Biography
One of the first computers I used as a kid was the original Macintosh. My dad would check one out from Wayne State University in Detroit, where he worked. He would bring it home over a weekend.
I remember playing games. My favorite was Dark Castle.
What I remember most was making art. I would use MacPaint to draw shapes and use textures to fill the spaces. I was about 5 years old.
My interest in using technology for art continued throughout my life. I started playing with Adobe Illustrator on Dan’s computer, one of my dad’s coworkers. I struggled to understand the interface since it was way more complex than I was used to. We eventually got a copy of HyperCard, a visual programming application that used the metaphor of cards in a stack to animate and jump from interface to interface.
Over the years I experimented with different ways of making art with a computer. As I entered adulthood, I leaned into graphic design, interactive media and photography. These three passions would be the undercurrent of my college and career journeys.
Over nearly 25 years I’ve written software close to the spectrum of design. Frontend engineering kept me building things people could see and use.
Meanwhile my photography shifted the other direction. The creative process and chemistry of film tickled my imagination more than digital mediums. My image-making continues to drift toward being as analog as possible.
Those are the two constants. I also enjoy diving deep into building knowledge and experience in various, sometimes random endeavors: guitar building, cycling and bicycle building, farming, calligraphy, woodworking, RV travel, and music, so far.
There is so much in this world to learn and experience.
