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Welcome.
I hope you enjoy vibrant colors and energetic composition as much as I do.

I live and paint in the high desert of Nevada and have obviously been influenced by the clear skies, brilliant sunshine and volcanic origins of the landscape.

Much of what you'll see is from a new series I call (unofficially) earth wind & fire. As you click through my portfolio, keep in mind that you are viewing electronic images and although I find the colors on my monitor to be about 90% true, you will miss the nuances of surface texture and various metallic pigments.
You will also see some series' I do for pure fun (mine and , I hope, yours.)

So if you see something of interest, please call me and I'll give you details that you really can't see on your monitor (775-829-8517 pacific time.)

I almost forgot.. purchases made on or through my website will qualify for a 25% discount!

Enjoy your visit and return now and then to see new works.

Biography

When someone asks me what I do, their reaction to my answer is usually something like, "Wow, is that right. I wish I could draw." My response is, "If everybody could, I'd be out of a job." And in fact, it is my job, a pretty good one if you're not big on paid vacations.

I never found any romance in being a "starving artist." At an early point in my career planning I realized I could combine art and business through graphic design and advertising, pay the bills and paint artsy stuff any time I wanted. So I attended one of the best art and design schools in the world, the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. I got an honest-to-god bachelor's degree and went to work immediately and yes, I painted a lot too. Over nearly four decades, I owned several design and ad shops. Not very romantic but never missed a meal. A few years ago I sort of retired from all that but, like being in the mob, you can never really retire because you know too much, so I still help out associates from the old days.

If you Google me you probably won't find this site first, but a lot of things I did for fun but that became very successful. I don't do much of that anymore but I do cash the royalty checks. For years I painted in that Santa Fe style that you see so much of. I was bored with that and having given myself permission, out came the abstractionist, tentatively at first, still hanging on to clouds and mountainscapes. But finally I was able to break through to pure color and shape. And it really felt good.

So here's the obligatory arty question: what is my philosophy, my muse, the reason why I must express myself in paint? I like it. It's usually fun and it's something I know how to do well. And if you like the results, I'm happy.
That also accounts for why I'm standing here in a chef's jacket sniffing wine. Actually, if I had to choose careers again, I'm not sure which way I'd go. Either way, no starving.

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