About the Artist

My home and studio are nestled in the beautiful, blue-sky mountain community of South Lake Tahoe, California. I began studying art in 1987 at Lake Tahoe Community College, which focuses on classical art training with a strong emphasis on the human figure. In addition I have been fortunate to travel and study Museum Collections and Architecture in Paris, France as well as Sculpture and Architecture of Antiquity in Rome and Pompeii, and Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture, Paintings and Architecture in Rome and Florence, Italy.

My subject matter deals exclusively with the human figure and my drawings and clay studies are an integral part of the completed work. Although I am inspired by the classical sculptures of antiquity, especially the broken fragments left behind, I do not look for the "ideal" in my work, but rather the introspective and emotional side of humanity that is timeless. In most cases I begin my work directly from the living model, however, the sculpture is not completed until long after the model has left the studio and the sculpture communicates to me a soul and story of its own. For me, the sculpture is successful if the viewer is drawn into the form and then stays long enough to ponder it, walk around it, look into it and contemplate its message.