Statement about my work
My current work depicts subjects from an unconventional point of view. The paintings may be metaphorical, question expectations, or challenge preconceived beliefs. Thus, people and places are shown in ways we do not normally see or think about them.
I paint this way because my early life experiences taught me to see the world differently, to think differently.
When I was 8 years old, I walked into the Arizona Desert, alone. My journey spanned several years and countless miles of brush, cacti, and rock. I hiked to the tops of hills and crawled down into abandoned mines and caves. Discovered petroglyph sites. Was surrounded by coyotes, javelina, and hundreds of bats. Ate cactus and agave fruits and talked with plants and animals, including a mountain lion. These experiences made me sensitive to the presence of living things. That all things are interconnected. That nothing is as it appears.
Brief Bio
I was born in Wisconsin, spent my formative years in Tucson, Arizona, traveled and lived abroad for 14 years, and currently live in Colorado. Along with a lifetime of painting, I studied small mammals in the southwestern US and Mexico, wrote AI software, worked on cruise ships, and was a psychology professor. I have exhibited paintings and sculptures in Colorado, New York, California, Oregon, and in Germany. The Sonoran Desert of Arizona influenced my outlook on life and art.
In front of Moulin Galette, Montmarte, Paris