In the process of making 2-D or 3-D art I add what makes sense and subtract what doesn’t. That is a process that can take years or realized in a day. What I add or what I keep represents my history, dreams, memories, and personal aesthetic. I want the finished piece to translate the psychological loop and tell a complete story. I have maintained my professional contemporary art practice for over 40 years. In that time, I received my BFA in painting at Kansas University, my MFA’s in Painting and Ceramics at Washington University in Saint Louis. I exhibit widely in the US and Europe. Currently, my indoor/outdoor studio is in Kansas City, Kansas. The development of my visual language took on new heights while living in London, Boston, Los Angeles and various cities in the Midwest. Most vividly, I worked in an AIDS hospice for five years. The experiences at the hospice are forever seared into my always expanding queer abstract language.