Since 1981, I have been creating art with the intention of stirring something within the viewer. As I have grown as an artist, my work has become increasingly personal—less about following a predetermined path and more about expressing something that comes from within.

I was born in Southern California in 1958 and grew up as an only child to self-employed parents. As a child, I spent countless afternoons watching television and movies that presented idealized images of perfect people, perfect families, and a perfect society. Those images had a profound influence on my imagination and ultimately shaped my creative path.

My formal education began with an A.S. degree in Graphic Design from Mt. San Jacinto College, followed by a B.S. degree in Commercial Photography from Brooks Institute. During the 1980s and 1990s, I built a nationally recognized career as a commercial photographer, receiving numerous awards for work in food, celebrity, and advertising photography. Throughout that career, however, my own art remained an essential part of my life.

In 2003, I left the photographic industry to pursue sculpture full-time. Since then, I have developed several diverse bodies of work, allowing my curiosity and imagination to continually lead me in new directions. My work has been exhibited in galleries and exhibitions throughout North America and is included in private and corporate collections. Over the past two decades, I have had the honor of presenting my work in four museum exhibitions, most recently in 2026 at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia.

Images in nature, art, popular culture, and new technology all influence me. I am particularly intrigued by the small moments that catch my eye, random ideas that suddenly erupt in my mind, and even the words people say that seem to hang in the air. I may encounter something that strikes a chord with me, tuck it away in my memory, and months or even years later, it can resurface as the beginning of a new work.

Because of this process, I rarely know exactly where an idea will take me. My work can be lighthearted and whimsical one moment and deeply symbolic the next. I continually reformulate the way I think about creating, allowing intuition, experimentation, and unexpected connections to become part of the process.

For me, making art is ultimately an act of discovery. It is a way of taking the things I see, feel, remember, and imagine and transforming them into something tangible. I believe imagination is the most powerful tool an artist possesses. It allows us to see beyond what is in front of us, to make unexpected connections, and to create something that did not exist before.

My hope is that the work does more than simply occupy a space. I want it to catch the viewer's attention, stir an emotion, provoke a thought, or perhaps bring back a memory of their own.