursing Services.  He was also honored as the CNS "Artist of the Year" for 2003.

Glen Hawkins was named as one of four figurative artists in "Start Your Collection" by Southwest Art magazine. -Nov 2004.  His award winning Art work can be found in hundreds of private and public collections through out the United States and around the world.

From the beginning to the end of the painting process, Jeff focuses on the emotions in the landscape. He is convinced that the overall mood of a painting is the first and most important way in which a viewer connects with a landscape. His soft, feathered edges and subtle palette allow one shape to transition quietly, almost without notice, to another. His lean, minimal style relies on luminous glazes and saturations of light to create comfortable, calming effects in his work.

Jeff’s love for the landscape is evident in his painting style. He was born in 1951 and raised at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. As a young boy he spent a great deal of time outdoors, hiking the mountains and roaming open fields and hillsides. He also loved art as a child, and often painted with his mother, also an artist. Jeff studied at Weber State University, graduating in 1977. He then taught school for 31 years, where he was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Utah Alliance for Arts Education Award in 1988, and was also a 1989 finalist for Utah Art Teacher of the Year. His paintings are part of numerous private and public collections throughout the United States, Canada, and England. His award-winning pieces have been featured in many prestigious shows and festivals throughout the West.

Although he is well known for his accurate depictions of wildlife and western landscapes, David’s work is very diverse and includes a wide variety of subjects. His richly colored, impressionistic style has afforded him the opportunity of showing his work in private collections and shows throughout the United Stated, Canada, and Europe. He has crafted monumental bronze sculptures for Weber State University, Fremont High School, Skyview High School, Roy High School and private individuals and businesses. He is a strong supporter of numerous wildife and charitable organizations. He has served as a board member for the Eccles Community Art Center for 20 years.

David is always striving for excellence. He loves new challenges and opportunities which provide him with creative resources. He receives inspiration from the beautiful surroundings of his home and studio in Mountain Green, Utah.

Current work is exhibited at the following galleries:

• Apple Frame Gallery, Bountiful, UT
• Artists & Heirlooms, Ogden, UT
• Beaver Creek Fine Art, Beaver Creek, CO
• Buffalo Trails Gallery, Jackson, WY
• David Jackson Studio, Mountain Green, UT (by appt)
• Monfort’s Fine Art, Racine, WI and Atlanta, GA
• Scottsdale Celebration of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ (Jan. - Mar.)
• Southam Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Sportsman’s Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• Wilkerson Fine Art & Consulting, Huntsville, UT
• Windrush Gallery, Sedona, AZ

Awards/Recognition

• First Place, St. George Art Festival, 2009
• Council's Choice Award, St. George Art Festival, 2009
• Paint America Top 100, 2008
• Paint America Top 100 Cally Krallman Juror’s Award, 2008
• One-Man Show, Eccles Community Art Center, November 2008
• Second Place, Ogden Valley Plein Air Competition, 2008
• Competition Winner, Plein Air Festival, Thanksgiving Point, UT, 2008
• Springville National Salon, 2008
• One Man Show, Buffalo Trails Gallery, Jackson, WY, 2007
• One Man Show, Beaver Creek Gallery, Beaver Creek, CO, 2007
• First Place, St. George Art Festival, 2006
• Featured Artist, St. George Art Festival, 2006
• One Man Show, Eccles Community Art Center, 2004 and 2006
• Best of Show, Morgan County Fair, 2005
• Artists Bluebook, 2005, AskART.com Inc
• First Place, Eccles Statewide Competition, 2004
• One Man Show, Gallery at Union Station, 2003
• Where the Wild Things Are, Wildlife Art Magazine, September 2001
• Featured Artist, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 2001
• Third Place, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 2000 and 2001
• Artist of the Year, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 2000 and 2001
• First Place, St. George Art Festival, 2001
• Utah Artists Project, University of Utah Marriott Library
• Artists to Watch, Southwest Art Magazine, November 2000
• First Place, North American Sheep Foundation, 1999
• Peoples’ Choice Award, North American Sheep Foundation, 1999
• Who Was Who in American Art, 1999, Peter Hastings Falk
• Bronze Medal, National Alaskan Audubon
• Sold Out Show, Lenzerheide, Switzerland, 1994

Each location is an encounter with the land, the trees, and the waters that have always given me a sense of connection and order. When a location intrigues and inspires me, I will paint the scene into a series using a range of keys or themes, experimenting and searching to learn more about the natural threads that tie the landscape together with complexity, subtlety and?more importantly?balance. I look for new ways to express spatial relationships and distance with layers of paint, brushwork, gradations, and diffusions of light. Hopefully, my study of the landscape will bring me somewhat closer to an honest translation?of both soul and land?as I push color and value into new compositions and continue a lifelong effort to communicate the emotional connection I feel with my environment.

