Alan is a full time artist working in Kitsap County, Washington. He has exhibited widely throughout the United States in museums, art centers, and galleries. His work has won awards and honors in numerous juried professional competitions including several first place and best of shows. Major examples of his work can be found in a number of public and corporate art collections including:

• Yellowstone Museum of Contemporary Art in Billings, MT
• Butler Museum of American Art in Youngstown, OH
• Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters Building, in Minneapolis, MN
• First Bank Systems Headquarters Building, Minneapolis, MN
• Wells Fargo (formerly Norwest) Regional Headquarters Bank in Billings, MT
• American Dry Ice Corporation, Seattle, WA
• GeoResearch Corporation International, Washington, DC
• Benedictine liqueurs Inc., Manufacturers Hanover Trust Gallery, N.Y.C.
• Merrill Lynch Brokerage, Tacoma, WA
• National Benefit Life Insurance Brokerage Inc. Bremerton, WA
• Senior Deputy Chief Prosecutor, King County (Seattle) WA
• Kitsap Bank in Port Orchard, WA
• Olympic Bank in Chimicum, WA
• Deaconess Hospital, Billings, MT
• Billings Medical Clinic, Billings, MT
• Joseph E. Salsbury Science Center,University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD
• Montana State University-Billings, Billings, MT
• Global Partnerships Inc. Seattle, WA

Alan’s work can also be found in numerous private collections throughout the country.

Alan maintains a studio in Bremerton, is a founding member the Collective Visions Gallery. Before moving to the Puget Sound area in 1989, Alan was a professor of art (1969 -1989) and for seven years was chair of the Art Department at Montana State University-Billings. He holds a B.A. from Sioux Falls University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, an M.A. from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, and an M.F.A. from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. He is married to Ellen Newberg, director of Kitsap Regional Library. He is active in RESULTS, a grass roots citizen’s advocacy organization dedicated to creating the political will to end hunger.