Education:
BFA / Sculpture – University of Georgia, 1977
Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, DC, 1973
Apprentice and Assistant to Margery Goldberg, wood sculptor and owner of Zenith Gallery, 1977- 1980
Exhibitions:
Zenith Gallery 45th Anniversary Show 2023
CHART Art Walk 2021, 2022 & 2023
Zenith Gallery Anniversary Shows 2015-2022
- Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase Holiday Fair 2018-2020
Contemporary Art Fair NYC Frieze Week 2014
A-RTS Rockville, Maryland 2014 & 2015
Brooklyn Museum of Art “American Fine Craft Show” NY, NY 2014
Zenith Gallery “36 Years on a Creative Journey” 2014
Zenith Gallery Washington DC “The Art of Creative Diversity” 36th Year Anniversary 2014
Chevy Chase Women’s Club Chevy Chase Maryland 2014
Zenith Gallery 35 Years of Artistic Exuberance” 2013
“A-RTS Rockville Town Square Arts Festival ” 2013
“Zenith Gallery 34th Anniversary Exhibition” 2012
“The Bedford Barrow Festival” NY, NY 2012
“Saratoga Arts Celebration” (juried art show) at the
” National Museum of Dance” Saratoga Springs NY 2011
“Zenith Gallery 33rd Anniversary Show” 2011
“Zarticulation” Zenith Gallery Washington DC 2011
“Wall Mountables” Art Show DCAC Washington DC 2011
DC Metropolitan Art Expo (Gaylord National Hotel) March 27-29 2010
Zenith Gallery 15th – 33th Anniversary Exhibitions, Washington DC, 1993-2011Takoma Park Folk Festival (juried Art Show) , 2009
Zenith Gallery, 14th Anniversary Invitational Show, Washington, DC, 1992
Figures in Motion, Washington Square, Washington, DC, 1992
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida, 1991
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, 1991
Gallery Les Hirondelles, Geneve, Switzerland, 1991
Zenith Gallery, 13th Anniversary Show, 1991
Design for Genes, Washington, DC, 1991
Living with Art, Frenchmans Creek, Bethesda, MD, 1991
Woods Academy, French Festival, 1991
Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD, 1988-90
Sculptural Divertimento, Adams National Bank, Washington, DC, 1990
Zenith Gallery, Holiday Show, Washington, DC, 1990
Artists for Sharon Pratt Dixon, Washington, DC, 1990
Combinations Art Show, Joy of Motion Dance Center, McLean, Virginia, 1990
Arts 901 Show, Washington, DC, 1990
One Woman Show, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 1987
Artsessories, Santa Monica, California, 1987-88
Zenith Gallery, Holiday Show, Washington, DC, 1987-88
Gallery 29, Washington, DC, 1987
Krashin Gallery, Group Show, Potomac, MD, 1986-87
National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA, 1986-87
Veni Vidi Vici, Georgetown, DC, 1986-7
Goldman Gallery, Rockville, MD, 1986-7
Sheraton Hotel, “Best of Washington”, Washington, DC, 1986
Marie Claire Window, Washington, DC, 1986
Washington Ballet Art Show, Georgetown Court, Washington, DC, 1986
Dana Mayer Group Show, Raleigh, NC
Zenith Gallery, Holiday Show, Washington, DC, 1985
Barbara’s 2 Gallery, Newton Center, Massachusetts, 1985
The Write Image Show, Potomac, MD, 1985
Regent Hotel, Washington, DC, 1985
Brandeis University Art Show, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD, 1985
Place Vendome, Boca Raton, FL, 1985
B.J. Enterprises, New York, NY, 1985
Mind’s Eye Craft Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1985
Cibisi, Washington, DC, 1984-5
Cache, Four Season’s Hotel, Washington, DC, 1984-5
Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 1984-5
Saks Jandell, Washington, DC, 1984-5
Zenith Christmas Craft Show, Washington, DC 1984
Traveling Exhibitions, Duncan and Pierce, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston,
Detroit, 1984
Goldman Fine Arts Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, 1984
