Work History
University Teaching
2000 - Present
University of South Australia: Lecturer in Communication, Technology, and Culture.
Adolescent Mentoring
1999 - Present
Family and Community Services, Noarlunga and Aberfoyle Park: Mentoring teenagers in crisis care.
ECommerce
2000 - Present
Developing and selling gift items using personal art and writing in an online environment, including website creation and online selling.
Artist
1968 - Present
Gallery shows, art festivals, street art, and Internet art in New Orleans, Washington D.C., Atlantic City, Honolulu, New York City, Baltimore, Adelaide (Public Library, Pt. Noarlunga, Fringe Festival 1994/1996, East End Market, Glenelg).
Single Parent
1984 - Present
Sole responsibility for raising two children (born 1981 and 1983), supporting one to become a pitcher signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers (2000) and the other a recording artist and social worker.
Artist in the Park Project
1993 - 1994
Adelaide: Manager and artist for a project with Adelaide City Council, enabling artists to display and sell work in Rymill Park on weekends.
Astrology
1968 - Present
- Began studying astrology in 1964, reading charts professionally since 1968, focusing on life cycles and cosmic influences, not predictive readings.
- Taught astrology classes at John Hopkins Free University, Baltimore, in the 1970s.
Light Foods
1981 - 1989
Owner and manager, manufacturing tofu, soymilk, and tofu-based foods, marketed throughout Australia.
Queens Medical Centre
1980 - 1981
Honolulu, Hawaii: Counsellor and Psychiatric Nursing Assistant, counselling patients, writing nursing notes, dispensing medication.
Shepherd Pratt Hospital
1978 - 1980
Towson, Maryland: Counsellor and Psychiatric Nursing Assistant with adolescents, counselling, writing nursing notes, dispensing medication.
Holy Order of Mans
1974 - 1978
Studied for priesthood in a Catholic Order, worked part-time/full-time jobs, and assisted in shelters, clinics, and nursing homes.
Tiperath Art Gallery
1972 - 1974
New Orleans, USA: Owner and operator.
Photographer
1970 - 1971
Honolulu, Hawaii: Developed film for commercial businesses and operated a store.
Various Jobs
1965 - 1970
Travelled and worked across the USA: Hotel front-desk and bell-boy (Hotel LaSalle, New Orleans), furniture store sales (Orlando, Florida), short-order and specialty cook (Key West, New York City, Los Angeles, Eugene, San Francisco, Honolulu).