ABOUT
Photo by Michael A Joseph
“Long and long has the grass been growing,
Long and long has the rain been falling,
Long has the globe been rolling round.
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While attending elementary school in Japan I walked about, eyes open wide, watching citizens rebuild their homes, restore their fields, businesses and rise to contribute significantly to global modernity. Out of the landscape of a World War the citizens of this island nation demonstrated their respect for person, community, and nature. Their art, music, and language still ring in my ears like the subtle rattling of timber bamboo in a forest breeze, or the power of a single brushstroke.
As the child of an army surgeon I spent the remainder of my childhood traversing North America. Later I received a BA in Fine Art and English from the University of Colorado, followed by MFA in Painting and Art History from Southern Illinois University. After completing graduate studies I moved to the West Coast and invited to join Erik and Joan Erikson in creating the Adolescent Psychiatric Art’s Program at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco. I also had the opportunity to work with David Ireland at the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts. Through my life I have explored divers places, occasions, etc. asking “What do I see?” rather than what am I looking at —fine advise offered by William Thoreau.
Paint, study, work and play nurture a passion for seeing nature, natural phenomenon and people. Ultimately, life and navigation have proven to be an exercise in discovering what to bring along and what to leave behind.
Currently my wife and I work out of our studios in Maine and New Brunswick, Canada.
