In 1974, I received a B.A. from William Paterson University in New Jersey. My studies emphasized the studio arts with concentrations in photography, painting, and ceramics. After graduating, I took a serious interest in photography and secured a position at a large commercial photography studio. As the studios' black and white printer, I developed the skills and knowledge needed to pursue a professional career. In 1980, I opened my own studio. I also took an interest in exploring photography as an art medium and began creating my own photographic artworks. In 2005, as I continued to create more painterly, abstract photo works, I contemporaneously developed an interest in painting and soon devoted my entire time to abstract expressionism. Within a period of five years, my vision evolved, and through study and observation, I became more aware of the history of abstract expressionism, suprematism, and minimalism. Frank Stella, Robert Ryman Alberto Burri, Elizabeth Murray and Christo were some of the artists that I studied and emulated. For the past twenty years, I have nurtured an intuitive process that emphasizes the material qualities of paint, canvas, and sub-structures. Shaped panels, double layers of canvas, power sanding, and attached shrouds of canvas are techniques that I currently use to expand and explore the formal elements of painting. I currently live and work in the Catskill Region of New York.