I got started in bonsai in 1977 after visiting the collection at Longwood Gardens in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania. Since that time I have very actively pursued bonsai through my personal collection as well as through participation in bonsai organizations. In 1987 I was one of a number of people to be honored as "one of America's Outstanding Bonsai Artists " by the National Bonsai Foundation. A tree I exhibited in the Outstanding American Bonsai invitational exhibition at the International Bonsai Congress '87 is pictured in Randy Clark's book, "Outstanding American Bonsai." I have won many honors for my bonsai, including two Best of Show awards, at the annual Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition in Chicago.

I demonstrate and lecture for bonsai groups throughout the world. I have been a featured demonstrator and teacher at a number of U.S. regional and national conventions.

I contribute frequently to bonsai publications and was a featured columnist for the American Bonsai Society Journal for four years. One of my articles was translated and published in Czechoslovakia prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union! I have served as president of the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society and the Bonsai Association of Michigan. I have also served as a director and officer of Bonsai Clubs International and a director of the National Bonsai Foundation. Website