Education

Formal: Utah State University; 1997-2000

Fine Art with a drawing and painting emphasis.

Informal: Helper Workshops; Helper, Utah

David Dornan & Doug Braithwaite, 2001

David Dornan & Paul Davis, 2002

Printmaking Workshop, Adrian Van Suchtelen

Juried Awards & Shows

Diane Stewart Plein Air Invitational, Palm Springs, 2008

Celebration of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ 2009

Jackson Art Festival Quickdraw Participant 2007, 2008, 2009

Eccles Art Center, Ogden UT – Two Person Exhibit,December 2008

Fine Art Connoiseur Magazine – Painting Nature Now, October, 2007

American Artist Magazine - June 2007 , Feature 14 page article

Western Art Magazine – Premier Issue 2007

Artist to Watch – October Issue 2003, Southwest Art Magazine

Artists of the New Century, Bennington Ctr for Arts – Fine Art Connoiseur Award 2006

Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT – Two person exhibit, February 2007, 200

Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID Plein Air Exhibit August,2007, 2008

Mountain Trails Gallery, Palm Desert, CA – Solo Exhibit 2006

Union Station Gallery/Museum, Ogden, UT – Solo Exhibit 2006

Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT - Solo Exhibit, February 2005, 2006, 2007

Kneeland Gallery – Three Person Show, March 2005, 2006

Tucker Gallery, Chicago, IL – Two Person Exhibit, April 2005, 2006

Meyer Gallery, Jackson, WY – Solo Exhibit, July 2004, 2005

Kneeland Gallery – Plein Air Invitational Show, August 2004, 2005, 200

Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale AZ – The Color of Mood, Invitational Exhibit, May 2004

Principle Gallery – Two Person Show, April 2004

Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT – Two Person Show, Feb. 2004

Kneeland Gallery – Three Person Show, Feb. 2004

Meyer Gallery, Jackson, WY – Two Person Show, August 2004

Meyer Gallery, Jackson, WY – Two Person Show, July 2003

Howard/Mandville 13th Annual Miniature Show, November, 2003 - Kirkland, WA

Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT – Solo Exhibit, June 2003

Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT – Two Person Show, December 2002

Invitational Landscapes of Utah Olympic Exhibit, 2002 – Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT

Deseret News Landscape Exhibit , 2002 , 2003 – Salt Lake City, UT

Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, 2002, 2001 – Springville, UT

American Association of University Women of Utah, Weber State University, 2002

Ruth Turner Cash Award, Scholarship Award Weber State University

American Association of University Women of Utah, Springville Museum, 2000

Ruth Turner Cash Award

Born in the town of Chama, New Mexico, my earliest memories of childhood were sewn within this small, rural community. My technical and intellectual skills were honed by attending both the University of Utah and the College of Eastern Utah. While enrolled at these universities, I had the opportunity of developing different perspectives. My ability to create art is a very personal and self-explorative process.

My recent paintings explore my passion for abstract expressionism. The concept of painting raw emotion rather than illusion inspires me. I'm always searching for different ways to interpret and capture the world. I have always had an impulse to create art. I inherited my sense of observation and reflection from my Mother. She along with my five brothers, have forever encouraged my creative and artistic aspirations. Starting at a very young age, I can remember my family being supportive of these aspirations.

Through the use of themes and subject matter that relate to my Hispanic and Native American roots, I strive to create a spiritual atmosphere within my paintings that reflect my love and appreciation for my place of origin-Northern New Mexico.

Juried Competitions/Shows

• Springville Art Museum Spring Salon 2004- Award of Merit
• Spiritual and Religious Show 2005
• Spring Salon 2006- Award of Merit
• Spring Salon 2007
• Deseret Morning News Landscape Show 2003
• Park City Arts Festival 2006 - Awarded "Best of Show"
• Ogden Arts Festival 2007
• North Ogden Arts Festival 2007 - Awarded "Best of Show"
• Ogden Valley Balloon Festival 2007 - Featured Artist

Mealor's watercolors are large, smoothly executed and jammed with contradictory details. Each painting suggests as much as it reveals. 
The extensive list of Mealor's awards and exhibitions over the last ten years reveals a national breadth in his popularity including a Visual Arts Grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York; an Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida; an Alaska State Arts Grant and more than 100 national and regional juried exhibitions.

