I asked my musically gifted mother one day, "why didn't you push me to play music as younger boy?" and she told me "..because you liked to paint and draw and I left it at that."

I paint, draw, and photograph. My day would feel empty if I am not engaged in these creative activities. I'm also a stay at home dad, so lately my main subjects have been my wonderful daughter and it has been a blessing to express our moments of discovery and growing through a visual medium.

I like to travel the world and have photo documented trips to India, Ukraine, Japan and South America. My work is found in privateand public collections throughout the country.

Selected Exhibitions and Shows

"Steel Life", Art UnderGround Studio, Baltimore MD, May 2009. The Metropolitan Winehouse, Federal Hill 200
Cazbar Resturaunt, Baltimore Md 2007. Real Networks, Seattle, Wa, October - December 2003. Essentials Baking Company, Seattle, Wa, November 2002. Starbucks Coffee, Seattle, Wa, August 2002. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, Seattle, August 2001. Stomping Grounds Coffee House, Ames, Ia Summer 1998.

Group Exhibitions

Art Underground Studio, selected works 2006 - current. James L Pierce Framing Gallery 2010. Antresian Gallery, selected works 2007 - 2009. Art/Not Terminal Gallery Subterranean duo show with artist Mark Eaton, 2004. Iowa State University Art and Design Annual Spring 95,96 ,Ames, Ia.

Art at the Knoll, Fall 94, Ames, Ia. Iowa State Memorial Union's Students of Creativity Annual, Falls of 94,95,96, Ames, Ia. Embellishments Gallery, Ankeny, Ia.

Publications and Reviews

WunderKammer online Magazine, SGN News. Iowa State College of Design Annual.

Speaking Engagements / Teaching Experience

Baltimore City Public School Systems, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue Washington 2005.

Affiliations

Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore Md

b. Marshalltown, Ia.