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Growing up with an artist illustrator father has had a major impact on the style and subject of the work that I do. My father was a watercolorist who kept elaborate visual files.In the 1978 I became interested in the work of the photorealist painters, but felt that there was something lacking in their subject matter. I saw a photograph of a performance by a European artist who hung himself with fishhooks. So I decided to do a portrait of myself stretching my face with “S” hooks. I need something for the background. So I looked in my father’s files and in a folder labeled “Art Modern,” I found a reproduction of the Garden of Earthly Delights a Renaissance alter piece.This has made a lasting impression on how I choose the subject matter for my work. I try to use subjects, sometimes from “Art History,” that are archetypal and timeless and blend them with subjects and images that have personal meaning and value. In essence I hope to create works that hopefully are as interesting and relevant at the time they are made as they will be several hundred years from now.
1979 M.F.A., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Major Area: Studio Art/Painting
1972 B.A., University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Major Area: Graphics, Photography, and Cinematography
1970 A.A., St. Petersburg Junior College, St. Petersburg, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999 The Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
1992 California State University Northridge, University Gallery, Northridge, CA
1991 The Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Nevada County Arts Council Microgallery, Nevada City, CA
1986 The Edge Gallery, Fullerton, CA
1985 Victory Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
John Douglas Kline Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1982 Armstrong-Prior Fine Art, Phoenix, AZ
1981 The Todd Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
The Low Rent Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Arizona Western College Fine Art Gallery, Yuma, AZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Landscapes”, California State University Channel Islands Art Gallery, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California
2005 “Electronics Alive III”, Scarfone, Hartley Galleries, University of Tampa, Tampa Florida.
2003 “Electronics Alive”, Scarfone, Hartley Galleries, University of Tampa, Tampa Florida.
2002 “Adjunct Faculty Exhibition”, Channel Islands Art Center, California State University Channel islands, Camarillo, California.
1999 “Ventura Community College District Faculty”, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
1998 ” School of Fine Arts Reunion,” The Florida State University,
Tallahassee, FL
1996 “ Venice Art Walk 96,” Open Studio, Venice CA
“Art Faculty,” Cal. State Univ. Northridge Gallery, Northridge CA
“Spooky.” Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, Ca
1995 "Venice Art Walk 95," Open studio, Venice, CA
1994 "Closing the Chapter," The Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Venice Art Walk 94," Open studio, Venice, CA
1993 “Venice Art Walk 93,” Open studio, Venice, CA
1992 “Boxes,” Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Art and the Law,” (Catalogue), The West Publishing Foundation,
Minneapolis, MN
1991 “Found and Transformed,” Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Still Life in Motion,” The Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
1990 “Introductory Group Show,” The Sherry Frumkin Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
“Neon Art,” Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
1989 “Introductions,” The Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Heaven Earth and Spirit,” Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Group Exhibition,” Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA
1988 “Rags to Riches,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“Adults Only,” The Edge Gallery, Fullerton, CA
“Crocker Kingsley Annual Exhibition,” Crocker Art Museum,
Sacramento, CA
1987 “Reflections and Illusions,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“Camptonville Tales,” The Accurate Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“The Surreal Ecstasy of Woman,” Colorbox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 “The Art of Love,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
“Life within Life,” Collins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Valentine Show,” Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Artists’ Valentines,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1985 “Artist as Shaman,” Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“100 Vows of the Sun,” Southern Exposure Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
“ Benicia Art Explosion,” Creative Center, Benicia, CA
“Exotic Invitational,” Alwun House Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
“Artists’ Valentines,” The San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA
“Dialogues of the 80’s,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, CA
“Dialogues of the 80’s,” The Autonomous University of Mexico,
Mexico City, Mexico.
1984 “Human Form: Prismatic Color,” Meridien Hotel, San Francisco, CA
“Divergent Content,” Edge Gallery, Fullerton, CA
“Peace Palette,” Trade Center Concourse, San Francisco, CA
“X-Rated,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
“Religion 1984,” The Bruce Velick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Scott Newkirk/Doug Sutherland (two man show),”
College of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Belmont, CA
“Crime and Punishment,” Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1983 “Paper, Fibers, and Drawing International,” The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL “The Impolite Figure,” Bannam Place Exhibition Space,
San Francisco, CA
1982 “32nd Midwestern Invitational,” Plains Art Museum,
Moorehead, MN
“Paintings of Power and Beauty,” Fort Mason Center,
San Francisco, CA
1980 “New Images II,” The New Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1979 “The New Floridians,” Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
“The New Floridians,” Brevard Art Center and Museum, Melbourne, FL
1978 “The Arizona National,” Scottsdale Center for the Arts,
Scottsdale, AZ
“The New Floridians,” The Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
“The New Floridians,” The Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
“The New Floridians,” Miami Dade Junior College Art Gallery,
Miami, FL
“The National Cape Coral Annual Art Exhibition,” Ft. Myers, FL
“Chiaha Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition,” Rome, GA
1977 “Le Moyne Art Foundation Annual Juried Exhibition,” Tallahassee, FL
“The Florida State University Second Annual Juried Exhibition of Student Works,” The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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