I have been making art for many years. I am a pulmonary/critical care physician. I believe that each of these paths originate from the same, if not parallel, places.

The practice of medicine can only be initiated after the most rigorous devotion to scientific fact, hoping that people can be helped to overcome their inevitable biologic wounds.

In contrast, my artmaking began informally, and I am self-trained.
My life as an artist has always been deeply intertwined with my life as a physician. I have always felt the need of connecting the biologic challenges of my patients with the significant emotional, sometimes spiritual conflicts they face.

My art is often about storytelling; my own stories, those of my patients, or totally independent and imagined.