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 I was born in Houston, Texas, in the middle of World War II.  My parents were typical American working-class, good people with dreams for their children.

    I became interested in art very early in life.  At age five I was making small figures from the remains of Mother’s pie dough.  From grade school on, my teachers and family encouraged me to draw and paint.  At some point, I took up pottery as a hobby and eventually the love of clay merged with the love of the figure.  

    Since the day I discovered that I could take a sack of earth and mold it into something wonderful, my challenge has been to give the viewer a sense of emotion and spirit in the figure, and not just render the form anatomically correct.  For me the figure is a constant source of inspiration, not only for it’s natural beauty, but for the endless shapes and composition that can be created in a three dimensional sculpture by using the figure as a subject.  

    Originally a painter, I studied at several Universities, including Sam Houston State and the University of Connecticut.  However, as a sculptor, I am primarily self-taught.  I have taken many workshops under artists such as Lincoln Fox, Fritz White, Garland Weeks and Stanley Bliefield.  I have been a sculptor for 25 years and exhibit in galleries mainly in Texas, North and South Carolina.