My formal art training began at the Art Institute of Chicago in my early teens. During the more than sixty years since that auspicious start, I have never stopped searching and learning. 


Thanks to having traveled and lived in many fascinating cultures (with often exotic and long histories), I have been inspired to do in-depth research into methods, motifs and materials used during the past seven thousand years. 



My work encompasses modern realities often in concert with clients who guide me to recreate their memories in paint or other media. 




My joy comes from discovery of what was there but not seen before.



"Thetis & Friend"
Gold Medal - Other Media - Mosaic
Art Classic 2007



"Traveln' Hat"
Silver Medal - Other Media
Art Classic 2007



"Honey Bunny"
8" x 10" Oil on Canvas




This much-loved rescue pet is owned by a master photographer. He wanted a painted portrait of her to show the many sides of her personality: sweet, loving, energetic, fun - yes, but also a powerful presence requiring very firm discipline. As he says, Honey knows not seen before. that his wife is the Alpha female in their household.





"Leon's Garden" 
48" x 72" Acrylic







The client said, "Please paint for me a beautiful garden. I love lions and want them to be roaming free in this garden. It would be nice to show my two children playing with and among the lions. Also, I like old statues, a fountain, trees, and bushes." The final painting includes: statuary from museums around the world; landscape of Bay of Naples, Italy; portraits of his children (from life); "portraits" of free roaming lions (not from a zoo); a castle for his princess; a fountain from Hadrian's Villa and Trevi Fountain (Rome area). I have made the setting timeless. It was meant to be a whole world into which the viewer could step, and follow the many paths to promised wonders. Go up, go down, go deep into the distance. There are no limits except imagination. Here you are always safe.