Breaking, cutting, reassembling, recycling, reimagining, renewing…mosaic is a patient, thoughtful, mesmerizing and historic art form.

My mixed media pieces are a study in art fundamentals, all the fundamentals a beginning art student learns and all the ones experienced artists need to continually practice.

Materials include stained glass, metal, wire, ceramic, beads, and found objects.

I often mix pattern with organic shapes. Leaves, flowers, stems and branches become the vehicles for patterns of all kinds. Fun, surprising, ironic.

Again, I do not want my drawings to be plagued with editorial complexities, but rather, overrun with sincerity.

I wish for viewers to pause, appreciate, get drawn in by the materials, step back, look at the work as a whole and, simple say, that’s beautiful. If the work evokes a memory or a conversation, then fantastic, but the first reaction should always be a calm, cathartic exhale.

Materials are primarily colored pencils and acrylic paint on paper.

This gallery shows that print advertising is still a vital part of promoting an event, program or product. I look at these pieces as "mini exhibits", still engaging, inviting and informative, displaying quickly the company's best attributes.

…because there is no better subject matter than nature. Pure beauty.

What glorious places museums are! This gallery shows my most passionate design work.

My goal is to develop panels that excite, enlighten and encourage learning for children and families, creating educational materials that find the emotional connection between viewer and object.

I began my graphic design career in the newspaper business. I was trained in the old school procedures of key-line and paste-up. While those techniques are now extinct, I learned the importance of beautiful typography, and the right balance of design elements and photography. Page layout and composition remains a favorite part of my job.

Logos, while looking simple, are the most challenging to design. With just a few strokes, a logo needs to convey a mood and a message. The most effective are clean, clever and not over-designed. This gallery shows a few of my favorites that I created.

Eye-catching but readable typography, expressive photography, fun illustrations, combined with open space (where the eye can rest) are important here. I've learned less is often more.

You can judge a book by it's cover. These pieces illustrate the power a first impression can have.

A few of my other favorite images.