After traversing the Country and living in half its States, I’ve been a WA resident for almost a decade now and a retired carpenter almost that long. I continue to enjoy sawdust by creating Victorian dollhouses, satisfy my Pennsylvania Dutch heritage with painted quilts and dolls, and spend my leisure hours writing books and renovating a 1940s cottage. DEGREE: BFA, Summa cum laude, with dual majors in 2D and 3D Art (emphasis on trompe l’oeil), minor in Creative Writing from University of Wisconsin at Whitewater attained at the age of 50 years young. ARTIST’S OVERVIEW: Although my work and studies have been pursued with the goal of obtaining skills in as many genres as possible, my focus encompasses two venues: 1) to distort the size and perception of the viewers’ realities allowing momentary escape and 2) changing the future of women by structuring theirs and their children’s ideas.