Although I am devoted to my fine art, tools of choice oils, I am a dedicated, customer-focused creative professional with proven interpersonal, communications and multitasking skills.
I was born in New York City, raised speaking both English and Spanish which enabled me as an adult to take on another three languages, thereby making me fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and some German. These latter three were acquired living and working in Berlin, Hamburg, and Paris during eight years, and having visited Brazil for many winters.
As a fine artist, taught at acclaimed institutions High School of Art & Design and The School of Visual Arts, I've shared acquired skills by tutoring portrait painting in oils to art students, from beginner to intermediate levels. We cover everything from capturing a subject's likeness, understanding light and shadow, color, mood, the virtues of quick brushwork, working into a wet surface. I also encourage understanding oil mediums, palettes of oils and canvas foundation including proper stretching.
Having created my own website showcasing my paintings, I've have been very much involved in the development of sites for my peers as well as for others, using strong Photoshop and HTML tools.
I have also been a Mac computer consultant for owners feeling intimidated by simple tasks, software related or otherwise, configurations, or one of many, many things their computer is capable of that they still can't fathom.