Born in Sterling, IL. I received a BFA from Iowa State University and an MFA from University of Washington. I am an international art scholar, and awarded fine art instructor, having taught privately and at the University of Washington-Seattle, UW-Bothell, The Evergreen State College, and Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. I currently reside in Tumwater, WA with my wife, daughter, and cat, and am the gallery director at Childhood's End Gallery in downtown Olympia, WA.
These paintings are primarily taken from walks with my wife and infant daughter while on parental leave. The work has lightened and brush marks have loosened in response to either or both of my new requirements of fatherhood and the re-shuffling of priorities, artistically and beyond. I have been an amateur cloud-spotter for many years and find endless fascination with the study and close observation of the natural world and an attempt to record a fraction of the interwoven complexity and vibrance through color and mark.
