I dabbled in art in my teen years by sketching and doing watercolors. But in my late teens,20`s and early 30`s i pretty much abandoned my pursuit of art. Then in a rooming house on valencia st. In san francisco i began doing watercolors again. I kept the theme alive, eventually moving from watercolors to oils, i`ve continued to do abstract oils ever since.

my father was my inspiration to become an artist. He was a fine artist who worked in oils and watercolors, and had a wonderful studio which i visited often. I observed him painting, his artwork on the walls, and i often thumbed through his collection of great art books. I became keenly aware of visual expression; either intentional or unintentional as expressed in all things in the world around us. I am intrigued by why certain things are attractive to me and other things are not. To me there is something mystical about intuitive facility. I can`t explain them but i find i use it all the time. I enjoy using my intuitive side to express my abstract artistic endeavors.