My parents are both talented artists. My Mother was a fashion illustrator for many years and taught me to draw the figure. That was my first passion in art and I spent the better part of my school days drawing heads and figures and such. When I entered art school at The York Academy of Art my plan was to become a fashion illustrator like her. When I noticed that fashion illustration was being replaced by photography I decided that I would become a commercial illustrator and teacher of art. So I transferred to The Columbus College of Art and Design. Money was short and I didn't care much for the academic courses so I left before finishing my studies.

I took a number of odd jobs before going to work for Donnelley Printing Co. They were, at the time, the World's largest printer. It wasn't long after I started there that I was assigned a job in their state-of-the-art electronic imaging department. I was one of a small team of electronic retouchers working on multimillion dollar machines that were the ancient ancestors of desktop computers running the first generation of graphics software. That was my first introduction to computers and where I first started creating digital abstract art.

My Father started his artistic career as a stained glass artist and then an airbrush illustrator and photo retoucher. When I was still young he got a job with Armstrong as a designer of floor tiles where he stayed until he retired. It was only a few years ago that I realized just how much my own work was reminiscent of stained glass and tile patterns.