About me

I’ve been drawing since I was a child growing up in the French Quarter, and began creating illustrations and logos for clients in the 1980s. I earned B.A. in Graphic Design and Illustration from University of Oregon, with an ongoing career as a freelance artist to the present. In 1997, I designed and painted a mural of famous authors with scenes and quotes from their work on the side of a bookstore on Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland, Oregon. In 2001, I participated in the Guns in the Hands of Artists Show, at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in Portland, curated by artist Brian Borrello. I moved back to New Orleans in 2003, and began to display and sell my work at the Arts Market of New Orleans, and also worked as a designer for local film productions. In 2014, I started participating in the Community Visions Unlimited, a nonprofit urban revitalization project, creating public art in the streets and neighborhoods. I designed limited edition commemorative posters for the first 2005 Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Festival, the 2016 Satchmo SummerFest, and the 1719-2019 Algiers Tricentennial. Since 2016, I’ve been a contributing scenic artist for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. In 2018, became a member of the RHINO Contemporary Crafts Gallery. My paintings are on display at several locations in the New Orleans area.