Group Show, Worchester, Massachusetts, 1984
Dance Center, New York, New York, 1983
Once in a Lifetime Gallery, Washington, DC, 1983
Ambassadors Ball, Baltimore, MD, 1983
Wash Art, D.C. Coliseum, Washington, DC, 1983
New York Art Expo, New York, NY, 1983
R.K. Parker Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
Wearable Art Show, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 1983
Zenith Presents Five Artists, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 1982
Zenith Presents Zenith, Zenith Gallery, 1979
Coterie Craft Gallery, Washington, DC, 1978
Six Sculptors in the Woods, Athens, Georgia, 1977
Media Exposure:
100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic 2011 by E. Ashley Rooney – Schiffer Publishing
Artist Spotlight Interview & Video by Natalia Pelave “Chevy Chase Patch” 2011
Home & Design Sourcebook 2009-2010 “Nine to Note / Three Dimensional Finds”
Washington Post, Review, “Figures in Motion”, 1992
Panorama with Maury Povich, 1986
At the Center, JCC, Review, 1984
Washington Post, Review, Nina Hyde, Style Section, 1984
Washington Times, Review, 1983
Panorama (my work was shown), 1983
Rene Poissant, Close Up, ABC, 1982
Washington Tribune, Review, 1982
Private Collections:
Former Secretary of State and Mrs. William Rogers, Mr and Mrs Stanley Robinson Mr and Mrs Lester Robinson Dr and Mrs Steven Phillips, DDS Mr and Mrs Leonard Abel Mr and Mrs Greenhoot Fischer Mr and Mrs Steven Bloch Mr and Mrs Stuart Bernstein Mr Harry Hagerty Douglas Thompson, Esquire Creative Fitness Center Mr and Mrs David Legum Mr and Mrs Robery Lerner Dr and Mrs Amos Cahan Roy Lucas, Esquire Mr and Mrs Milton Greenberg Ms Patricia Young Mrs Vivian Blumenthal Mr and Mrs Steven Jarboe Mr and Mrs Gary Malasky Mr and Mrs Alvin Newmyer, Jr. Mr and Mrs Thomas Levien Mr and Mrs Benjamin Jacobs Mr and Mrs Ronald Dorris Mr and Mrs Smitty De Rouen Mrs Florence Kossow Mr and Mrs Bernard Edinberg Mr and Mrs George Kaplan Dr. Dorree Waubaum Mr and Mrs William Borden Mr and Mrs Jack Wagner Ms Barbara Biorski Mr Buzz Buser Mr and Mrs Ethel Bulman Dr and Mrs Murry Kirschner Mark Kaufman, Esquire Mr and Mrs John MasonMr and Mrs Dick Stocker Mr and Mrs Scoop Stewart George Lem, Esquire Mr and Mrs Carl E. Zwisler, III Mr. David Gishner, Andrea & Harvey Maisel, Kathy Borrus
Lost Wax Casting Technique:
Initially all the pieces are sculpted in wax. Castings of the bronzes are then made through the “lost wax” method of casting:
First, wax rods, sprews and vents are connected to the original wax. This is to allow for the flow of molten metal into the figure. The sprewed and vented wax figure is then dipped several times over the course of a week, into a ceramic shell substance to form many layers. After the ceramic shell hardens the figure is placed in a very hot kiln so that the wax is melted out creating a hollow cavity in the exact form of the sculpture. The bronze is then melted down to a fluid molten consistency and poured through the sprews, into the hollow cavity, filling the mold in the form of a bronze figure identical to the original wax.
The brittle ceramic shell is then broken off revealing the bronze figure. The sprews and vents are removed, and the long finishing process begins. The pieces are either taken to a high polish or an acid is applied to the surface to create a colored patina.
Once the original bronze is complete, a rubber mold is made. The rubber mold is used to pour new waxes for further casting of the piece. All of my sculptures are in limited editions of 26 and the wearable art pieces are in limited editions of 300. Once the edition has been sold out, the rubber mold is destroyed.
