The earliest works on the website, the Les Grottes series were completed in 1980, the large Interference paintings created from titanium coated mica flakes were completed in 2015, and the seascape paintings completed in 2021 for a private residence on the California coast.
After traveling to the Himalayas in 1990, I wanted to extend my gallery space experience to a larger format so I enrolled in the Anthropology Film School in Santa Fe, NM affilated with the Visual Anthropology program at Temple University.
METAPHOR AND PROCESS, a Documentary/Art film on the artist Robert Cremean was completed in 1998 and a sequel was completed in 2013.
During the period from 1998 until 2013, I worked on restoring a 150 year old historic adobe in New Mexico using traditional materials, from 2014 to 2016 I worked on designing and building a contemporary home also in New Mexico using contemporary design and materials.
I am currently working on photo book #14 using curated and edited photos telling a story using little or no text in a non linear style. This concept was conceived during the pandemic when I could not leave my home or studio.
Experimenting with and exploring all mediums and new technologies are part of the artistic process.
My first memory of art making began around 6 years of age when my grandfather and I created interior spaces using cardboard that became houses and barns that would be shelters for humans and animals living on my grandparents farm in rural Iowa.
Spending much time out in nature as a child freely walking in the woods and hills and along the rivers and streams had a lasting influence on how I perceived the nuances of color, light, texture and the subtle changes that occur during the passage of the days and seasons.
For me, the artistic process does not stop at the canvas, film, paper, or stone but continues in ALL aspects of ones life. The artistic process includes creating the aesthetics of ones shelter along with the excellence of perfecting a sport to the highest level of personal achievement. Mastering the correct form in physical engagement is as primary an importance as correctly holding the brush at the right angle and pressure in East Asian Calligraphy.
Awareness of the nuances of light and the passage of time are of a primary concern in my process as an artist along with the classical considerations of line, form, color, and space.