I moved to Venice Beach,Ca. in the 60's with my family. I started painting when I was a teenager. I had very helpful art teachers in public schools. I took art lessons from Harvey Hetland in Pasadena when I was 15. I participated in a junior artist exhibit at the Pasadena Museam before it became Norton Simon Museaum and saw an Andy Warhol and Ellsworth Kelly exhibit and fell in love with art. Iv'e been hooked ever since
I just kept creating whenever I could. When I sold my first painting I realized this was it. I have...more