I am a fifty year old self-taught artist who has lived in Rhode Island my entire life. I have been making art since childhood, working in every available craft while growing up. I studied mechanical drawing and architecture at Tollgate High School and Community College of Rhode Island. I also took ceramic, weaving, and painting classes during this time. In 1998 I began to focus on my painting when I purchased a beach house in Riverside, RI near the old Crescent Amusement Park. That began a ten year rehab project to restore the house to a 1950’s to 1960’s...more
