My (IN)famous Journey Here

  I was born and raised on Long Island, lived in New York City for thirty years and currently live on a house barge back on Long Island with my Pug Hannah and a French Bull Dog named Tallulah Rose.

I received a B.A. in Art and Literature from SUNY Empire State College, NY and am pursuing a Masters Degree from the Learning and Emerging Technologies program at Empire State College. 

I am member of Actor’s Equity (AEA) and the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) and also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

In my Arts background I was strongly influenced by the brilliance of Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and began my creation of celebrity portraits in the early 1980's. 

 

Having had the opportunity to watch and learn from the talented KEITH HARING as he created his now famous New York City Subway Murals, I tried to incorporate the simplicity of Haring's lines, the beauty of Warhol's color and the written word of Basquiat to develop my own combo-style of personality portraiture. I have had the opportunity to meet with many of the famous celebrity subjects who have graciously signed their portraits thus making their signatures and written comments a part of the original piece.

 

With the onset of the technological age I created of

The Michael Evers Art Gallery as a venue to sell and display my art pieces.

I am  currently blessed to run a program in Southampton, Long Island for 18 Developmentally Disabled Adults which has become one of my most favorite life experiences. It is my hope that I will be able to incorporate the information learned from the MALET program to help better the lives of these wonderful individuals I work with each day.