this is not an ARTIST bio

I made the unconventional leap from Scientist to Artist about 14 years ago. Leaving the research labs in the University of Michigan, I hung up my labcoat to put on...…

.....well, I didn’t know what.

I spent the next 4 years searching for "The Perfect Media". For me, it didn’t exist - I was always pulled onward, eager to see what the next one could do. My scientific curiosity was now being channeled into experimenting with techniques.

At this point I had received enough positive feedback that I was able to place my creations in a wonderfully eclectic space, The Upstairs Gallery, which carries my work to this day.

I continued to create simply for the joy it brought me - carefully refining my processes through experimentation, as I’d been trained to do. I was following all the rules; people were enjoying my pieces… so why was I still seeking something more?

Several media and 10 years later, I would finally allow the answer to find me - inspiration. wait... WHAT?!

How could you possibly create during all those years without inspiration?!?

Ahhh, I can see your confusion (after all, I was LIVING it for all those years!!)

Inspiration comes in many forms and from various sources. I was creating with….

let’s just call it… Intellectual Inspiration.

My process went something like this: I’d have an idea, maybe make a sketch, probably write out a detailed plan (ehh-hem; protocol 😉) of how it would happen, then I’d sweat, struggle and force that piece into existence.

Exactly the image you have of the Creative Process, right? ... No, of course not!

Artists throughout time have been depicted as carefree, effortless creators.

Vessels through which Divine Inspiration flows as they toil obliviously for hours.

Well, I had the toiling for hours part down, but all the rest was sorely lacking....

Happily, I have experienced an evolution in my artistic self. I have found that something more I was seeking. Another SOURCE for my Inspiration.

Which brings us to this…