I love teaching and I consider it a joy and privilege to be part of the creative process of my students. 

 

I started teaching in 1999 in Edinburgh, Scotland where I was studying at the Edinburgh College of Art, and started my own art and design school in 2001 in Florence, Italy. I also studied drawing in the old masters' style at an atelier deep in the heart of Florence's art scene. Every few years I go back to Florence and study drawing again to keep up my skills and learn from my own mentors.

 

After I moved back to the U.S. from Europe I continued to teach in my studio and now privately in home studios or a student's private studio. I continue the same close teaching style I have always followed and been trained in- mentoring and guiding, building foundational skills and developing each student's style, vision and direction for their art practice.

 

I also help established artists who might need a change in direction or want to improve their work to tackle that process. I do this through private critiques and self-assessment exercises. The medium can be in painting, drawing, photography, design, ceramics.  

 

I've ushered many students through their creative process over the years and several have sought further study in art and design programs at Yale, Berkeley and other major universities and colleges throughout the United States. I continue to coach artists and designers of all ages in their art and design practice.