bio

I first became interested in art making before kindergarten. A neighbor drew a scotty dog, consisting of two rectangles with ears and a tail. I was impressed. She gave it to me, and I ran home to show it to my sister, who spurned it, and told me that even I could do better. That idea blossomed later on, and starting in junior high, I took art classes every semester throughout high school. We moved to Lincoln from southern California when I was 16, and I attended Northeast High as a junior, and Lincoln High my senior year. I spent a few years immersed in the counterculture before I enrolled in college, and I received my BFA  in painting at UNL in 1980. The department then was primarily oriented towards painting. Richard Trickey was my primary faculty, and Gail Butt and Eisentraeger were also highly influential for me.

I did not pursue a career in the arts until later, when I began painting regularly, around 2002. I became an artist member at Haydon Art Center from 2004 until they closed in 2011. I participated there in a Collaborative Show with Brad Krieger in July, 2007. I showed in Haydon’s Juried Shows in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. I showed at the Chait Galleries in Iowa City, IA, from 2008 until they closed in 2016. I was a member of Gallery 9 from 2012- 2016, and was featured in two person shows there with Carol H. DeVall in 2014 and 2015. My art was featured in a show at the Lancaster County City-County Building in 2019. Most recently, I have had work at the Lux in the Gifted Shows and in the gift shop for the last few years.

Currently, I maintain a studio at the Mission Arts, where I work using oil on canvas. I work on watercolors and pastels in my little home studio space.