In my teenage years I began to show potential as an artist. Being one of my strengths as a student I decided at an early age to make art my vocation. I went on to attend The Cooper School of Art in Cleveland OH. There I had studio courses in both commercial and fine art. While attending Cooper I was an apprentice at a commercial art studio and after graduating with a major in Communication Design I went to work in the commercial field. At the same time, I continued to work on my own studio / fine art, mostly painting and drawing. Primarily working in series within a few limiting parameters. What interests me is the freedom I find in systems. An abstract approach to composition has been of interest to me for as long as I can remember.