I grew up the son of a plumber in Harford County,Maryland. At twenty-four, I purchased 20 acres of undeveloped forest. It was there that I started trusting my intuition and allowed myself to play with the materials of the forest.  There I owned the artist in me. Within a year or so, I started taking art classes at the local community college. I spent the next three years at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), while doing carpentry and small contracting to pay the bills. During the… more