about

. . . reconciling art, music & language is the next phase of the creative journey . . .

During my creative life, I have survived a sea change in methodologies while moving between being artist, designer, business owner, educator, musician and parent.

• Classical drawing and painting skills training, art history and creative problem solving in the field of graphic design were experienced while earning a Bachelors degree in fine arts and design.

• Working as a designer in print, interactive, video, animation and web media, I innovated and adapted to many emerging new media. I owned a small design/media firm, during which I earned a Certificate of Entrepreneurship in small business.

• Teaching design theory, the wonder of art, and graphic software continually sharpens my communication skills and generates more questions about the creative process.

• Searching for the foundations of art and creativity led to earning a Masters degree. While continuing to draw, paint, write and perform music, I explored writing, communication, ethnography, journalistic framing, narrative analysis and video editing as narrative choice to actualize the understanding of creative interactions.

• More teaching and educational theory is an ongoing enhancement of spirit, a solidification of skills, and a sacrifice of self to encourage others.

• Music exists as Latin, jazz, bossa nova, folkloric and spiritual works in English, Spanish and Portuguese. I have written over 100 tunes and sing, play guitar and bass.

• The raising of three, now grown, children during a very full life of art, music, language and technical realms pushes creative problem solving to its limits.

Therefore, there is a need to foster a return to the original self; to release, reconcile and harvest the creativity that was compressed into a lifetime of art, music, media design, business, teaching and parenthood.

New works are being conceived.