He feels that experimenting with a variety of mediums has helped him appreciate many different forms of art. This in turn enhances his own work. Constantly challenging himself has translated into a successful career in fine art encompassing several one-man shows and participation in group exhibitions across America including Denver Rotary Club's "Artists of America", Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show, The Pastel Society of America, and the Salmugundi Club in New York City. O'Hagan has also participated in group exhibitions in Japan, China, and France. He is a Master Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America, and is listed in Who's Who in American Art and Who's Who in America.

O'Hagan has won awards at the Pastel Society of America's annual shows in New York City including the Mrs. Pearl Kalikow Award, Hudson Valley Art Association Award, and the Connecticut Pastel Society Award. He has also won the George Innes, Jr. Memorial Award from the Salmagundi Club. At the 1999 International Association of Pastel Societies Exhibition held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, O'Hagan was awarded the Prix'd Pastel Award (Best of Show). In May 2005, he was inducted into the International Association of Pastel Societies' "Master Circle". His art has been the subject of feature articles in numerous magazines including "American Art Collector" (May 2007), "The Artist's Magazine" (May 2005, Sept. 2001, and Sept. 1995), "International Artist" (Jan/Feb 2001), "Southwest Art" (Feb. 2004, April 2002, and Nov. 1987), "The Artist" (Great Britain, August 2006), "Irish America" (April/May 2003), "The Pastel Journal" (May/June 2003), "American Artist" (December 1989), "Artists and Illustrators" (England, October 1998), "Gekkan Bijyutsu Art Magazine" (Japan, May 1998), "Denver Business Journal" (August 2004), and United Airlines' "Hemispheres" magazine (January 1996).

O'Hagan's paintings have also been featured in a number of books including "Painting with Pastels" by Maggie Price, Rockport Publisher's "The Best of Oil Painting" and "The Best of Pastel", and Quarry Books' "The Best of Pastel 2". His art is in public and private collections in the United States, Japan, Canada, and Europe. O'Hagan's paintings are represented by galleries in Denver, Colorado, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Los Angeles, California, Vail, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, Huntsville, Utah, and Burlingame, California. In addition, O'Hagan displays and sells his work through this website and his studio in Denver, Colorado. O'Hagan also conducts workshops occasionally through a variety of organizations.

Over the years this desire has never waned. Even the same location can time and again leave me with a fresh sense of awe. What has changed is my understanding of and appreciation for what nature brings to me. As life has become more complex I value the hours I spend in the mountains painting for the opportunity they give me to clear my head, calm my thoughts, center myself and become fully present in the moment and in my life.

We humans so often find ourselves wrapped up in convoluted dramas that at their basis need not exist. Our thoughts can so easily induce stress, negativity, depression, even paranoia. My connection to nature helps me, if not avoid such difficulties, to move through them so that I may retain my sanity and well being.”

Education

• 2000 Painting Workshop with artist Willamarie Huelskamp; Santa Margherita, Italy
• 1999 Honors BFA in Painting and Drawing, Minor in Art History, Special Studies in Architecture; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• 1998 Semester of studies in Studio Art, Art & Architectural History; Universita de Lorenzo d’ Medici, Florence, Italy
• 1996-7 Painting workshop with artist Ed Maryon; Monteray, CA
• 1994 High School Honors degree with Distinction in Art; Rowland Hall-St. Marks; Salt Lake City, UT

Juried Exhibitions

• 2008 Utah ’08: Painting & Sculpture, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Utah Watercolor Society Fall Show, Art Barn, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2007 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2006 Salt Lake Community College President’s Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2005 Traveling Exhibit with Utah Arts Council
• Utah Watercolor Society Spring Show, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT
• The Regional 2004, St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT
• Utah Watercolor Society, 2004 Fall Show, Park City, UT
• Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
• New & Emerging Artists of Utah Show; Salt Lake City, UT
• 2003 St George Regional Art Exhibit; St. George, UT
• Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
• 2002 Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
• 2000 Eccles Community Art Center Statewide Competition; Ogden, UT
• Springville Museum of Art’s 76th Annual Utah Spring Salon; Springville, UT
• 1999 The Deseret News Landscape Art Show; Salt Lake City, UT
• University of Utah Student Show, Salt Lake City, UT

