Résumé

My fascination with glass has become a serious creative pursuit in the new millennium. My training under the guidance of Kari Minnick, Tim Tate and Erwin Timmers (Meltdown Glass Studio at Millennium Arts Center, Washington DC) soon led me to explore the frontiers of working in warm glass, principally at the Kari Minnick Art Glass Studio in Silver Spring, MD. Studying with Judith Conway, Richard LaLonde, David Leatherbarrow, and Kevin Toole at the Vitrum Studio in Beltsville, MD further enhanced my journey on the glass horizons.

My pieces are created and shaped by fusing layers of different colors of fine glass, sometimes with metallic (mostly fine silver leaf and 23 k gold leaf) or organic elements (especially leaves), at up to 1,500°F in an electric kiln in multiple firings. My designs are often inspired by the glory and splendor of nature—its innumerable acts of random beauty! I rejoice in the wonderful luminosity of glass and rejoice in color—unabashedly.

My work has found strong resonance, including in juried shows:

2003

September–October	Millennium Arts Center, Washington DC: “Warm Glass Exhibition”
October	Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD

2004

January	Artists’ Museum, Washington DC: “All Media Juried Show”
May–July	Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, VA: “Primary Colors: A Survey of Contemporary Craft in Red, Yellow and Blue”
June	The ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA: “Art Camp: Fine Art of Fun & Leisure Show”
August	APEX Gallery, Washington DC: “All Media Juried Show”
September	Washington DC, “Arts on Foot Festival”
September–November	Gallery International, Baltimore, MD: “All Media Competition”
November–December	71st International Exhibit of Fine Art Miniatures, Strathmore Hall, Rockville MD
November–January 2005	Alder Art Gallery, Coburg, OR: “La Petite XII”
December	The ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA: “Small Works”
December–January 2005	APEX Gallery, Washington DC: “Landscapes, Varied Views”

2005

February	Gallery West, Alexandria VA: “8th Juried National Show”
Febuary–March	Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC: “7th Annual All Media Exhibition”
March, June, July and August	The ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA: “All Media Membership Shows”
May–June	Arts and Design Society, Fort Walton Beach, FL: “13th Annual Southeast Regional Juried Fine Arts Exhibition”
May–July	Creative Crafts Council, Rockville, MD: “The Crafts Collection 2005”
August–November	The ART League, Alexandria, VA: “2005 Washington Square Sculpture Show”
September	The ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA: “Landscapes–All Media Membership Show”—Received Equal Award
October	Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Bethesda MD
November	The ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA: “Small Works”
November–December	Masoaka Design Gallery, Carmel Valley, CA: “Contemporary Fusion Exhibition”
November–December	Gallery International, Baltimore, MD: “Global All Media Competition”—Awarded Honorable Mention
November–January 2006	Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR: “La Petite XIII”
December	BlackRock Exhibition Gallery, Germantown, MD: “Tai Hwa Goh and Doris Ross: Prints and Drawings, Fused Glass”

2006

January-February	Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC: “8th Annual All Media Exhibition”
February	The ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA: “Valentine I”—Received Equal Award
April–May	Arts Afire Glass Gallery, Alexandria, VA: “Myriad Forms of Glass”

2009

August, November, December

ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA:
“All Media membership Shows”

2010

March–April	National Capitol Art Glass Guild, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD: “Generations in Glass”
January, June, July, September, December	ART League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA: “All Media membership Shows”
July and November	International Arts & Artists’ Juried Membership Shows, Washington DC

I was born and raised in southwestern Germany near the Black Forest. I came to the USA in 1980/81 to study, and returned in 1983 to work in Washington DC (relocated overseas 2006-08). I travel frequently overseas, always returning with lots of inspirations.