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Research Interests
Using constraints in creative work, the source of creativity in artists, the use of drawing in scientific inquiry
Employee degree:
BFA, Ohio University
MFA, Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania
Biography
Recent Creative Scholarship
-Catenate, a faculty and student creative community
-Filling the Well, a collection of work exploring the nature of creativity
-Fifty Shades of Earl Grey, small-scale painting installation
-Francis, A Sestina in Comic Form, a comic sestina about the early life of Saint Francis of Assisi
-Curator, Playing By the Rules, an invitational exhibit featuring the work of artists and writers who use creative constraints in their work
-Catenate, a faculty and student creative community
-Filling the Well, a collection of work exploring the nature of creativity
-Fifty Shades of Earl Grey, small-scale painting installation
-Francis, A Sestina in Comic Form, a comic sestina about the early life of Saint Francis of Assisi
-Curator, Playing By the Rules, an invitational exhibit featuring the work of artists and writers who use creative constraints in their work
Classes Taught
-All levels of Drawing
-All levels of Painting
-Screen Printing, Relief Printing
-Book Arts
-Life Drawing
-Advanced Illustration and Biological Illustration