Statement, Bio, and CV
Statement
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. I learned that nothing was as it seemed.
As such, my paintings express a vision that lies beyond appearances and expectations. I value originality and subtle mood, atmosphere, and psychological tension over consensus and convention. By deliberately defying expectation and convention in both subject matter and style, the works challenge inherited ways of seeing.
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