One & Two Person Exhibitions

• 2009 New Oils and Watercolors by Hadley Rampton, solo show, Phillips Gallery, SLC, UT
• 2008 New Work by Hadley Rampton, Sweet Branch Library, Salt Lake City, UT
• One Woman Show @ Wolf Creek Gallery, Wilkerson Fine Art, Eden, UT
• 2007 Hadley Rampton & Dave Hall, Two Person Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2006 One Person Show, Sagebrush Gallery, Ketchum, ID
• Two Person Show, Loge Gallery, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2005 One Person Show, Sagebrush Gallery, Ketchum, ID
• Two Person Show, Gallery At The Station, Ogden Union Station, Ogden, UT
• “Gamma di Colori”, solo show, Idaho Falls Arts Center, Idaho Falls, ID
• Hadley Rampton & Kathy Peterson, Two Person Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• "Italian Watercolors", solo show, Cafe Molise, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2002 "Visions of Trees". solo show, Chapman Library, Salt Lake City, UT
• “Impressions“, solo show, Don Brady Drive Thru Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• “Watercolors & Oils”, solo show, Park Café, Salt Lake City, UT
• “Watercolors From Italy“, Avenues Arts and Wellness Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT
• 2000 “Wintry Willows”, Avenues Arts and Wellness Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT

Group Exhibitions

• 2009 Commissioned to paint piece for “Not Just Another Pretty Face”, Salt Lake Art Center Fundraiser, Salt Lake City, UT
• “21st Celebration of Art & Soup”, Sheraton City Center, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2005 “Grounds For Paint” group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Holiday Group Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2004 Art in the Home of Patty Ashton, group show, Salt Lake City, UT
• Kris Wilkerson Fine Art, group show, Huntsville, UT
• Storefront Galleries, group show, Provo, UT
• “Art in Pilar’s Garden” group show, Salt Lake City, UT
• Coral Canyon Arts Festival, Coral Canyon, UT
• 2003 Six Person Show, Gallery At the Station, Ogden, UT
• "Floor to Ceiling" group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Group Show, Kris Wilkerson Fine Art, Huntsville, UT
• "Open Studio/Garden" group show, Symeon Colessides' Carriage House, Salt Lake City, UT
• Art in the Home of Patty Ashton, group show, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2002 "Over the Sofa", group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Patty Ashton's Holiday Group Art Show, Magpie's Nest, Salt Lake City, UT
• “BIG”, large works group show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• “Art in Pilar‘s Garden“, group show, Salt Lake City, UT
• Olympic Group Show, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

Awards

• 2006 Juror’s Award, Utah Watercolor Society Fall Membership Show
• 1998-9 University of Utah President’s Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement
• 1998 Honors Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• 1995-9 Dean’s List, University of Utah
• 1994 George Fox Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Arts, Rowland Hall-St. Marks

Art Related Work

• Current Position: Fine Art Consultant at Phillips Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT
• 2007 Participated in “337 Project”, (Temporary Art House Collaboration), Salt Lake City, UT
• 2006 Official Juror, Salt Lake Arts Festival; Salt Lake City, UT
• 2003-2004 Board Member of Utah Artist Endowment Campaign Committee
• 1999 Commissioned Paintings for Shirley Chetwood, Boise, ID
• Mural work in home of Marybeth Stromberg; Salt Lake City, UT
• 1996 Book of Drawings Documenting Town Club’s Permanent Art Collection; SLC, UT

Publications

• 2009 “Artistic Engagement”, Exhibition Review, “Artists Of Utah; 15 Bytes” online publication, February 2009 edition
• 2008 “Hadley Rampton Presented By Wilkerson Fine Art at Wolf Creek Resort Gallery”, video, Ogden Valley Magazine.com., March, 2008.
• 2006 “New Art International”, A Compendium of Recent Works by World Contemporary Artists
• 2005 Featured Artist, “Artists Of Utah; 15 Bytes” online publication, October 2005 edition
• “21 Under 31”, Southwest Art Magazine’s Annual Emerging Artists Issue, vol. 35, #4,
• “One Artist’s Investigation of Color”, Senior Honors Thesis, University of Utah

Collections

• Aspen Transitional Rehab, Meridian, ID
• Rowland Hall – St. Mark’s School, Salt Lake City, UT
• Law Firm of Preg, O'Donnell & Gillett, Seattle, WA
• Rooker, Mohrman, Rawlins & Bailey, Salt Lake City, UT
• Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, Salt Lake City, UT
• Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Salt Lake City, UT
• Hutchison & Steffen, Las Vegas NV
• Private Collections in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Denver, CO; Boise, ID; Sun Valley, ID; Oakdale, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Seattle, WA; Anchorage, AK, throughout Utah.

