While in many ways always an artist, my route to full time stone sculpture has been a bit circuitous. I spent all the summers of my youth on the coast of Maine: sailing, rowing, kayaking and just generally messing around in boats. I also spent a great deal of time on larger vessels. My dad owned and captained the 100-foot schooner Blue Dolphin that he used for oceanographic research. As a young adult I continued to spend summers on sea working as first mate aboard a private sailing yacht cruising the New England Coast.Academically, my training is not directly in the fine arts. My undergraduate degree is in geology and not surprisingly included courses in the marine sciences. While at Dartmouth and for a while thereafter I competed nationally and internationally in kayaking. Kayaking gave way to graduate studies in mechanical engineering - an art and a science. But the fine arts seduced me away. Although largely self-taught, I have studied briefly with B. Amore and Fredrick Brownstein; and without a doubt my training in geology and engineering has contributed substantially to my success in sculpture. Many have asked me, "How does one go from engineering to an artist sculpting stone?" To that I have two answers: "One, how could I not; and two, I don't find there to be much difference between art, science, and engineering."