About Alan

Photo Biography


Self Portrait 1997


Photographer’s Statement
    
    I think of my work as firmly based in the classic West Coast Landscape tradition that I use as a point of departure.  My aesthetic aim is to present images with multiple levels of meaning.  I am interested in exploring the energy that seems to exist between what is represented and what is implied in the photograph.
    
Solo Shows

    2008    Portola Art Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
    2004    Don Edwards S.F. Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Fremont, CA
    2001    Mt. View City Hall, Mt. View, CA
    1996    Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education, San Mateo, CA
    1977    Shado’ Gallery, Oregon City, OR
    1974    Jim Lucas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    1973    Franconia College, Franconia, NH

Group Shows

    2007    C. Green Foothills “Nature’s Inspirations” -Jane Gallagher Award
    1995    Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto CA
    1977    West Coast Continuum, Civic Gallery, Walnut Creek CA
    1974    MFA exhibition California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA
    1973    Collectors Show, Focus Gallery, San Francisco CA
    1973    Photo Invitational, Palo Alto Cultural Center
    1972    Contemporary Photography Show, Sheldon Art Gallery, U. of Nebraska
    1972    de Saisset Art Gallery, Santa Clara Univ.
    1971    Oakland Museum Phelan Awards Show -Honorable Mention
    1971    Villa Montalvo, Saratoga CA
    1970    Friends of Photography Gallery, Carmel CA

Publications

    LensWork Quarterly #22 Sept. 1998 (MultiMedia ed.)- Portfolio and interview

Education

    MFA California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CA 1974
    BS University of California, Berkeley CA 1959

Workshops

    John Sexton- “Fine Tuning the Expressive Print” 2000
    John Sexton- “The Expressive Print” 1999
    Paul Caponigro and Oliver Gagliani- Virginia City NV workshop 1973
    Oliver Gagliani- 1968, 1969, 1970
    Personal study with Oliver Gagliani 1968-2003