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Biography

I'm an artist who creates nature art for hospitals.

I took a non-traditional path to get where I am today. I enrolled in art school while I was still in high school, but I never made it. To my parents’ surprise, I decided at the last minute to pursue medicine, and worked as a family physician in Jefferson City, Missouri for 25 years.

By the mid-1990s, my enduring passion for art led me to formalize my art training. I studied independently with Annette Weintraub, an art professor at City College in New York, and William Hawk, a painting professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Hawk convinced me to enter the university’s graduate art program, where I studied from 1998 to 2001 while I temporarily reduced hours at my medical practice to go back to school.

Another defining factor in my life is the 600-acre property that I have lived on since 1981. It is called the Prairie Garden Trust. It is a nature restoration project begun by my parents in central Missouri. Much of my art is based on images from the Prairie Garden Trust.

Recently I've been expanding beyond my backyard to find inspiration; I've got pictures from coast-to-coast. So in addition to local wildflowers and wildlife, my collection also includes coastal landscapes, mountainous terrains, desert scenes, and sea shells.

Today, my life is coming full circle; I said goodbye to medicine in 2007 and now pursue art full time. Today I try to find beauty in the ordinary and create images that inspire and heal.

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Education

1998-2001
MFA Program in Painting & Photography, University of Missouri-Columbia

1996-1998
Independent Study with William Hawk, Assistant Professor Of Art, Painting and Drawing, University of Missouri-Columbia

1995-1998
Independent Study with Annette Weintraub, Professor of Art, The City University of New York

Solo Exhibits