Occupation: Painter, Educator Media: Acrylic, Oil, Lithography. Born Wichita, Kansas, April 3, 1939.
Education Birger Sandzen. Wichita State Univ. Kansas State Univ. Univ Kansas, BFA, 63. Univ Oregon, MFA, 69.
Teaching Positions Prof painting, drawing & grad painting coordination, Colorado State Univ, 65-, John N Stern distinguished professor, 2005.
Public Works Denver Art Museum; Indianapolis Mus Art; Rockford Art Museum, Ill; Minnesota Museum of Art, St Paul; Butler Inst Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Kirkland Mus Fine and Decorative Arts, Denver; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center; 2 paintings, Ambassador Ralph Frank's Residence, USA Art in Embassies Prog, Zagreb, Croatia, 2003-2006; and others.
Exhibitions Solo exhibs, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, 99, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, 99, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, Minnesota, 2003, Fort Collins Mus Contemporary Art, Colorado, 2003, Regis Univ, Denver, 2004, Gallery 72, Omaha, 2005 & Plus Gallery, Denver, 2006.
Bibliography Charles Parson (videotape), 90 & 2004.
Honors and Awards Purchase Awards, 11th Biennial, Kansas State Univ, 70, Colorado State Univ, 70, Oklahoma Art Center, 73, Rourke Gallery, Moorhead, Minnesota, 89, Binney and Smith, Easton, Pennsylvania, 90; AFKEY Award, Alliance for Contemporary Art/Denver Art Museum, 2000; First Place Award, Foothills Art Center, Golden, 2001; Art Education of the Year, Colorado Higher Education, 2003; Art Education of the Year, Pacific Region Higher Education, 2004.
Memberships Denver Art Museum.
Dealers James O'Rourke 521 Main St Moorhead MN 56560; Ivar Zeile + Gallery 2350 Lawrence St Denver CO 80205.
