Born in Teddington, England in 1935 and now living in Austin, Texas. His early interest in art led him at 18 to India and Santiniketan, the Ashram of Rabindranath Tagore, then to Chelsea Art School, London. He completed his B.F.A. at the University of Texas and a M.F.A. at the University of Washington. This rolling stone foundation settled into a fixed career as a professional artist that has continued since 1963. He has had gallery affiliations in New York, Seattle, New Orleans, Taos, Austin, Dallas Houston, San Antonio.

Besides sixteen prizes in national and regional shows, special recognition includes a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in 1985-1986 and inclusion in the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.

He has shown widely and has works in many public and notable private collections. His images have worldwide exposure through music releases of groups like Nirvana and Jesus Lizard, and extravaganzas such as Lollapalooza. This, in addition to more sedate venues such as the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Houston Grand Opera.

LAUREN LEVY

Ms. Levy talks about her button covered sculpture as follows: "When I was small and visiting my great grandmother, I was rewarded for good behavior by being allowed to play in the button box. Buttons are for me the perfect medium for personifying the notions of loss, joy, grief, tenderness and consequent insanity of these extremes."

"I began making wire and button sculptures in 1991, after the birth of my first child. I had been making small metal sculptures using traditional metalsmithing techniques. Upon finding that as the parent of an infant, I barely had time to turn on the torch before the nap was over, I quickly realized that a low-tech direct approach to making objects with metal was necessary. In addition, I had been, as a resident of Portland, Oregon, an avid knitter. Living back in Texas, I found that one sweater, if any at all, would suffice. Because of geography and life roles I arrived at making small garnets made of metal wire and buttons".

"My interest and concerns about the world are many and translate into my sculptures. In this collection of works, I am mainly concerned with love, death, sexuality, coping and music."