Drawing and painting have been a part of my life since childhood. I remember drawing as young as five. I drew mostly from my imagination and observations. My mother, a graduate of the Cleveland Art Institute, encouraged me to enter a national art contest sponsored by Kellogg. At age nine, my color pencil drawing took second place.
Both the artistic and the analytic shape my life. Left and right brain hold equal sway. My degree in math gave me a comfortable career in Capital Project Management, working for Harvard University and the University of Texas. Building projects were primarily scientific research facilities and restorations of historic structures.
I have always enjoyed visits to art museums. Viewing the masterpieces emboldens my efforts. In 2007, I joined a group of artists painting en plein air in Italy. The trip was a turning point and I soon retired to begin a career as a professional artist.
Life drawing and design were the only art courses I took in college. Beginning in 2008 daily painting, workshops, museum visits and art books helped me climb a steep learning curve. In 2011, I completed a month-long portrait workshop at the prestigious Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, under the tutelage of Maureen Hyde. In 2013, Scottsdale Artist’s School awarded me a scholarship and attended a portrait workshop by Romel de la Torre. Later that year, I attended a portrait workshop under the instruction of Michael Shane Neal.
In 2016, the American Society of Marine Artists honored me with Signature membership status. In February of 2020, The Art Renewal Center included my artwork in the Art Renewal Center’s Living Artists Gallery and honored me with the title ARC Associate Living Master™ (A.R.C.A.L.M.) And in 2024 I was accepted as a member of the prestigious Salmagundi Club of New York City. And in 2025 the American Artists Professional League bestowed Elected Member status.
“Painting is capturing a moment in time. A moment offered by the Creator and painted by me.”