I'm an artist and musician, born in Palo Alto, California. I grew up around art. I’ve been drawing since I was a little kid. To choose a favorite between art and music, they’re not really separable in some ways, I think that I’m better at the music than the art.
As a teenager, I was inspired by the bands, Pink Floyd, The Who, Jethro Tull, and guitar idol, Eric Clapton. And with musically rich San Francisco nearby, I spent many evenings at Grateful Dead shows, and began to see music as being either disciplined and rigid, or free-form and cool. It was then that I knew that I had to have a guitar. Musically, through years of nightly gigs in smoky bars, I've honed my skill as a guitar player, and have come to realize that the dichotomy that I set up for music, all those years ago, wasn’t entirely accurate: Free-form and cool takes a lot of hard work and discipline.
I am married to the most wonderful woman in the world, and currently live in Portland, Oregon, where I continue to pursue my love of art and music.
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