Statement, Bio, and CV
Statement
I imagine, therefore I am.
When I was 8 years old, I walked into the Arizona Desert, alone. I never came back. Everything was new and unexpected. I entered a world beyond logic and conventional wisdom. Nothing was as it seemed. I navigated by intuition. I learned to deal with uncertainty.
And so it is with my paintings. They explore the boundary where familiar expectations break down and open into a place that can be imagined or felt but not seen. By deliberately defying expectation and convention in both subject matter and style, the works challenge inherited ways of seeing and propose an alternative visual language grounded in experience. Each piece invites the viewer to step beyond surface reality and linger in a world where imagination and feelings reshape what can be seen.
Bio
I was born in Wisconsin, spent my formative years in Tucson, Arizona, traveled and lived abroad for eight years, and currently live in Colorado. Along with a lifetime of painting, I studied small mammals in the southwestern US and Mexico, wrote AI software, worked on cruise ships, and was a psychology professor. Along the way, I earned a BA in Wildlife Biology, an MFA in Painting, and a PhD in Psychology. I have exhibited paintings and sculptures in the United States and in Germany.
In front of Moulin Galette, Montmarte, Paris