I was born and raised in Connecticut , served in the U.S. Navy as a signalman and as an adult have lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, the Pacific Northwest, and currently outside of a small town in the high desert Southwest.Beginning at age 10, I have always worked, first as a caddy then as a busboy, janitor, computer designer, waiter and bartender, jackhammer jockey and related labor, electrician's apprentice, pipefitter and plumber's apprentice, retail clerk in photofinishing, books(2) times, pets and supplies, handyman, truck driver and signmaker. As a child I always drew and painted and was first published in print at age 12. I have no fine art training aside from a few life drawing classes. In any event, no one can teach you how to think, how to see and how to develop a way of working that resonates with your own experience. I simply try to reach others on a level of shared wonder or shared truth or a shared love of beauty in it's infinite forms.