When I was 29 years old, I started group and individual psychotherapy.  The work I do in therapy allows me to express myself through art now. 

I began painting at the age of 54.  It started at a sip and paint during a Thanksgiving trip to be with family in Spokane, Washington.  When the session started, I told the instructor, I am not going to follow your directions.  She said, you must be an artist.

That Christmas my wife, Rachel, gave me paints and canvas boards and I started painting.  In 2021, I began taking classes at the Art league School in Virginia. 

I paint with my bare hands using non-toxic pigments, walnut oil, and oil pastel crayons.  I do not use any organic solvents.  I love using different parts of my hands to create marks.  When I press my hands on a surface, I am transferring my feelings.  My art is a way I express myself and connect with others.

CV

Painting, sculpture, and drawing classes, Art League School, Alexandria, Virginia

Ph.D. in biological sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York

B.A. in biology with honors, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts