My Story

I am a San Francisco-based figurative artist, writer, and lecturer. Born in Oxford, Mississippi, I was raised in America’s deep south until the age of twelve. I spent my teenage years living between Los Angeles and New York, finally settling in California’s wine country north of San Francisco. I have a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MFA from the Academy of Art University, both with honors. For more than a decade I was a professor in the graduate department at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. My work has been featured in dozens of museum shows and is collected by civic and educational institutions, as well as private patrons across the United States, Canada, and Europe.

In addition to painting, I am the editor-in-chief of Musings-on-Art.org, where I write articles on various Russian and European artists. I have recently written a book titled The Art & Artists of the Romanov Dynasty: 311 Years of Master Painting & Sculpture. I also write for numerous publications, including Palgrave Macmillan, the Military History Quarterly, American Arts Quarterly, Southwest Art, Art Collector, International Artists Magazine, Contemporary International Artists and Art Business News.

I live in Northern California along side my Russian Wolfhounds. When not tending to my garden, I keep busy enjoying time in my painting studio.