I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah where I spent my summer vacations in the Utah mountains sketching and painting the scenery surrounding my grandparent's cabin. After graduating from high school I lived in Japan. I moved to Portland, Oregon in 1977 and graduated from Marylhurst College with a Bachelors degree in Art and a minor in Japanese. I have been employed at Oregon Health & Science University as a graphic designer and illustrator since 1983. In 1999, after more than 2 decades of working in pencil, I took a trip to South Africa where I was overwhelmed by the landscape...more
