ABOUT THE ARTIST
In the late sixties and early seventies pop culture was exploding in California. Graphic design was becoming part of mainstream culture and pop art was everywhere. This phenomenon influenced my everyday life as a teenager, subconsciously materialized in my school art projects and affects my work in both design and fine art to this day.

Through his profession as an interior designer, my father would prove to be equally influential. His use of fine art and exposure to the architectural aspects of his projects was a perfect contrast to the pop machine.

Combining type and graphics was intuitive for me and led to a career in commercial arts. During the next 20 years, though I never stopped painting, I gathered a wide variety of related experience that would be my formal education. Composition and printing from graphic design, technical drawing and spacial relationships from architecture, brush handling and large scale reproduction from sign painting, all come together in the context of my work as a painter.

I've been drawing, painting and designing things (both two and three dimensional) for over four decades. Fortunately, after all this time, I am still challenged, still learning, still finding enjoyment in the process and new ideas continue to surface. Hopefully that won't end any time soon.

Self-taught artist and graphic designer
Born in Santa Monica, California - 1957

Began commercial art career - 1978
Relocated to northern California - 1981

Started exhibiting fine art - 1997
Launched online gallery - 2000