Compared to many artists, I am relatively new to the field of glass art.  Although I have been fascinated by fire and glass blowing since I was a child, I did not start my life as a glass artist until 2010.  A visit to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington finally convinced me that life was too short to delay acting on my passion.  I took a one-hour class on bead making while visiting the museum and began converting part of my garage to a glass studio shortly thereafter. 


Marine Pollution research

My day job is to conduct research on the effects of pollution on the coastal marine life of southern California.  I am the head of the Toxicology Department for the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, one of the premier public research agencies in the US. One of my main areas of research is to develop better ways to measure the effects of pollution on the health of the organisms living in ocean sediments.  Here's a short video about my work.

Family

Here is my family.  Daughter Maile with her husband Alfredo.  Next to me is my wife Cathy, a marine biology professor at a local community college.