Biographical Highlights

1948
Born in Portland, Oregon
1970
Graduated University of Washington.
1971 to present
Professional calligrapher. Began teaching.
1976
Founding member and 1st president: The Society for Calligraphy & Handwriting.
1977
Visited Israel for 2 months.
1978
Designed first Ketubah.
1991
Published 1st edition Hebrew Calligraphy Styles.
1996
Published 2nd edition HCS, completely revised.
1996
Instructor. Soundings, International Calligraphy Conference. Tacoma, WA
1997
1st presentation of 1st slide talk: The Beauty of Hebrew Calligraphy,” The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
1998, 2002-4
Private study of original Hebrew manuscripts (The British Library, London; The Bodleian Library, Oxford; and Klau Library, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH
2001
1st presentation of 2nd slide talk: “The Ketubah: Art in Context,” Tree of Life Books & Judaica, Seattle, WA
2002
Instructor. The Calligraphy Connection, International Calligraphy Conference. St. John’s College, MN
2006
Published Finding the Flow: A Calligraphic Journey and reprinted 2nd edition of HCS.
2007
1st “Finding the Flow” workshop. San Francisco, Friends of Calligraphy

A resume can be provided upon request.

Publications: Articles & Reviews

“Calligraphy as a Spiritual Way” (e-mailed upon request)
“Brody Neuenschwander’s Camp Cheerio Workshop: ‘Developing Meaning’”

The article, “Calligraphy as a Spiritual Way” was written for the calligraphic journal Alphabet in 2007. In this article I describe my personal quest to practice calligraphy as a more than visual undertaking, and also give more general comments about my findings. It may be downloaded here.