bio

I was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas and now make my
home
in Hot Springs National Park.

After receiving my
B.A in Fine Arts at the University of Arkansas at
Little Rock
in 1980, I put my painting on hold to raise my daughter.

I began creating at a very young age and don't feel fully
alive unless I have at least
two or three projects before me.

In 1985, I was asked to "draw a pretty picture of a house"
for a builder whose
client was having trouble visualizing two dimensional plans.
I said "Why sure." But I soon learned that in order to do
that I needed to understand how to arrive at the correct
representation of such things as wall heights, window
placement, roof pitch.....and on ...and on...and before I knew
it...I was designing and drawing full sets of house plans.

I worked like every other draftsman..with drafting table
and a T-Square.
Until the latter part of the 80’s, I became one of the first
draftsmen in Arkansas to leave the manual drafting board
and T-square behind to begin learning and using autocad...
computer aided design.
I felt it was a necessary move to keep learning and growing
with the “times” .
In 1995, after ten years of residential design,I put my
computer away and began using my creative energy in my
personal life...learning everything from floral design to
"spoon bending!".

Now thirty years later, with encouragement from my daughter and friends, I am sharing my art
with the public. I believe art is very personal and observed closely can reflect many aspects of
an artists interior experience.
Currently, my art is bold and colorful which I believe “is a result of positive energy, love, and
wisdom that comes from
just
" living and learning and learning from living.”