The journey toward jewelry design didn’t start yesterday or even the day before.  Growing up in a
small town in Virginia well before computer games, I could spend hours with crayons, watercolors and
oils (for those paint-by-number canvases).  The experience paid off when I won the local newspaper coloring contest.  Early childhood experience playing with marbles contributed as I was the kid with the coolest collection, safely stored in a cigar box.

Then, there was the period when I thought being a car designer would be cool.  After all, Cadillac had “fish tails” and Chrysler had fancy “fins”.  This was followed in high school with such an interest in drafting that every one thought I was going to be an architect.  That was not the case after the Russians launched Sputnik.  So, I took the scientific route in college and then a career in
healthcare management.

Soon thereafter, I met my soul mate who over the course of our marriage has taken me in about twenty-five thousand jewelry stores.  And just when I think I have seen them all, she takes me into yet another.

Along the way, the creative eye and mind explored many directions in search of expressing one’s self, especially photography, cooking and gardening.  After all, isn’t it all about what comes together when you are focusing on colors, shapes and relationships of objects?

To fully appreciate photography, there was the Ansel Adams Yosemite Photography Workshop in the late 1980’s where I learned the role light plays in the enchantment of naturally occurring shapes.

The healthcare management career made its’ contribution too.  With every responsible position, there was a focus on continuous improvement and making things better.  Innovation and creativity surely helped organizational performance but the
real contributor was an interest in quality.

Now, after hanging up a successful career in healthcare management, I have the time to concentrate on the integration of all these skills and attributes in jewelry design: colors, shapes, light, relationships of objects, and quality. 

I hope you have enjoyed your journey through this website and will visit here often, if only to reflect on the simple beauty exhibited here and the artist expression.