BIOGRAPHY

• Lives in Northern California East Bay Area

• Studied at California State University of the East Bay Hayward, California

• Exhibited art work in galleries, universities and through art association’s locale

• Prior to moving to California, lived in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at Brooklyn College
  
  Membership:
  Pro Arts, Oakland CA
  The Art and Culture Commission of Contra
     Costa County, Martinez CA
  The Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA

Artist Statement

I enjoy seeking out photographic subjects with an eye toward their successful translation into an abstract work of art.  My recent designs combine my interest in photography, digital photography and multimedia.  In my current series, I use numerous travels as inspiration and photographs taken in Dakar Senegal, the Gambia, West Africa and Granville Island, British Columbia. 

Before my interest in photography, I have had a lifelong interest in painting. Today, I especially love creating digital images using free-form techniques, rendering light and color, editing and manipulating them with computer technology.  I create interesting digital effects on photographic subjects, texturing or blurring to illustrate movement, an added dynamic to the image.  It is exciting to distort a basic image in a variety of ways producing an abstract work of art.   My aim is to depict enough realism in the abstract work to have universal appeal.