I have been interested in art all my life and there was always encouragement from my family and art teachers when growing up in Northern Idaho. After high school, I came to Seattle to study Advertising and Design at Cornish College of the Arts. I also took courses at the University of Washington in Portrait Sculpture and Graphic Design, studied portraiture with Leslie B. DeMille at the Scottsdale Artist’s School and studied painting under William F. Reese. I find inspiration from many artists, old masters and contemporaries a like. My favorites are always changing as I grow and change as an artist.