I was born in New Orleans Louisiana on August 18, 1960 the youngest of three brothers. As a child my mother kept me occupied with coloring books, building blocks and clay while she tended to her housework. This was my first experience with creativity and I was hooked. My first experience with oil painting came when I was fifteen and my mother bought me a paint by numbers set which proved to be both a challenging and inspiring experience.
Not long after, my high school art teacher, Bill Taylor, saw potential in my ability and introduced me to surrealism through the art of Salvador Dali. I knew then that I wanted to pursue art and painting as a career. I attended Southeastern University in Hammond, Louisiana for my first year in college and dutifully declared my major in business in accordance with my fathers plan. At mid-semester I changed my major to Fine Arts without first consulting with my father. I transferred to University of New Orleans and continued on my path to a degree in Fine Arts which I received in 1983 with my despondent father in attendance.
In 1986 I moved to New York City where I lived for ten years. There I learned more of the business side of the art world by attending a commercial art school, working in art galleries and eventually opening my own frame shop in Soho. In 1996 I moved to Rincon, Puerto Rico where I opened the Secret Garden Art Gallery. After three years I closed the gallery to return to New Orleans, having been gone for thirteen years. Back in New Orleans I met Jonathan Ferrara who now represents me at his gallery. I opened my own antique restoration business along with a frame shop co-owned by Jonathan Ferrara. The year of 2005 brought Hurricane Katrina which completely destroyed my antique restoration business and severely crippled my framing business. In December, 2006 I returned to Puerto Rico to manage Villa Orleans guest house which I own with my brothers and I and also to reopen the Secret Garden Art Gallery where I continue to paint and sell art. Please visit the links to the right to visit the webpages.
