Born in Yokohama, as My Father spoke all languages and negotiated the contracts to re-lay the railroad lines and re-open the steel factories, in Japanese! I went to College in California, Studying Art from my Mother, a Professional Artist, who painted buildings, using several rulers and tools, would exactly calculate every step, every arch of the building.
I was raised to answer my Father in the language in which I was addressed, Parisian, Italian. Nanny came into my life, and began bringing me home to her Royal Stewart Scottish family, who lived with great love and joy.
I moved to Germany for 10 years of Government Contract Negotiations, relieving stressful meetings by wandering around Dreieichenhain; weekends in Paris, Austria, Schweitz; I began sketching the faces that I encountered… Blustering, angry, solemn, merry, joyful. I was offered a position in Schinnen, Holland, and moved to Scheveningen. Much later to Connecticut to design and build 3-story chalets, for families in transition with children and pets. Again, I sketched the people around me. A Tribe in Connecticut advertised a welcome to the Public for their traditional ceremonies, and I wrote a little note, asking if I might have permission to photograph at the
