I attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, earning an associate degree in commercial art. After graduating, I succumbed to the lure of the west and moved to Tucson, Arizona. I worked for three years as a graphic artist, but my desire to create original art pushed me to leave the security of a job and struggle as a painter, working in oils and watercolors. After several years with only marginal success, I enrolled in a ceramics class, which changed my life . The beginnings of my sculpture today began in that class 20 years ago. I found clay to be the perfect medium to create the images in my head. I have set out to learn and I am still learning the technical knowledge I need to shape the medium to fit my ideas . With my studio and kilns at my home, I can continually experiment with new methods and techniques.