I have been making art since the early 60's. I was trained as a
sculptor and currently am producing installations and pictures. I am
presently working on both for an exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum in
Tacoma, Washington. The exhibition as planned for January of 1999
consists of three component parts; an installation, a series of
charcoal drawings, and a number of paintings, or more accurately, oil
paint stick drawings on canvas.

The installation is a 25 foot square "blackboard" made of 5 foot square
sections of Medite (compressed fiberboard) painted with chalk board
paint. Drawn on the board are celestial maps of the stars, planets and
moon drawn chalk-like in differing colours of paint stick depicting the
heavens as seen from the Museum at the times of the initial opening and
final closing of the exhibition. The star charts are superimposed over
markings of terrestrial mapping depicting Tacoma harbour. Placed on top
of the celestial/terrestrial maps are nine ship shaped sculptures, three
each made of cast iron, granite or bronze.

There are five charcoal on paper drawings all measuring about 40 inches
wide by 30 inches high. They are essentially very dark velvety black
rectangles. Small spots of graduated sizes have been erased, with a
sharpened electric eraser, from the charcoal ground in the exact pattern
of the stars as they would be seen from the Museum looking north at the
nearest solstice and equinox as well as important dates and times
relative to the duration of the exhibition.

The exhibition includes one paint stick on panel and six paint stick on
canvas mounted on board drawings that are of various sizes. The
largest measures 6 1/2 feet by 5 feet. Four are between 4 and 5 feet
in the largest dimension. The sixth piece is a triptych made up of a
charcoal on paper on canvas panel, a photograph on canvas panel, and a
paint stick on canvas panel. The width of the triptych is approximately
9 1/2 feet. The images on each of the canvas pieces is of a large
simple ship prow shape that is intended to elicit an imposing
sculptural presence.

Two of the canvas pieces are to be borrowed from private collectors and
one from a public collection. The remaining works are to be loaned by
the artist and the Equinox Gallery in Vancouver, where I regularly show
my work.