The world came to life the day I got my first pair of glasses when I was seven years old. I could see the distant sky and trees in all their staggering detail for the first time. Until then, I had no idea how extraordinary nature is and it continues to be a primary source of inspiration.

In contract, my high school’s art building was designed by I.M. Pei, so during class I was surrounded by towering concrete forms. Next, I went to Brown University with its own art building’s poured cement walls. (I also studied as RISD.) I learned to cut loose with creativity and to talk about art.

After my childhood in rural Connecticut, I spent much of my adult life in cities (Providence, NYC and WDC), with the elements surrounded by and in dialogue with the built environment. This changed my basic constitution and I became a true hybrid, affirmed by both the horizontal and the vertical, the natural and the constructed. The square grid asserted itself into my basic vocabulary.

My first real job was as a color specialist for a Madison Avenue advertising agency, but I soon decided to attend NYU for a Masters in art therapy. I then provided this service along with grief counseling for almost two decades in the AIDS community. This was a demanding, profound and satisfying phase of my life but my own creative needs were sidelined by that crisis.

Following my own life-changing medical event in 2005, I committed to making my own art and transitioned to being a grant writer in order to preserve enough energy to create work. In 2009 I received an award from the Franz and Virginia Bader Fund which allowed me to spend time nearly every day on works in progress. Gallery Neptune in Bethesda, MD began representing me, however it closed in 2010.

After relocating to Vermont in 2016, I began exploring other materials in response to the climate crisis, especially collage. I continue to make sky paintings as well.

My work can be seen in various exhibits and collections.

Feel free to reach out - I look forward to hearing from you.