Since childhood I have sought the artist's way of life. I graduated in liberal arts from San Francisco State University and became a writer, director, stage set and costume designer, and producer for children's theater in northern California. When I lost a great deal of my hearing to a virus, my focus shifted to the fine art of painting. I went back to college(s) and took various art classes and if I were to matriculate again I would have the equivalent of a BA in Art. I have studied with Daniel Green, Gary Pruner, Anita Wolff, Gregory Kondos and various other artists.

My roots are in classical and impressionistic painting. However, in recent years my work has focused on synthesizing the impressionist-expressionist genres with elements of abstraction and surrealism. Expressionism is the happy fit. I paint both figurative and landscape with figurative being my primary emphasis.

Most of my figurative work now finds a home on the East Coast, in particular Sarasota, Florida where my "circus" and performance themes coincide nicely with the Ringling Brothers circus home base and museum.