I have always enjoyed the talent of being an artist, but did not think of it as something significant, or one of my strengths, until I read the life story of Pablo Picasso several years ago. What I was attracted to, was his seemingly chaotic life which is displayed in his unbelievably magical works of art. In many ways, I consider him a revolutionary in his time as an artist, so he lead new and innovative changes to visual art with a somewhat eclectic style. There are other artists I also admire, all of a similar predisposition; Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Rousseau and Salvador Dali. Among the numerous photographers, the two which stand out for me are Ansel Adams with his expansive black and white landscape vistas and Gordon Parks whose photographs made powerful societal statements. Others that I am influenced by are architects, Mies Van de Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Philip Johnson, all innovators with great skill and talent.

I am mostly self-taught as an artist with my first formal exposure at Parsons School of Design in NYC many years ago, and although I was sidetracked along the way, I continued learning and developing my talent over the years. In addition to visual arts, I am also a writer with three published books, several short stories and well over one hundred poems; I am also an inventor with an issued patent.

My portfolio represents over 500 images which as a fellow artist has commented, an eclectic style, probably because I tend to do art without regard to following a particular style. My current media is digital, both in photograph and art images. I find that working in digital allows me to experiment much more easily and I can work much more quickly with a full palette of colors and tools. Some artists and critics frown on digital work and tend to give it less importance or seriousness as art done in a studio with actual brush and paint, or pencil and paper; but when we look back at art in history, there have been numerous changes and inventions over the many years, all progressive and taking art to new levels. Besides, art is in your head, not in your hands.

My own quote: “I am not in love with my art; I am in love with the ideas which allow me to be creative” My mantra is: Artists should work from inside, out; and not outside in. Limitations and failure exists for those artists who choose to follow trends and be influenced by what they see and not by who they are. Art is internal and created as the result of a need to display emotions, put in context rational thinking and to entertain the viewer.