Born - Hibbing, Minnesota

I enrolled in college right after high school and completed all the general education requirements before thinking about a major. When the time came, choosing one was daunting because none captivated me.

So I left school and took a job grinding huge hooks in a steel mill in Pittsburgh in order to finance a career of racing formula cars in England. Three month's time in England revealed that I did not have the skills or money to become a professional racer. My intuition led me home and I enrolled in art courses at the University of Pittsburgh. Here is where my latent passion for fine art, specifically sculpture, was kindled.

San Jose State's degree in Sculpture beckoned, so I moved West. While there, I had the privilege of studying under two renowned sculptors - John Battenberg and Fletcher Benton. John’s unrestrained persona and Fletcher’s precise style influenced my direction. While I enjoyed casting in bronze, I found that my true my passion was metal fabrication.

It was during this period that I attended the Calder Retrospective at the San Jose Museum of art and was profoundly moved by the array of primary colors, formidable mass, and delicate shapes in his work. I also drew a correlation between some of his work and the fluid design, vibrant colors, and lines of racing cars.

While finishing my senior year at San Jose State University, I started working at Intel Corporation. This was during the dawning of the semiconductor industry. The intensity and aliveness of this burgeoning business and the birth of my son lured me from sculpting for nearly twenty-five years. This hiatus developed my confidence and revived the same intuitive power that directed me to my first formal art class. My desire for creative expression began to surface once again.

The Millennium’s arrival coincided with a commitment to move beyond previously self-imposed limitations in my life and in sculpture. I reconnected with San Jose State's art department and enrolled in a Davide Anderson sculpture class where I began to learn the art of welding. During this phase, I began creating a series of large scale sculptures that embodied the experiences of my life, sprit, heart and visions.

2001 - Present

The events of 9/11 had and still have a powerful effect on me, and almost by accident, I discovered a solid steel ingot that reminded me of the World Trade Center Towers. This piece of steel, plus my appreciation of structural scale, launched me in a new direction of using "elevation" combined with elements of stainless steel and natural patina. More to follow...