Born in New Jersey but grew up in NE, Nebraska on the Winnebago Indian Reservation. MFA in Art Education, Rhode Island School of Design '92. Currently in my 30th year as a High School Art Teacher. I'm a fith Generation descendent of Asher B. Durand of the Hudson River School. Primarily an acrylic landscape painter, I have been working in pastels for the past two years as a tool mostly for plein air painting.