I earned a BFA degree in Illustration from California State University Long Beach where I learned to work in a wide variety of media, but while in high school I began freelancing artwork and design. This continued through college, an ad agency job as staff illustrator, and then became full time. Moving from southern California to Maui, I began to create for myself, inspired by the island's inescapable beauty. After moving to northern Virginia I joined galleries and guilds, showing and selling fine art. Portraiture of pets and people followed. Back in my...more
