Collections and Public Commissions 

“Continuous Line in Space”, limestone, 4’3” x 3’9” x 4’9”, 2008
commissioned by Crid’Art, Amneville-les-Thermes, France
Chosen as one of twenty four international sculptors for a monumental sculpture symposium in Amneville-les-Thermes, France.
   To be completed in May/ June, 2008.

“Chalice”, bronze/ travertine, 9” x 10” x 10”, $2500.00, 2004
commissioned by the New Mexico Film Office for the 2004 Governor’s Cup/ NM Film Festival winner, presented in Santa Fe, NM, December 2004

“Germination”, black Chlorite/ marble, 8’6” x 3’3” x 2’6”, 2003
installed: interior elevator lobby, State of New Mexico Metropolitan Court, Dec. 2003

“The Bridge to Knowledge”, mild steel/ concrete, 9’6” x 20’ x 12’6”, 2000
installed: exterior entrance Support Services Building, Central NMCommunity College, June 2000

“Native Interiors-III (Shadow)”, bronze/ granite, 18” x 13” x 15”, 1999
installed: New Mexico Capital Roundhouse, Santa Fe, NM, August 1999

“Nurturance”, bronze/ sandstone, 7’ x 3’6” x 18”
installed: Albuquerque Museum sculpture garden, May 1999

“Departure”, bronze/ sandstone, 8’ x 4’ x 3’6”, 1998
installed: Arts and Science Center, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell Campus, September 1998

“Mother and Child”, Honduran mahogany/ sandstone, 7’6” x 5’ x 4’6”, 1998
installed: front courtyard, La Casa de Buena Salud, Portales, NM, May 1998

“Native Interiors-I”, bronze/ marble, 10” x 7” x 4”, 1995
installed: Ambassador’s residence, Malawi, 1998

Selected Exhibitions

Funeria / 3rd International Ashes to Art Exhhibition, Crane Arts, Philadelphia PA, juried, October/ November 2006

2006 American Craft Council San Francisco Show, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco CA, juried, August 2006

North American Sculpture Exhibition 2006, Foothills Art Center, Golden CO, juried, May- July 2006, Smedley Family Award

Sculpture in the Park 2005, Loveland High Plains Art Council, juried, Loveland Colorado, August 2005

Supra Natural, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, 2-person invitational,
September 2001

DSG 2000—New Language, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque NM,
Dialogue-3, 4-person invitational, September 2000

Emanations, Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, 2-person invitational,
July/August 2000

2000 North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden CO,
juried, May-July 2000

Free Spirits Juried Show, The Hubbard Museum of the American West,
Ruidoso Downs, NM, January- March 2000, Second Place/ Fine Arts

Wings, Dartmouth Street Gallery/ Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM,
invitational, November 1999

Hilton Head Art League National Juried Show, Hilton Head Island, SC,
May- June 1999, Second Place/ Sculpture

Hilton Head Art League Juried Show, May- June 1998, Honorable Mention/ Sculpture

DSG Visible-4, Dartmouth Street Gallery, 5 person invitational,
September-October 1997

Magnífico!, Albuquerque Festival of the Arts, Albuquerque, NM,
September 1997

Bibliography

“A Palette of Artists”, Albuquerque The Magazine, April, 2006, pp. 60-61

"Albuquerque sculptor exhibiting in Colorado", Wesley Pulkka,
The Albuquerque Journal, July 2, 2000, Art Bits, p. F6

"'Wings' gathers nicely wrought works on a theme", Wesley Pulkka,
The Albuquerque Journal, December 5,1999, Arts and Culture, p. F2

"ENMU-R Unveils New Sculpture Today", Roswell Daily Record, Sept. 11,1998, Local Section, p.A6

"Art of Albuquerque", Wesley Pulkka, in Southwest Art, June 1996, pp. 120-121

"Grab a Visual Bite with Objective/ Non-Objective", Wesley Pulkka,
The Albuquerque Journal, Aug. 20, 1995, Section D, p.1

"Cultivating the Inner Sculptor Strengthens the External Plastic Surgeon",
Ann Saul, Plastic Surgery News, March 1995

"Art and Science", Janelle Conway, The Albuquerque Journal, April 13, 1992,
Section B, p.1

"Surgeons Hands Repair to Art", Russ Parsons, The Albuquerque Journal, 1992

"Doc Art", Mark J. Price, The Canton (Ohio) Repository, 1992, Living Section

Education

Completed residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery McGill University Affiliated Hospitals, Montreal, Canada, 1973

M.Sc., Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, 1971
Included teaching human anatomy to medical students, and an independent
pursuit of course work in sculpture techniques and materials

M.D., College of Medicine, Ohio State University, 1965

B.A. Arts/Medicine, Ohio State University, 1962

Work Experience

Full-time sculptor, 1996-present

Maintained practice in Plastic Surgery, 1973-1996
- concomitant development of sculpture repertoire

Private practice Plastic Surgery, 1985-1996
- special interest in the surgical repair of the human figure
- taught human "sculpture" to Plastic Surgery residents

Division of Plastic Surgery, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, 1973-1985. Chief, Plastic Surgery, 1979-85.
- taught reconstructive and cosmetic surgery to residents, anatomy to medical students