- Born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin
- Educated at the
University of Illinois
Layton School of Art
Study in Paris, France
BA degree from Antioch University - A professional artist and teacher for 46 years
- 400 paintings, drawings, and sculpture
My purpose as an artist is to illustrate and draw attention to what I call the "organic necessity" of our visual world, where things grow, change, mature, and even decay with always an elegant abstract organic beauty and creativity. To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, each rose is not simply a rose, nor is it simply pretty. Rather, it is an incredibly complicated and diverse visual arrangement of forms and colors, surrounded by an equally complicated environment. I use classical principles and elements of design to build structure and form with color and value (light and dark), always seeking and experimenting with new design interpretations.
My job is to creatively express that vision as elegantly as I can, to share it. I want people to come away from my work with a new, transformed appreciation for the visual world around them; to rediscover some of their childlike experiences that were there before we began to judge and evaluate, prefer and dismiss. I invite you to be open to a new experience of what seems familiar to you.