I was born in 1954, and grew up on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Virgin desert land was available for exploration on foot near home, and there I learned to love the desert. I answered the call to become a painter in April 1975, in the lovely town of Tucson, Arizona. I had graduated from high school in 1972, and spent a few years memorizing the stock of paintings in the Phoenix Art Museum and reading art books in the Phoenix Public Library. I knew I liked paintings, but didn't think I could do it myself, but after I had seen what seemed to be all the art available to me,...more