Affiliated Galleries

• Jake Dent Gallery, 41-801 Corporate Way #3, Palm Desert, CA, 760-776-8051
• Kneedler-Fauchere Design Studio, 868 South Broadway, Suite 108-5, Denver, CO 80209
• Kris Wilkerson Fine Art, Huntsville, UT, 801-745-9557
• Phillips Gallery, 444 E 200 So, Salt Lake City, UT, 801-364-8284

Artistic Engagement

Exhibition Review: Salt Lake City
Hadley Rampton at Phillips Gallery

by Curt Hawkins

Original Article : http://www.artistsofutah.org/15bytes/09feb/page7.html

Fresh from a morning of making turns in the fresh snow of the Wasatch Mountains, Hadley Rampton sits among her oil paintings and watercolor and ink drawings on display at Salt Lake's Phillips Gallery. "I usually try to paint every morning, five days a week. But today, fresh powder. I had to treat myself." My count is that she has already sold 5 of her wonderfully executed watercolor and ink drawings, created during her visit to Spain this summer. And the remaining pieces are stunning. More than a few of her oil paintings are also marked with sold tags.

Rampton began drawing as a child while reading the textbooks of her mother, who was earning a degree in Art History. She says she was perhaps a little bit different than her friends sometimes reading and drinking-in the wonderful color plates of her mothers textbooks. Ballet was her thing until she was 13 years old, when the time came to fully commit to the stringent regime of an acolyte ballerina. "I was too active out of doors to commit to such a thing." She played tennis, swam competitively, ran track and grew to love the outdoors and her beloved Wasatch Mountains. Math and science also drew her away to sit for hours with the books of Leonardo, Einstein and other great creative minds. She also sketched the whole time: "It found me. Art I mean. There was no other way."

Through out high school and college Rampton became too much of a formalist for her liking. She also committed "too many years to the study of architecture. It stifled me but forced me to render near perfect lines. It can also make one aware of perspective."

"Architecture, at first was my grasping for stability. Then I was drawn outdoors. The study of the Renaissance gave a formality and structure . . . I had graduated [in 1999]; attended Dave Dornan's workshop in Helper. I was basically a figure painter then it happened outdoors. I was in Italy, Florence. It came to me: you are going to be an artist. Then I started wandering. I wanted it all, to paint the streets, the canals. And once I was outside I never wanted to go back in. And landscapes became my passion . . . And I will stay outside. It is my total energy source."

Rampton's current exhibition seems of two parts. One is her landscapes of several subjects: aspen trees, and a variety of alpine and pastoral settings. She jokes that her friend, prominent artist, Connie Borup, gave her an "aspen addiction."

Much more than "aspen addiction" is displayed in all of her paintings of glorious landscapes. She masterfully paints a pair of aspens against clear blue sky.|0| It is her use of exotropic shadow that gives the trees their lovely perspective. It is interpretive using a very difficult process of white pigment gently shaded with grays, a hint of magenta and coal black. It might look simple and easy. But it is a difficult process masterfully applied. There are wisps of dead feathery branches. Sparse leaves cluster in some areas. Other leaves of many different hues stand alone, others dot small wisps of branches, proportioned in quick, single-stroke-gestures, if you will. It is perfect, "energy in repose."

There is tone and texture in the under-painted sky; it is an understated light source that authenticates the illusion. Rampton's brush becomes the mediator between the subject scene-color and texture- the very essence of the aspen trees that she obviously loves. Susan Swartz, Scott Christianson, David W. Jackson and others, ad nauseum, have painted and drawn aspen trees. But here is the difference: One knows, a priori, that Hadley Rampton has skied, hiked, painted and worshipped among these aspen trees. |1-3| It is an artistic engagement that is palpable.

Rampton's ink and watercolor scenes in Spain and Italy are a remarkable counterpoint to her landscapes. "I love Europe. I ride the train, always with my sketch pad, pen and watercolors. Sometimes I get lost. And you know they can be the best times. I paint my way out. Somehow arriving back at my hotel with more than a few sketches. It was in Italy, I became tired of my formal, rather studious adherence to perfect proportion, perspective and tight structure. My wandering in the villages, sitting in the cafes I decided that I needed to be looser. Less formal. To gesture, rather than proscribe the perfect image."

Gesture. Flow. Gauguin made the statement: “Nature’s appearance shows us…there are noble lines, false lines…a straight line suggests infinity, a curved line limits creation…Colours explain still more to me. Some tones are noble, some vulgar- some harmonies suggest tranquility, some excite you into doing something bold.”

Rampton's years studying architecture were not wasted. Each alleyway, each street scene -- particularly, "Interior Charles V. Alhambra" |4| -- is what one might call formalist while maintaining the gesture. Her shadowing and diaphanous washes seem free of obligation to the interior architecture. One might guess wrongly, that the washes utilize gouache, not watercolor. Rampton says, "We have to care furiously about every painting that we do." It is obvious that she does, melding creative practice and technical application. Her style is clean, sustained without being repetitive. One is struck with the fact that Hadley Rampton is only 31 years old. What wonderful surprises will she share with her admirers in the coming years? If it does take 10,000 hours of painting to become a master, according to Malcolm Gladwell, Rampton probably is only a few hours away.

