In 1978 I came to New York City from Bozeman, Montana to attend Fordham University.  While I was at Fordham I began to experiment with painting.   At the age of 22, I was accepted into a select group show of internationally emerging artists at The Bronx Museum of the Arts.  I was one of the youngest artists selected, and one of a few that had no formal training.

During this same period, I was interested in exploring other venues for displaying my artwork, other than galleries, as I felt that they catered to a specific audience.  I wanted a larger audience to see my work, so I began having shows in the most popular nightclubs in New York City; Danceteria, The World, and at Red Zone.  I gained a great deal of exposure in these spaces and enjoyed the response from the crowd of young fashionable people who were viewing my work.

In 1991, I became involved with the creative forces behind the legendary nightclub: "THE SOUND FACTORY", and I had the first showing of my paintings there. This nightclub was a mecca for many within the music, fashion, movie, and art world.  Figures such as Madonna, Keith Haring, Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Patricia Field, were just a handful of the many talented people who frequented this club.  

In 1992, I had two more showings of my paintings at the Sound Factory.  Junior Vasquez was the DJ at the time and had already gained international recognition within the music industry for his work.  I had a viewing of my artwork at Junior's birthday party, and it was at this show that I met Madonna.  Later with the grateful help of her manager, Caresse Henry, I was able to gift some of my paintings to Madonna.

In 1996, with the help of Madonna's friends, Ingrid Cacares and Chris Paciello, I painted a grand mural within the entrance to their nightclub 'LIQUID", in Miami Beach, Florida.  At the same time, I participated in a celebrity auction for the SUSAN G. KOMEN Foundation.  Myself, Madonna, K.D. Lang, Gloria Estefan, Dennis Hopper, Romero Britto, Antonio Sabato Jr., Niki Taylor, and Kenny Scharf all made masks which were then auctioned to help raise money for the fight against breast cancer.

From 1999 to 2002, my goal was to share my artwork with students in New York City public schools, as well as to help charitable organizations raise money from my artwork.  I worked with the "NEW YORK CARES" organization in creating several murals within New York City public schools.  I also contributed several artworks to New York City Public schools.  In addition, I collaborated with students at P.S. 811M on art projects that were then donated to other public schools.

During this same period, I donated paintings to the "Make A Wish Foundation", in conjunction with Michael Jordon and the Washington Wizards, and I  donated my paintings to foundations that help to fight AIDS, as well as to gay and lesbian causes.

In 2003, I was invited to participate in distinguished international art show, the "FLORENCE BIENNIAL", in Florence, Italy.  There were 900 artists representing 72 countries, and I was very honored to have received the fifth prize in painting.

Currently, I continue to pursue my work as a guidance counselor for five to 14 year olds at P.S. 811m in New York City. As I have worked in public education for 18 years, I find that in our postmodern society, children are under tremendous stress and no longer have the time to relax and reflect upon their daily lives.  Therefore, I am developing projects that incorporate my paintings into mazes, so that children will have the opportunity to reflect and get in touch with their creative spirit. In the hope that, by having children develop their creative spirit, they will be empowered to make nurturing creative contributions, which in turn, may benefit our whole society in a positive and meaningful way.

Since I began painting, I have made it my journey to study art and culture in a quest to develop a personal and individual style which is deeply rooted within modern, postmodern, and tribal art.  Colors, lines, shapes, forms, and symbols are woven together in my paintings, and can elicit emotional and spiritual responses from the viewer.  I especially get great pleasure from the joyous and childlike responses that people exhibit when seeing my artwork.