Born in Cleveland, Ohio, I have lived all my
adult life in Los Angeles, primarily Venice and
 Santa Monica, where I have my art studio.
  As a young artist, I frequented the Art
Museum and took classes at the Cleveland
   Institute of Art. CMA had beautiful
  Cezannes depicting Mount St. Victoire,
  paintings that I loved. Like this one……

A few years ago, I spent a month in Aix en
   Provence where I visited his studio and walked
  among the locations where he painted the mountain and quarries. What a great
painter!! Much to Zola’s bemusement, Cezanne painted St. Victoire for 20 years….
   the same subject…while i’m not Cezanne, I, too, paint the same subjects repeatedly.

  These subjects are inspired by extraordinary visual effects found in nature, usually
   while traveling: Spectacular Aurora Borealis in Iceland; Fantastic Fairy Circles on
   the Namibian Desert. Future series will include magnificent icebergs I photographed
  in Patagonia, as well as amazing water reflections in Venice, Italy.

  Painting technique is important…I love mixing colors and applying glazes..and I am
  very fussy about my brushes and paint consistency. I am a traditional painter, not
  into digitized mixed media.

Traditional itaglio printmaking is another art form
I have loved since I was a teenager when I took summer
classes at the Art Institute…pictured here is an early 
engraving I did from a school photo. Recently, I’m 
 working on a series of prints about Rhinos called
 “Cloudwalker“.  In Namibia, I met the Rhino Rangers
  in the Huab Conservancy and photographed these
  endangered animals.

  And, of course, I love photography. My travel gear
  consists mostly of Canon cameras and lenses.
   I have photographed in over 20 different countries…
    always looking for the beautiful and extraordinary.