RESUME

I have a business degree from LaSalle University in Philadelphia. Business experiences include extensive international travel including a one year assignment in Japan. I have owned a private business since 1985. Most of my spare time is devoted to designing and creating gallery quality pieces.

In 1995, I took the two woodturning courses, part of the Fine Arts program, offered at the Bucks County Community College, near Philadelphia. The courses include well over 100 hours of instruction from Mark Sfirri. Other formal training includes a 3 day course given by David Ellsworth (1998), and numerous demonstrations by renowned lathe artists at national symposiums and at the local American Association of Woodturners chapter meetings.
ASSOCIATIONS:
American Association of Woodturners (AAW)
Bucks Woodturners (Local Chapter of the AAW)

RECOGNITION:
Selected to be included in"500 Wooden Bowls" a Lark Publication (2004)
Selected to be included in"Re-Turn to the Wizard of OZ" exhibit by the AAW (2005)
Selected to be included in"Step up to the Plate" exhibit by the AAW (2006)
Selected to be included in the"Turning Green" exhibit by the AAW (2007)
Invited to participate in the Echo Lake Conference 1999 - 2008

AWARDS:
Best of Show, Quakertown Alive Arts Festival, 2004
Award of Merit, Peddlers Village Arts and Contempory Crafts Show, 2005
Best of Show, New Hope Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival, 2005
Award of Merit, Peddlers Village Arts and Contempory Crafts Show, 2006
American Association of Woodturners' Excellence Award for 2008, Richmond, VA National Symposium