Artist Statement

I try to capture the essential energy of my subject in its forms and lines. I work in response to my brush, ink and paper, and from observation and memory, which I know to be as fluid and unstable as our world, characterized succinctly by Tennessee Williams as violent and mercurial, a perpetually burning building.

Artist Bio

I am married to Elizabeth Ferrill, and we have two children.  I direct the Anderson Ranch Editions Program. I apprenticed to Tamarind Master Printer Ernest DeSoto while a student at Antioch College. I became a Master Printer at Editions Press, and then at Crown Point Press, where I also coordinated the China Woodblock Program. I taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, and Cornell University and conducted workshops in numerous studios in the U.S., China, Japan, Mexico, and Germany. Prior to becoming Director of Anderson Ranch Editions, I was production manager at Gemini GEL in Los Angeles. I am represented by Planthouse Gallery in New York, and my paintings and prints are in many public and private collections worldwide.