I began serious studio work with enamels in the early 1970’s. I have taught college classes and workshops, and have exhibited widely both nationally and internationally to the present.

In 1985, I started Apa Ini, a folk art gallery in Portland, Oregon. For the next 20 years, I traveled extensively in SE Asia, Middle Europe, and Turkey as a dealer in ethnographic and tribal arts & crafts. During that time my personal work evolved in many different directions from making masks and life-size puppets in Bali to continuing to work in small scale enamel sculpture and jewelry.

In 2005, I returned to full-time studio work with enamels and metal.