Hadley Rampton's landscape paintings and watercolor drawings will be at Phillips Gallery through February 13. See more of her work at www.hadleyrampton.com.

In 1999 when Carol moved to  Scottsdale, Arizona she began a love affair with sculpting at the Scottsdale Artist's School. She is still moved by the romantic stories woven into the work of Italian Master Bruno Lucchesi .Studies continued at the Loveland Academy in Loveland, Colorado and the Richard Macdonald Master Workshop in California. She focused on anamalia, bas relief, figure, painting, creativity, forensic anatomy, and casting.

Upon relocation to Bainbridge Island, Washington Carol participated in the island art walks, Loveland Invitational in Colorado, and various Arizona shows.

In 2003, Carol Ruff Franza created a portrait bust of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, the first Republican to fill the office of Governor of Georgia since the reconstruction. Franza was commissioned to create a monument to mark the decade anniversary of Desert Mountain High School. This bronze sculpture stands proudly guarding in the courtyard between the Palomino Library and the school in Scottsdale Arizona.

A striking pair of massive flowing wings exceeding 40" tall and 36" wide hangs in the Salon Krush in Scottsdale, Arizona.

In 2005, Southwest Art Magazine named Carol as an Artist to Watch in the annual sculpture edition.

Steve graduated from Weber State University in 1971 with a B.S. Degree in Commercial Art and again in 1973 with a B.S. Degree in Art Education. Returning to school in 1983, he received his M.F.A. in Painting from Utah State University. In 1989, Steve had the opportunity to study at the Royal Academy of Art in London.

Steve began his art career as a designer for Marveon Sign Company. He later went into teaching art on the high school level and found it to be both challenging and satisfying. He has received numerous awards for his dedication to the students. Among those awards were: Utah State University 'Art Teacher of the Year' (4 state area) in 1985, 'Teacher of the Year' for Weber School District in 1988, first runner-up to 'Utah Teacher of the Year' in 1988, and USWEST's 'Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the state of Utah' in 1991. In 1997, after 25 years of teaching, Steve retired from the classroom to devote himself full-time to painting.

Steve is a very accomplished painter. In the past twenty-five years, he has been featured in many invitational art exhibitions, receiving numerous awards such as: 1st Place in the Eccles Statewide Competition, 1st place in the St. George Art Festival and Award of Merit from Utah Watercolor Society. More recently he won the purchase award at both the Springville Salon and the Dixie Invitational. This year, Steve had a painting selected for the permanent collection of the Utah State Division of Fine Arts. His paintings can be found in private collections throughout the world.

With his unique art ability, Steve has had the opportunity to be involved in a variety of projects from illustrating the cover for the Will Roger's Cookbook to designing the Model Railroad Museum at the Ogden Union Station. The project that is 'closest to his heart', however, is being the illustrator and co-author of the well-known Santa Claus Book.

Steve has had many opportunities to travel throughout the world. He has chaperoned student tours through Europe, has acted as design consultant in Caracas, Venezuela, has worked a commercial fishing boat in Alaska, and has camped through the entire Eastern United States with 'first-time-camper wife' and children.

Steve has served his community well, acting as Scout Leader for ten years, serving on the Board of Directors for the Ogden Union Station, serving on the Board of Directors for Huntsville Waterworks Corporation, serving on the Myra Powell Gallery Board, and being chairman of the Huntsville Tree Committee, whose function it has been to raise money and plant 240 shade trees along the streets of Huntsville. Steve is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden where he recently worked with landscape architects to bring about the completion of a major renovation.

Steve is a very well-rounded, talented individual who has been an inspiration to many through his various contributions to the world of art.

Strength, fortitude and courage to you all, and thank you for all you offer me.

I’ve been painting since the age of 5 and have been selling artworks since the 7th grade.

• Participant, 2009 Essence of a Body. Contemporary Design and Art Gallery, SLS, UT.
• Participant, 2009 Eden 5th annual Music and Arts Festival. The Wilkerson Gallery, Eden UT.
• One man show, 2008. 20 Years of Teuscher. The River Woods Gallery, Logan, UT.
• Featured Artist in the Christmas Thank you.  Fables Fine Art, SLC, UT.
• Participant in Celebrating the Human Form. Fables Fine Art, SLC UT.
• One man show, The Soft Underbelly. The Silk road Gallery, Portland, Oregon
• Featured Artist at Fuhrman’s Fine Art, Logan, UT.
• One man show, In Bloom. HMT, SLC, UT.
• Running Featured artist at Egg&Dart in both SLC, UT. and Denver CO.
• Trained in fine art at USU in Logan, UT.

