Born in Montgomery, Alabama, and raised in the rural Appalachian foothills of the northeastern part of the state, my childhood was surrounded by the natural world, the rigid social and cultural traditions of the deep South, the distant rumblings of 1960's social changes, and the vast shadowy panoramas of human existence revealed to me through reading, music and art.

Most of my adult life has been spent working as a graphic designer in Birmingham, South Florida, and Dallas -- primarily in the television industry -- where I was immersed yet another hybrid universe, a fun-house world of ego, transitory celebrity, and social manipulation.

These days I live and work in a cabin on the edge of the Ozark National Forest in northwest Arkansas, decompressing.

Some of my work is currently on display at the following locations:

• Ozark Folkways · Winslow, Arkansas, USA
• Online at Saatchi Art (drawing and painting)
• Seasonally at various locations in Northwest Arkansas

I have sold to individuals and businesses in the US, the UK, and Mexico. Recent shows include Fayetteville Artwalk and Nadine Baum Studios' "Holiday Bazaar" and "Locally Unique" (Fayetteville, Arkansas), as well as "Seeing in Tongues", a one-month exhibit at Ozark Folkways alongside mixed-media artist Erin Chapman.

I have one-man show scheduled at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas, for June of 2015, titled "Looking into the sun".