Biographical Highlights

Born in Portland, Oregon

Graduated University of Washington.

Professional calligrapher. Began teaching.

Founding member and first president: The Society for Calligraphy & Handwriting.

Visited Israel for two months.

Designed first Ketubah.

Published first edition Hebrew Calligraphy Styles.
Began teaching at Letters of Joy, an annual regional calligraphy conference sponsored by Write on Calligraphers of Edmonds, WA. For information: Letters Of Joy 2010

Published second, completely revised, edition of Hebrew Calligraphy Styles.

Instructor. Soundings, International Calligraphy Conference. Tacoma, WA

First slide talk: The Beauty of Hebrew Calligraphy,” The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

Private study of original Hebrew manuscripts (The British Library, London; The Bodleian Library, Oxford; & Klau Library, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH

Second slide talk: “The Ketubah: Art in Context,” Tree of Life Books & Judaica, Seattle, WA

Instructor. The Calligraphy Connection, International Calligraphy Conference. St. John’s College, MN

Published Finding the Flow: A Calligraphic Journey and reprinted second edition of HCS.

First “Finding the Flow” workshop. San Francisco, Friends of Calligraphy

First “Dynamics” workshops: Ellensburg, WA & Montréal, Quebec (see Teaching for information)