After studying with some of the glass industry giants such as Narsissis Quagliata and Gil Reynolds, Kerry took the classic technique information he gleaned from those artists and began to experiment and form his own unique and very beautiful style.  Kerry studied with glass master Klaus Moje at the prestigious Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood Washington and has incorporated the new and exciting ideas that developed from that tutelage.

Kerry is the owner of Glass Fire Studio in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he creates his own work and offers instruction to the novice and professional hot glass workers who want to absorb the wealth of information he has to give.  Kerry is a popular instructor in glass forming techniques at glass conferences and trade shows nationally and internationally, such as Hot Glass Horizons in Portland, Oregon, and Corning, New York, and Glass Craft Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He is one of the founding members of the Glass Art Guild of Utah.  He has been featured in nationally syndicated magazines such as Glass Art Magazine.  His work can be viewed in commercial establishments throughout the country such as the Market Street Grill restaurants and he is also a featured artist in many galleries throughout the United States.  In 2005, he was awarded the commission for a large public art glass installation at the TRAX train station in his home of Salt Lake City, Utah.  Because of the excellence of his work and his dedication to the art, Kerry was nominated to the Marquis Who's Who in American Art.  On September 21, 2006, Kerry and his work were showcased on the TV program, “That’s Clever,” for HGTV.

Kerry invites you to browse through his on-line gallery [www.glassfirestudio.com], visit the galleries listed that display his work and take classes with him either in his private studio or at one of the other facilities that have requested his teaching skills.

In addition to doing private and public commission work, Kerry is also an advisor to the Davis Arts and Humanities Council and President of the Glass Art Guild of Utah. His work has been exhibited nationally and abroad and is currently represented in galleries throughout the United States.

For more information regarding Kerry's work or schedule, you are invited to contact him at:

Kerry Transtrum, Glass Fire Studio, 196 W. Malvern Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Phone: 801-698-1069

Public Art Commissions:

Commissioned to produce Art in Transit, a Public Art Program for TRAX (light rail in Salt Lake City).  Commissioned by the Salt Lake City Corporation on April 14, 2005, for a $70,000 contract.  Work title was “The Faces of Our Neighborhood,” at the 900 South Utah Transit Authority TRAX Station.  Work was contracted to be completed by September 30, 2005, and it was completed on time and within budget.  Contact point: Nancy Boskoff, Salt Lake City Arts Council, nancy.boskoff@slcgov.com , 801.596.5000.

Design Team Experience:

In 2007, Kerry worked with Pace Pollard Architects on the Market Street Grill River Park glass design and installation (Sandy, UT), including a 25’ cast glass counter in the restaurant.

Kerry worked on the public art commission noted above with a team of three artists, and worked with a variety of team members with the Salt Lake Arts Commission and the Utah Transit Authority, including engineers and architects

Exhibitions and Public Installations:

2009 --- Participated in “A Gathering of Glass” at the Patrick Moore gallery in Salt Lake City Utah and was awarded an “Award of Merit” for his sculptor entitled “Flow”

2008 --- Participated in “Glass at the Garden” at the University of Utah Salt Lake City.

2007---Participated in glass exhibit at the Rose Wagner Center Salt Lake City. Work acquired in the permanent collection of the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gatlinburg TN.

2006—Participated in glass art exhibit at the Patrick Moore Gallery, SLC, UT; the Face of Utah Sculpture exhibit at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley City, UT;  in an exhibit of the Glass Art Guild of Utah (GAGU) artists’ works at the Gallivan Center, SLC, UT; and in the 4^th annual “Glass at the Garden” exhibit at Red Butte Garden, SLC.

2005—Participated in “A Gathering of Glass” exhibit held at the Patrick Moore Gallery, SLC, UT.  Also participated in GAGU group show at the 3^rd annual “Glass at the Garden” at Red Butte Garden, SLC.

2004—Participated in "Forum and Fusion" exhibit held at The Forum Gallery, SLC.  Also participated in GAGU group show at the 2^nd annual "Glass at the Garden" at Red Butte Garden, SLC.

2003—Work on display at the American Embassy in Madrid, Spain.  Participated in the 1^st annual "Glass at the Garden" show at Red Butte Gardens, SLC.

2001—Participated in the GAGU show at the Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT.  Participated in Utah Arts Festival, SLC, UT

1999—Accepted to the San Francisco International Gift Fair in San Francisco, CA.  Also had work represented in 10 galleries around the country.

