I grew up in upstate New York along the Vermont border. After college in Boston I moved north up the coast to Newburyport and the Parker River Wildlife Refuge, which reignited my interest in nature and the role of the environment in our lives. I quickly began carving, using the inherited skills of my woodworking father. The tall and elegant Great Blue Heron, Seagulls and many migrating song birds stirred my passions and I soon found a little storefront along Water Street, opening in 1975.

In 1989 I met and married Marlene and together we moved back to Vermont, found an old farm along Lake Champlain and with sheep, a steer named Clarence and the barn cats that accompanied it, built a gallery in one of the old buildings.

Over the years I had done craft and one man shows around the country, but it was now time to stay home and be a part of the wonderful countryside we had discovered. With Marlene taking on much of the business duties of paperwork, photography and communication, I worked in new directions inspired again by the environment, many years of birdwatching, and with a new sense of how important our domestic animal friends can be in our lives. Dogs, cats, cattle all began appearing more and more in my work. Garden vegetables—onions, pumpkins, giant acorn squashes, their insects both beneficial and pests, all seemed to need documentation.

Over the years we built a new house, spent countless hours removing and repairing old buildings, clearing brush, mowing fields and establishing a sculpture field along the road. The gallery has now become two galleries and we continue to invite bike tours, day trippers and neighbors all to share in our beautiful Lake Champlain view, historical area and the sense of peace, long a part of this valley.