I studied at UC Berkeley, dividing my time between the classical training or architecture, designing sets for theater, ceramic sculpture, and strong training as a colorist in the fine art program. However, I’ve become interested in giving the paint a level of independence so that it can surprise and be collaborative through the shift in colors that happen with proximity, glazing and layering.  The organic images are also influenced by my work in neuroscience.​

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Small changes in perspective or material shift what the same image communicates, so most work is part of a series. They are painted over months to years, and reworked until there is enough richness and visual layering to give a viewer new details to discover over time.

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Art is love made visible and these are designed to last. Most paintings are oil or acrylic, but others layer oil and oil pastel over professional grade acrylic paint on canvas or archival paper -- often using sgraffito and erasure. Some include ephemera; These are stabilized to some degree, but found objects are less predictable.

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Currently, I am layering translucent and opaque acrylic inks as a foundation for mixed media work on canvas — allowing the organic flow of ink to evoke plant species and living tissue. Often work is layered over, allowing time and the pentimento of earlier work to shape the final image as a texture, or a ghost image.