About

Art and creating, especially in three dimensions (sometimes four) has been a lifetime passion for me. I was intrigued as a child by the drawings of Rube Goldberg and often rigged up my bedroom (much to my mother's frustration) with elaborate schemes to turn off the light switch from my bed at night and rigged up burglar alarm systems in my bedroom.

Later on, as a student at San Jose State College, I was exposed to the San Francisco Funk Art movement of the late 1960's and early 1970's thanks to one of my professors, David Zack. I was heavily influenced by the ceramic sculptures of David Gilhooly and Clayton Bailey and the beastie paintings of Maija Peeples-Bright of Rainbow House fame. Always in the background, was my admiration of and obsession with Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch who's works I became aware of when I was 13 and which have guided me ever since.

At the present time, I am working on smaller, more portable pieces and having a great time fiddling with my 3D printer and Arduino electronics.

View from our backyard in Coos Bay, Oregon