Being a painter from age 18, I studied at Wheeling University, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , Philadelphia College of Art and Piedmont Virginia Community College and finally at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton,Va.. I have a certificate from PAFA and a Bachelors of Liberal Arts from Mary Baldwin College in 1992. I was born in Maryland near DC and then we traveled to Kamahira Japan where I grew up until age 9 when we move back to Stateside. I lived in Hyattesville, Md, then our family moved to Alexandria Va. where I spent the remaining time growing up. After...more
