| Area of Specialization:
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The Ancient Greek Canon of human proportion and Pythagorean Tradition of aesthetics. I also have experience in the Islamic tradition as well as in Egyptian art. |
| Education:
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Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Department, The Prince of
Wales's Institute of Architecture, Unit 6-A, 44 Gloucester Avenue, London,
U.K. NW1 8JD; M. Phil. - Ph.D. (1995-1998).
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602; B. A. Sculpture and Drawing (1974-1979). Utah Valley State College, 800 West 1200 South, Orem , Utah 84058-5999; One Year Certificate in Graphics (1989-1991). |
| Work Experience:
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Seven years of metal work at Wasatch Bronze works (now Metal Letters)
in Lehi, Utah (1979-1985), and the casting of precious metals at Arrowhead
Dental Lab in Draper Utah (1993-1995).
Work for three different Archaeologists, Richard Hauck, V. Garth Norman, and Asa Nielson, including artifact and petroglyph drawings, technical drawings, field work and excavation. Completed work with Garth Norman on the Government funded Parowan Gap Project in south central Utah (1994-1997), and at Capitol Reef National Park with Richard Hauck and Garth Norman (1991-1992). |
| Qualifications:
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Attended Kairos Summer School for the Traditional and Sacred Arts,
sponsored by the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture, in Boulder
and Crestone, Colorado (1993, 1994, 1996, and quest speaker 1998).
Received full scholarship and worked with Professor Keith B. Critchlow, architect and geometer, and one of the world's experts in the Pythagorean tradition, at the Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Dept. in London. I completed research and thesis (dissertation) on the ancient Greek Canon of human proportions and Vitruvian “Man in the Circle and Square” with a comparison study of the Benedictine Desiderian Canon. In both Crestone and in London, I was also able to study with John Michell, a well known author and expert in Megalithic Sites and Ancient Canons of number and measurement. |
| Personal Achievements:
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My accomplishments include extensive research done in the ancient Greek
and Egyptian Canons of human proportion, many “Man in the Circle” drawings
such as the one by Leonardo da Vinci, and the rediscovered canon of
Benedictine monk, Father Desiderius Lenz ; including all the proportions
and measurements involved in the same.
I have great interest in various philosophies of Sacred Art and how they were applied in the arts and architecture. My personal art interests include sculpture, drawing, and technical illustration. My work includes three sculptures that are part of the Springville Museum of Art permanent collection. |
| References:
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Professor Keith B. Critchlow (Also Paul Marchant and Dr.
Khaled Azzam) Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Department Unit
6-A, 44 Gloucester Avenue, London NW1 8JD Tele.: 0-11-44-171-916-9740,
Fax: 171-916-9741
Vern G. Swanson, Ph.D., Director of the Springville Museum of Art 126 East 400 South, Springville, Utah 84663, (801) 489-2727, Home: (801) 489-7082 V. Garth Norman, Professional Archaeologist for Arcon Inc. 232 East 300 North, American Fork, Utah 84003, Tele.: (801 756-3112 |