My journey in art began like most artists. I always drew since I can remember. It was at Blair High School that
Mr. Gerald Garden and Mr Vince Melie began the first of my formal art education. Great Teachers! After graduating I spent 3 years
in the US Army serving in Katterbach Germany with the 1st Armored Division. Once back home I attended Pasadena
City College where I studied drawing, design and painting. Although my heart was in art I never assumed it to be
more than just a hobby. I worked my day job and started a family having 2 wonderful daughters along the way.

I continued studying on my own perfecting the art of stippling in pen & ink and buying painting books to continue to teach
myself to paint. Eventually, I began taking on commissions for pen & ink drawings and set painting aside. Soon I had prints
made of my work  and began to sell prints online. I moved from Pasadena to the town of Solvang on the Central Coast in 2005
and began to get involved with the local Artist Guilds here. I had become very interested in California Impressionsist painting
and Plein Air painting. I began to paint again. Entering my pen & ink and oil paintings I began to win awards for both and
sales continued. By now, I had sold pen & ink prints in just about every State in the US including Hawaii and Alaska
as well as overseas in England, Germany, Australia and Canada.

I continue to pursue my quest of becoming a competent painter and strive to perfect on canvas, or paper, the scenes that
interest and surround me. I try and let nature tell the story in my work. I want to capture the beauty of sunlight as it effects
the world I live in and not dramatize it for an artists sake. I want to share what is seen everyday and bring moments of light
and time to the people who see my work.