A renowned sculptor in Japan, Koukei Eri, said that one can sense in old sculptures, "a mysterious strength that has the power to touch and penetrate our spirits."
As a contemporary artist, it is my aspiration to evoke this spirit.

I began my formal studies as an artist at Pratt Institute and as a lithographic printer in New York. My work was abstract drawings, paintings, and prints, influenced by    Eastern philosophy. My interests led me to accompany a group of Japanese Buddhist monks on a Peace pilgrimage that involved walking across America for six months.
I then spent six months in Arizona with the Dine (Navajo).

I traveled to Japan and lived there for twelve years. During that time I apprenticed under the sculptor Koukei Eri. Then, I moved to a very remote mountain village.
Here I lived for ten years carving sculpture in wood and stone. The wood for my sculptures was obtained from the mountain forests, the stones from riverbeds.

I carved over two hundred sculptures in Japan for various temples, shrines, villages, businesses, individual patrons, and exhibited in many major cities. Major commissions include traveling to America to carve a seven-ton marble Buddha for the Grafton Peace Pagoda in Grafton, NY. I left Japan in September 1995.

Returning to America, I am bringing a culmination of all of my experiences and ideas together in my work. I am constantly striving to realize a synthesis of East and West. Koukei Eri said, "In the West, sculpture, like most forms of art, is viewed as a medium of artistic self-expression. By fixing his name to his works, the artist seeks to manifest his individuality - as well as to seek eternal recognition. With Buddhist sculpture, however ... what is important, is for the artist to devote himself wholeheartedly to his task in an attitude of benevolence. That's why you will find no signature or seal on a Buddhist image." In this way, I approach my own art and the work that I pursue.