Discovery, Inspiration, Celebration

My journey in the visual arts began long ago, informed by my intense interest in other cultures and ways of life. Over the years I’ve been privileged to travel extensively — often to places that outwardly could not be more different from my home but whose people share the same fierce desire for spiritual nourishment and an infinite capacity for creativity.

Though classically trained in drawing and painting, I have always gravitated to the dimensional and to the natural richness of wood and stone, so sculpture in its many forms has become my major form of artistic expression.   I enjoy exploring texture and how we interact with three dimensional objects because often that interaction is much more dynamic and direct than with other art forms. 

Center for Furniture Craftsmanship Rockland, ME 2007-2015

  Twelve Week Intensive plus workshops in all aspects of fine woodworking 

North Bennet Street School Boston, MA  2014

  Studies in the fundamentals of bookbinding & re-binding in leather 

MA Education University of Denver 1994

Art Students League of Denver 1992-93 

  Study in stone sculpture with Madeline Wiener

Graduate studies in Anthropology  Brandeis University, 1981

BFA Design  University of Kansas, 1981   

2024 River Arts

2023 River Arts 

2011 Marblehead Festival of the Arts

2010 River Arts

2009 River Arts

2009 Marblehead Festival of the Arts

2008 River Arts

1993 North American Sculpture Exhibition 

1991 Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria VA

1990 DCCAH Best of the West Art Show – Merit Award, Best of Media

1968 Pueblo Art Guild Spring Fair – 1st Place

1968 Security Art Group Annual Art Festival – 3rd Place

1968 Palmer Lake Little Art Group Festival – Honorable Mention

My work is in private collections in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico & Virginia.

Recipient of more than one hundred fifty medals, honors and awards of excellence from local, regional and national professional organizations, including the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the New York, Los Angeles and Denver Ad Clubs, the Boston and Denver Art Directors Clubs, the American Marketing Association, the American Advertising Federation,  and the Public Relations Society of America.

Volunteer Assistant, New England Historic Genealogical Society conservation lab, restoring and repairing books, maps and manuscripts in the NEGHS library, 2014-15.

Instructor of advertising and market planning University of Colorado at Denver - Division of Extended Studies, 1990-1993. 

Selected as Visiting Professional, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, 1984.

Chair/Member Curriculum Advisory Committee, Graphic Design Program Arapahoe Community College 1987-89, 1991-1997/1985-87; Community College of Denver (Auraria) 1977-1980.

Photo: Robert Alan Clayton