About Me

 

Born and raised in the Rocky Mountain west in the 1960s, I gained a deep appreciation of natural aesthetics, freedom, and a sense of space, all of which influence my artwork.

I worked for many years as a professional engineer, and that experience structured how I looked at the world, using science and math as my language...until the analytical side of my brain had a chance to turn its focus upon itself.

A freak injury gave me the chance to analyze the world around me from a new perspective. I saw that by embracing the artist I had always held within me, I could use art as a more efficient means of explaining my observations of our world.  In 2023 I achieved a major step in my artistic dreams by graduating Summa Cum Laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) with a BFA in painting.

Drawing on a lifetime of eclectic experiences, I strive to visually represent individuals and their responses to their environments, describing them but also at turns celebrating and empathizing their emotions in those moments. Occasionally I create worlds where physical laws are optional, while strategically injecting measures of irony, reality, and perhaps some tongue-in-cheek humor. My goal is to create a space with my art where one can take a mental break from the usual media-driven and manipulated narratives.
I currently live in Georgia where I make paintings, installations, and mixed media artworks.