I got in to a lot of trouble as a young boy for doodling in class. Later in life I found that skill could pay-off. I have been an artist all my adult life. I was born and raised in Spokane Washington and educated in fine arts at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design in Denver. I've worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, muralist, art director, gallery founder and even worked in film and television production. Eventually I found my place as a professional painter. I now have fifteen years showing and selling my paintings in galleries all around the country.  I now live on an organic vegetable farm that I share with my wife and children in picturesque Hobart Washington just outside of Seattle.  My paintings have been available at galleries in Laguna Beach and Palm Desert, CA, Boston MA, Seattle, Bellevue, La Conner and Spokane, Washington, Sun Valley, Coeur d'Alene and McCall, Idaho, Lancaster, Wisconsin, Spokane WA and Ketchikan, Alaska. I've have had numerous one-man and group shows. My paintings are included in many private and public collections.I’d like my paintings to take collectors to another place and even another time. The act of painting gives me the opportunity to interpret deep emotions and strong memories of valuable moments in my life. Drawing on my love of traveling, my works, painted from memory, are not literal views, but idyllic windows to a specific feeling. My work often takes into account the ambient sounds that color a moment, as well as the visual. I intend for collectors to be reminded of specific times in their own lives. It’s important that there is a feeling of movement or animation in my paintings. The use of shadows allows me to do just that, as the shadow represents a fleeting moment in time. The shadow figures are not intended to be a literal image, but rather a reflection or the shadow of one’s spirit.