Project Description
Much of my own work tends to be either social comment or landscapes, often containing figures. After moving to Old Lyme in 2005, I spent several years adjusting my imagery and palette from the Kansas prairie to Connecticut rocks and woodlands. At the same time I’ve continued my commentary on world events. Friends have commented that it is like looking at two different painters.
I agree with those who say that a successful painting has an “indefinable plus”, called “magic” by some. My daily search to get to that “indefinable plus” keeps me going.
Artist specializing in oil painting
June, 1998 to present
Chief Conservator
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art May, 1982-May, 1998
Resident Conservator
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery-Mary Atkins Museum
August, 1973-April, 1982
Special Assistant to Caroline and Sheldon Keck
Cooperstown Graduate Program in Conservation of Works of Art. 1972-73
Instructor of Art
University of Iowa, 1966-72
Graduate Assistant to Byron Burford, Painting Methods and Materials
University of Iowa, Fall, 1964-1965
Instructor of Art
University of Minnesota-Duluth, Fall, 1961-Summer, 1964
Assistant Instructor
Michigan State University, Spring, 1961
One-Person Shows
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2013
Pegasus Gallery, Middlesex Community College, 2012
Forrest Bailey and Richard Ziemann at the Chester Gallery, Chester, CT 2010
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, 2002
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, 1971
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit (Wisconsin) College, 1971
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine Wisconsin, 1971
