||: Inspiration to make something, to present an ‘appreciation-by-’depiction of a person, animal, nature, the universe, an idea, …%

//; motivation to develop  – searching, moving \\

What is Inspiration? A Sooth, a  spark, a spectacle, 

What is Motivation? ~~~ capture moment, graphically, emotionally 

What is Appreciation?:

Strive to Acknowledge (to see) = the set-up

Strive to Respect (to understand) = the pose

Strive to Trust (let feelings go) = the breath

= ART >spark< :||

%still life, landscape, portrait

%Scene, abstract, commission

Worky-work:

Current:

Art Instructor at Lau Tzu Academy Aug 2025 –

Vice President/webmaster at Pittsburgh Print Group 2024 –

Webmaster – http://african-diaspora-press.com 2002 –

Librarian at Chatham University Feb 2002 –

Formerly:

Librarian at Bethany College, Yale University, University of Pittsburgh, Pratt Institute, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art and Getty Research Institute

Author: Talons ; Smagnolian Riptitude – Book 3 (2020, ISBN 9798657062410),  Rings of Glaridon (2017, ISBN 9781542800501)

US Patent: Media presentation system controlled by voice to text commands (2000)

Attended: Pratt Institute (MS-LIS, 1997), Pratt Institute (MFA-Painting, 1991), University of Northern Iowa (BFA-Painting, 1982), Waldorf College, East High Waterloo, Logan Jr. High, Lincoln Elementary and Helen Lemme Elementary in Iowa City.

Taught: Community College of Allegheny College, Pratt Institute, Waldorf College

Exhibited: Various Galleries (Manhattan and Brooklyn), Pratt Institute (MFA), NEA Grant Show (DC), National Gallery of Art (staff show), Bat Studio (BFA), Waldorf College (Alumni)

Working knowledge of various ILS Systems: Koha, Innovative (Millennium), Voyager, Sirsi~Dynix, Endeavor; MARC, XML, HTML, FTP, CSS, PHP, JS, JQuery and SQL;

in process of learning DOM and Python