Though I have no degree in art, I come from an artistic background.  My grandmother worked in oils, and earned a listing in Davenport’s.  My father, a biology professor, worked in Higgins Inks, and became a sought-after wildlife illustrator.  He taught me how to use a camera, and the rudiments of darkroom work.

I trained as a physician, and for thirty-five years in Vermont and on Cape Cod, I practiced country medicine, staffed the Emergency Room, and served as a Regional Medical Examiner.  Photography and pencil sketching were a refuge from this stressful work, a place to stretch my restless artist’s legs, and a source of a sense of accomplishment quite different from the rewards of medicine and science.  Art is a compulsion; while I never stopped doing it to reward myself, the demands of a hectic medical life precluded my participating in art shows or exhibitions.

As my medical career wound down, digital imaging and the internet emerged—a perfect storm for me.  Now I work in digital images almost exclusively.  I belong to the Cape Cod Art Association, the Provincetown Art Association, and the Duxbury Art Association.  I have exhibited in these venues and others throughout Southeastern Massachusetts.  I recently joined Studio Montclair, Inc., in New Jersey, and have exhibited there, as well.