I am a self-taught artist, with degrees in English and Advertising, from Michigan State University. After graduation, I taught overseas and hoped to write a novel, which—years later—became “Shadow Gathering,” a sci-fi thriller that explores an ancient secret society coping in the modern world. Although my manuscript was solicited by Penguin Publishing, it never made it to print.

Painting entered my life in 1994, shortly after I moved to Seattle. Here, I started painting to authenticate an artist in my novel. In the process, I found painting came easier. And painting would come and go while I explored various careers in order to survive.

Over my career, I’ve taught English in Switzerland as well as Sociology and Psychology in Detroit. In Seattle, I’ve worked as a bartender, technical writer, project manager, and corporate trainer. In 2002, I produced a calendar of artwork, “13 Moons,” which sold in over 20 Seattle bookstores, including Elliott Bay Books, East-West Books, and the University of Washington Bookstore.

My paintings tend to explore the human condition—psychological, socio-political, and spiritual—and are charged with emotion. This emotion is heightened by larger-than-life figures presented close up—like medieval iconography catering to contemporary culture.

In 2009, I joined La Familia Gallery and Artist Cooperative, exhibiting with them at the Aqua Art International Expo in Miami and Gallery Golden Point in Finland. In Seattle, I’ve shown in the SODO, Fremont, and Art Walks in Ballard, Capitol Hill, and Pioneer Square, as well as Seattle Weekly's Artopia 2010 Festival and the Tacoma Public Library’s Handforth Gallery.