1998— Participated in the GAGU show at the "Arts of Utah" gallery.

Other Exhibitions/Public Installations:

Kimball Art Center:  Park City, UT 84034, 435.649.8882

Element Gallery:  10500 NE 8th St., Bellevue, WA 98004, 425.454.8242

Copper Leaf:  233 E Historic Colombia River Hwy., Troutdale, OR 97060, 503.491.1770

Two Moons Gallery:  620 S 1^st Street, Laconner, WA 98257, 360.466.1920

Backroads Gallery:  2180 Old Creamery Rd., Harmony, CA 93435, 805.927.2919

Scott Laurent Galleries:  348 Park Ave., North Winter Park, FL 32789, 407.645.5777

Creative Glass:  3149 S. State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84106, 801.484.7711

Arts of Utah Gallery:  2226 S. 700 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84106, 801.467.7477

Surprises, Inc.:  4003 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77027, 713.877.1900

Northwest Discovery:  142 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA 98004, 425.454.1676

Planet Weavers:  518A Castro and 18^th, San Francisco, CA 94117, 415.864.5526

Market Street Cottonwood:  2985 E 6580 S., Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801.942.8860

J. D. Browne:  749 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965, 415.322.4777

Nourot Glass Studio:  675 East H St., Benicia, CA 94510, 707.745.1463

Gallery XVII:  18 North Saginaw, Pontiac, MI 48342, 246.745.8875

Market Street Grill:  48 W. Market St., Salt Lake City, UT 84104, 801.322.4668

Toneri Art Gallery:  400 Sun Valley Rd., Ketchum, ID 83340, 208.726.5639

Riverbank Arts:  19 Bridge St., Stockton NJ 08559, 609.397.9330

Carefree:  4147 Main St., Fishcreek, Wis 54202, 920.495.3672

Contemporary Design and Art Gallery: 30 E. Salt Lake City, UT 84111 801-364-0200

Coda Gallery:73-151 El Paseo Palm Desert CA 92260 800-700-4661

Many more commissions in private collections.

Awards:

2009--- Awarded “Best of Show” at the University of Utah Glass Show, SLC, UT.

2009---Awarded “Award of Merit” at the “Gathering of Glass” exhibit Patrick Moore Gallery, SLC, UT.

2006—Awarded “Best of Show” in “Glass at the Garden,” at Red Butte Garden, SLC, UT.

2005—Awarded “Best of Show” in kiln-formed glass at the Patrick Moore Gallery, SLC, UT.

2004—Awarded "Best of Show" out of 250 pieces of glass at the “Forum and Fusion” exhibit at The Forum Gallery, in SLC, UT.

Education:

2007—Paperweights with Don McKinney in SLC, UT. Studied with Jeremy Lepisto and Mel George at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood Washington

2006—Magic of Dichroic Glass with Shirley Webster in SLC, UT.

2005—Studied glass casting with Phil Teefy in SLC, UT.

2004—Studied with glass master Klaus Moje at the Pilchuk Glass School in Stanwood WA.

2001—Studied with master glass painter Peter McGrain at Glass Craft Expo, Las Vegas, NV.

1999—Studied at Glass Craft Expo, Las Vegas, NV.

1998—Studied at Glass Craft Expo in Las Vegas, NV, and at Hot Glass Horizons, Portland, OR.

1997—Studied glass forming techniques at Glass Craft Expo, Las Vegas, NV, with various glass artists.  Studied with glass artist Newy Fagan at Fagan Art Glass, Ocala, FL, and with glass artist Dan Fenton at his studio in Oakland, CA.

1996—Studied glass forming techniques with glass artists Gil Reynolds, Phillip Teefy, and others at Hot Glass Horizons, Portland, OR, and Glass Craft Expo, Las Vegas, NV.

1995—Studied glass fusing with artist Newy Fagan at Glass Craft Expo, Las Vegas, NV.

Eric (pronounced Z-she)  lives in Ogden, Utah.

It is an awesome place to live…wonderfully inspiring.

Many paths can lead to a fuller understanding and love of this journey on earth; one must simply have an openness of mind and heart.  For me, painting is a means of striving for fuller sight / insight. As for specifics of the style of work, I refer to it as abstracted realism.  I try to convey a sense of the world around us, without becoming overly fixated on details…everything is in a state of transition, no beginning, no end,…no boundaries.  About 1 ½ years ago, I jettisoned the use of photographic references; the current body of works are created through direct observation and analytical imagination.  Art is a form of human expression, that attempts to address our condition of being alive… go on indulge yourself, and happy trails!