I started to draw in elementary school and, in high school, enjoyed sculpting too.  As i matured, I put art aside and became a hairdresser -- still creating but not with a canvas and paintbrush.  I got my first camera in 1976 and caroused New York City looking for the perfect photo that would make me famous and get me a job with a newspaper or National Geographic.  A few years later, painting called to me again, mostly because I was spending a lot of time in Greenwich Village in New York City.  The arts inspired me and, although I didn’t know where it would take me, I started to paint.  I enjoyed water colors and acrylic but didn’t have the confidence to continue.  Sadly, I dropped the brushes and stopped painting again.

In the early 90’s, I found computers and started to design office layouts and brochures at my job.  I was great with computers and thought it was my niche, however that old hankering to use my hands was still there and, in the mid-90’s, I returned to college and obtained an honors degree in Commercial Art.  It was there that I realized that my drawing and my creative ability was real. I still lacked confidence, but was able to judge my work alongside the artists at school and realized my work was good!  I remember my Art Director coming into our Illustration class and exclaiming that we would never use illustration in our commercial careers because everything was going digital.  I found that drawing was my passion and I excelled in it.  The idea that I would not be able to make a living drawing was very disheartening but, being a novice, I believed what I was told.

It has been years since then.  I have designed jewelry for the recording industry, dabbled in interior design and continued photographing.  Most of my photography and art has been simply for self-enrichment, however, my dream has always been to make it my living.