ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

I was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1967, and have lived here my whole life. This is the area I know and love.  I grew up in Salisbury, Maryland, went to school in Salisbury, and now teach fines arts to others who live in Salisbury.  I have always enjoyed the unique opportunities available to artists of the Eastern Shore.  Not many places allow the artist the space necessary to create.  When I am not teaching art, I enjoy being outdoors and observing nature.  I am an avid waterfowl hunter and love being on the marsh.

I have always had an interest in art.  Ever since I was a child, I have always liked to draw and create things.  I can remember my grandfather, who was a talented woodworker, showing me how to draw the outline of a duck at an early age.  In school I excelled in art classes, even winning first place for a painting I did during my senior year of high school. After high school, I won a local art scholarship and enrolled at Salisbury State College and declared my major as art.  During my junior year of college, I transferred to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to earn a degree in art education.  This degree allowed me the opportunity to teach others what I love to do.  Upon graduation, I began teaching fine arts at James M. Bennett High School, and have been doing so for the past sixteen years.