My love for massive landscapes has never waned. After graduating from high school in Ecuador, I moved back to the Midwest, eventually going to college in Southern California. In , my wife and I both left successful IT careers to focus on creativity and discovery. We sold or gave away all but 43 boxes worth of stuff and moved to Taiwan, where my wife was born and raised—full circle for her, a whole new hemisphere for me!
For the next eight years, we explored Asia, India, Europe and South Africa from that base, discovering wonderful people and places along the way. I have had the joy of painting en plein air around the world. We are now based in the Pacific Northwest, where we continue to explore the surrounding mountains and woods.
As you can surmise, I have never met many of these teachers, though I have studied their work assiduously. My paintings have been juried into local, regional and international shows, and some have garnered top honors.
I have also published magazine illustrations in colored pencil, alkyd and watercolor, and have done graphite illustrations for a series of five books for young adults, the first two of which were published in When not painting or drawing, I can be found composing and recording original music, or writing a novel, short story or essay. Or eating ice cream. I love ice cream. I am an avid explorer of the outdoors, and that experience informs and influences my creative work in art, music and writing.
These, too, are based on observation and my responses to both natural and human-made environments. I hope that my love of the natural world will inspire others to cherish this planet on which we live.
