SELF-TAUGHT, in a way:

My first experiences with stone sculpture go back to when I played king of the mountain with my friends on Herbert Bayer's monumental slabs of marble, "Marble Gardens", as a child, at the Aspen Institute.  Growing up in Aspen, I was exposed to art and music; my mother enrolled me in private oil painting and ballet lessons, and took me to symphonies, art exhibits, and plays.  After attending University of Denver for a year, I travelled in Europe for another year and began my art studies. 

Returning from living in London, I studied art in Mexico, at Bellas Artes Instituto in San Miguel de Allende.  Then photography, at Center For the Eye in Aspen, and the San Francisco Art Institute, where I audited classes.  A stint at doing ceramics in Sana Fe, and two apprenticeships,  first with metal sculptor Barry Petrie, the second with renowned painter David Rigsby, enhanced my appreciation of sculpture and painting.

While living in Aspen, again, in the 1970's, I ran a painters' studio coop at the Aspen Institute, and was connected with the Lower East Side Gallery.  I became an admirer of stone sculptor Bill Jamison, also.

When I began to learn about stone sculpture, in 1997, I tried to attend as many workshops with important teachers as I could.  Rollie Grandbois and Jon de Celles in New Mexico, Petros Dellatolas in Greece, Jesus Bautista Moroles, Vasily Fedorouk, Kathy Caricof, and most importantly, Kazutaka Uchida are all masters who have influenced my aesthetics and craftsmanship as a stone-carver.