Welcome! Please tell us about yourself.
I was born in Buffalo, NY, to a working-class family. As a child, I was interested in art and history. I attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, where I received a BFA in Sculpture and a BA in Art History. After school, I moved to New York and attended Hunter College, where I studied in the Master’s Program in Art History. I soon realized that I was not an academic. I began painting in my small apartment, eventually working out of a studio in East Harlem. In the late 1980s, my wife and I purchased property in Sidney Center and built a house on it. We have been coming to this area since.
When did you become an artist?
That’s a tough one. Does one ever truly “become” an artist? I’ve been drawing and painting since childhood, but I would struggle to pinpoint when I became an artist. For me, it’s a journey – a path one takes to enrich the world.
