Bio

I was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1954 -- an Army brat. I grew up in Juneau, Alaska -- in many ways a fantastic place to grow up. I came to Oregon in 1972, and spent the seventies in Portland -- variously employed, trying out this, trying out that.

In 1979, I moved to Corvallis, Oregon, to attend Oregon State University, and have lived there ever since. I recieved a B.S. in Art from OSU in 1983, having done my undergraduate work primarily with the sculptor Wayne Taysom.
I have produced a small body of sculpture work -- carvings in marble, sandstone, and black walnut -- but since the mid-80's have worked mainly in two-dimensional media,
and, for the most part, from imagination. (I do not, for example, use models for any of my figures.)
All of this has evolved into an endeavor which is (I very sincerely hope) somewhat more humble, and honest, than it used to be. As a visual artist, I want to probe as deeply as I can the same depths of image and metaphor which we find in myths and poetry, and I strive continually to increase whatever resources of ease, grace, deftness and wit I may be able to bring to this work. But I have begun to learn that nothing slows one's progress down that road as much as a lot of self-stroking illusions about how far along one is already.

While pursuing these efforts, I have worked as -- among other things -- cannery worker, furniture-factory worker, baker, chicken-shit shoveller, Montessori School art instructor, construction worker in Alaska, life-drawing model, sculptor's assistant, cook, welder in a railroad boxcar assembly plant, and microwave electrical engineer.
I have done volunteer work, as art instructor for seniors with Altzheimer's disease.
I have exhibited in Corvallis & its environs since the late 80's.

I may be described as a "learning fool." I am an amateur astronomer, zoologist, and luthier. I have taught myself Latin and Greek, and have read a fair bit of the Classics. I am currently learning German. I have an undergraduate degree in art, and one in Electrical Engineering, and am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in physics from OSU.

I and my wife, the ceramic artist Fay Jones Day, celebrated our tenth anniversary this year (and are doing quite well, thank you).

With proceeds from sales at the August 2005 show at Pegasus Gallery in Corvallis, I have purchased an etching press, something for which I have been yearning for a long time. The first few results may be seen on this site, at Etchings

In the last two years, I have performed several book illustration commissions. Most recently I executed cover illustrations and CD insert illustrations for audio books of the noted classics scholar Stanley Lombardo, performing his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, with additional readings of synopses and introductions by Susan Sarandon. Samples of this work may be linked to from the Book Illustration page.

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