I came from an artistic family in Detroit. My father studied at the Chicago Institute of Arts under the GI Bill following WWII. Though he worked as an automotive engineer he was always drawing and painting. I first studied art with the Texas muralist Eugene Jemison while attending Lake Superior State College, now Lake Superior State University.  After earning my university degrees in Architecture, I studied with the watercolorist Janet Olenik at Glendale Community College.  I later took drawing classes twice with the artist Freddie Manseau at Santa Monica College; once naturally with my right hand and then again with my left.  I also studied life drawing with the artist Beverly Bledsoe at Santa Monica College.
I learned printing mostly auto-didactically but have recently been participated in monotype and etching workshops at Josephine Press in Santa Monica owned and run by the master printer John Greco.

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My artwork has been included in exhibitions at Gallery 825 in Los Angeles, Gallery 800 in Burbank and featured on the 8/15/24 Venice Art Crawl.

I’ve been drawing, painting and printing since 1975. I am licensed to practice architecture in California, Hawaii, Michigan and Montana and I am also an award-winning set designer and model maker for television, film and streaming platforms. I live in Venice, California with my wife and son and a special-needs brother in a home I designed, engineered and built with the help of my brother and where we hold a family "art camp" on Sunday afternoons.

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As a printmaker, I am energized by the interplay of tradition and innovation. The tactile process of carving or etching, inking, and pressing connects me to centuries of artisans who have communicated through this medium, yet it also offers endless possibilities for reinvention. My work explores the tension between permanence and impermanence, specifically that of the Japanese Wabi-Sabi  aesthetic using textures, layers, and bold contrasts to reflect the fleeting beauty of the natural world and the stories etched into urban landscapes.

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The act of printmaking, for me, is as much about discovery as it is about creation. Each print carries the unpredictability of the press, a reminder that art is a dialogue between intention and chance. My compositions often begin with detailed observations of the world around me and evolve into abstractions that invite viewers to interpret and connect.

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Through my practice, I aim to honor the materiality of print while embracing its transformative power. Each print I create is not just an image, but a story - a fragment of my perspective, preserved and shared through the press.