Bio I was born in Georgetown and spent most of my childhood between Washington D. C. and Boston. I moved to Deephaven, Minnesota in 1969 at the age of 12. I received my first (and most important) painting instruction from my mother, Elinor Boehm, an impressionist who studied under Edmund Wuerpel, the well-known tonalist and student of Claude Monet. I began working in large formats at an early age, creating wall paintings for neighbors and decorating the hallways and classrooms of local schools. I attended the University of Minnesota from 1979 to 1984, where I majored in oil painting with a minor in psychology. After graduating I participated in a variety of group shows around the Twin Cities while doing post-graduate study at MCAD and Atelier Lack. Through these shows, I met people in publishing circles who hired me to create artwork for local magazines such as Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Corporate Report. This exposure led to book design projects (Random House), illustration opportunities (General Mills, Buena Vista Television, Disney), and trade show design (Fidelity, Aetrium, Vista Information). The current focus of my work involves murals and other large-scale public art projects. Statement With the advent of digital imaging, my "painting" medium has largely shifted from oils to pixels. I find that working digitally is perfect for the large-scale projects I prefer. Perhaps because my roots are in oil painting I have always had a fascination with transparency and the limitless potential for expression offered by working in layers. New media allows me to work in multiple layers simultaneously rather than sequentially, which lends a new spontaneity to my assemblages. My artwork explores the indomitable quality of the human spirit: the inspirations, motivations and psychological constructs that allow individuals to endure and flourish under the most challenging circumstances. Through the use of metaphor, object association and symbolism, couched in multiple, translucent picture planes, I delve into the myriad facets that constitute the essence of my subject.