I’ve always had an interest in art, but I’ve no formal art training, unless I count several Heights Art courses on jewelry and mixed material since moving to Cleveland in 1998. My mother and a grandfather I never met were not artists but drew well. Starting in childhood I too liked to draw but decided to study Biology. Working as a neurobiologist, I particularly enjoyed creating the illustrations for my scientific publications.

In my free time, I experimented in knitting, quilting, air-brush drawing, and photography. I like finding abstract patterns in nature and I enjoy turning unusual and discarded materials into art objects which led to the current series of flower sculptures created from plastic bottles and jewelry from aluminum cans.