I was born in Massachusetts in 1965.  I went to Northeastern University and M. I. T. for physics but left long before earning a degree to work as a staff artist for the Christian Science Monitor daily newspaper from 1986 until 1989.  Freelance illustration and a stint at an art materials retailer followed.  Since 1992 my vocation and avocation have been painting.  My wife Charlene and I live in Alameda, California.