Born to an entertainment family in the early 50's, our village (Hollywood) provided the nurturing environment for my artistic development. Always into plants, I began to appreciate things around me, percolating for years until being exposed to the impressionist masters, a movement I could really relate to. By 15 our cavernous living room was now a studio with my easel in one corner (the same one I use today) and a few chairs for reluctant models to await their fate. Reining in my outrageous initial expressions, I began to eliminate the human form from my repertoire and focus on the...more
