I am a stream of consciousness abstract expressionist.  My interest in being creative was influenced early by my maternal grandfather Henri Hausli from Zurich, Switzerland whose parents gave him up for adoption as a child due to their financial limitations. He was raised as a chef via the Brigade de cuisine system from childhood. Grandfather was flamboyant, a culinary artist who smoked cigars, carved ice sculptures and owned a popular restaurant in NYC. He became a famous chef. I remember as a child when he would come to Atlanta the best chefs ( especially from the Chateau Fleur De Lis ) would hear of his arrival and invite him to come and critique their cooking.

MY ART EDUCATION IN PARIS

In 1992 after two years of showing my art on the streets of downtown Atlanta, I was chosen by a jury from Paris to be part of a group show exhibit for Mayor Jacques Chirac at the Sorbonne chapel. This was the beginning of my education on how art is indeed a stream. It was only two weeks but I made good use of my time there visiting literally every gallery in Paris and of course these three major museums, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, and Centre Pompidou covering the historic flow of art from the sixth century B.C. through the 19th century A.D. in the Louvre,  second half of the 19th century and early years of the 20th in the Musee d'Orsay, and from then to today at the Centre Pompidou. I completed my peek at art history with a visit to the Palace of Versailles to see the paintings and gardens and then went to the famous Paris flea market at Porte de Clignancourt, (Les Puces de Saint-Ouen) to take the temperature of the current street art in Paris. This was my in-person visit and lesson on the history of painting.

My emphasis is painting what I feel in the moment when I am creating a painting. I began as a full-time artist in 1990 and displayed my art in thirty-two venues from restaurants to beauty salons to any place that would exhibit my work, and every day on the street outside the Jimmy Carter Library near Little Five Points where I sold paintings almost every day

My work initially looked very graffiti-like and a Soho newspaper described it as 'cartoon style' in 1992 when I participated in a group show there. My newest work the last few years is usually nonrepresentational and leans toward a more impressionistic abstract style.  

My goal has always been to create one-of-a-kind original paintings and every piece stands on its own representing the creative energy I experienced in that moment.