about
I have been fortunate to have traveled extensively and those adventures through other cultures, and my natural surroundings, have greatly inspired my work.
Each piece begins with a whisper of a design and a dream of what it can be. Then, an original, hand-crafted base is created of American or exotic woods like Ambrosia Maple, Red Oak, Padauk, Patagonian Rosewood, Canary, Zebra; their names evoking memories of the places that have influenced my creativity.
I use reed and cane to build original pieces, creating only one unique piece. The final finish encapsulates the integrity of the piece and preserves it as an heirloom.
It has been the realization of a dream to participate in the top shows in America and a tremendous honor to have my work featured by The Smithsonian and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
I create only one. Everyone deserves an original.
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Honors & Shows, to date:
2024 Philadelphia Museum of Art
2024 The Smithsonian Craft Show
2023 Philadelphia Museum of Art
2023 The Smithsonian Craft Show
2022 ACC Juror
2022 Philadelphia Museum of Art
2021 Philadelphia Museum of Art
2021 The Smithsonian Craft Show
2020 Philadelphia Museum of Art
2020 The Smithsonian Craft Show
2020 National Basketry Organization, Members in Print 2, Juried Exhibition
2019 Philadelphia Museum of Art
2019 Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen,
Benchmark Award, Resolved Design
2019 Master Artisan Status Awarded
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
2018 Goggleworks, Reading, PA - First
2017 Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, First
2016 Rochester Museum & Science Center, First
2016 Art in the Gardens, Canandaigua, NY
First place, Judge's Award
2016 Lincoln Center, New York City, NY.
Best New Artist
2015 Art in the Gardens, Canandaigua, NY
First place, Judge's Award,
2015 Clothesline Festival, Rochester, NY
Judge's Merit Award
2012 Chestnut Hill, PA - Second, Crafts
2012 Pearl S. Buck, Bucks County, PA
National Historic Landmark Museum
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It's not often that you'll find me in a pitching gondola on a choppy canal. I'm usually behind the camera biting my lip.
The Grand Canal, Venice.
"Whatever your hands find to do,
you must do with all your heart".
John Hiatt