My artistic passion began in my prime years when I lived in Yokohama, Japan. It was 1970 and I was two. My interests in Japanese comics and the cartoons was impactful, to this day. I was drawn-in by the bold graphics, the drama and use of movement within the stories as well as the art I saw on television. It truly influenced my own illustrative style, I love their techniques to tell a story with the bold language of graphic icons.

My relocation to Rome, Italy, at age nine also proved to be a fortuitous move for me. I was an artist in the making at that point and hadn't realized it. I had the unique chance to see the actual pieces I studied in my Art History courses, it gave me a great scope of how art and its history can deeply influence each other. I felt inspired to walk where the greatest artists of our time actually lived, but also to see and feel their inspirations firsthand.

My move to NYC to study design I believe, completed the cycle which I began in Yokohama. I was finally studying design and conceptual thinking at one of the best art school's in the nation at the time, The School of Visual Arts. I immediately thrived there and connected right away with many of the professors. It was an amazing place to be during that time, you felt like you were at the very center of the art world. SVA, more than anything taught me concept development. Not only strategies of idea-making but how to take that idea, push it past its limits, then how to bring it back for mental consumption. Learning techniques within your own works was up to how far you could push.

After 35 years of commercial design industry as a brand developer, I am still helping new business owners achieve their dreams through concept development, online marketing, advertising, and promotional design strategies.