My Path to Get to Where I Am
I grew up in Tacoma, Washington that incorrectly has an inferiority complex to Seattle. I was raised by a sociologist father who was overwhelmed by the chaos of 5 children, and a teacher mother who thrived on the chaos and the many extra people who thought of our house as their home. They were spiritual evangelicals but encouraged me to question everything and never blindly follow. I think my parents would have been hippies but they had too many mouths to feed.
Being hidden as the forth of five active children had great advantages, as I could make out my own path for myself. I was encouraged in my art from as early as I can remember and art was often the only positive marks from my teachers.
I began university as an Art major, but dropped out to work because rent needed to be paid. I worked in drafting jobs back when it was done with a pen and paper. I eventually went to engineering school but wanted to make that harder by having two children in the process. I miraculously received a BS in Bioengineering and an MS in Electrical Engineering. Being an engineer seemed to me like I was being paid to play. Making robots and software was just so much fun and gave another outlet to my love of creating. It turns out that I was pretty good at engineering and ended my career as a Vice President trying to guide opinionated, brilliant, quirky, and inspiring teams of creatives.
After the Engineering career at a bunch of different companies I finally decided in 2017 to stop fitting art in on the side and to pursue creating art full time.
I live and work in Tacoma, WA. My children live in the area and occupy their time building and teaching. They are awesome kids and I am super proud and fortunate to get a couple good ones.
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