​I am a poet, writer, musician, artist and teacher. I began writing poetry when I was 8 years old and became a well-published poet and editor (Gegenschein Press). I have been published in numerous magazines and have had many books of poetry published including What I Don’t Know For Sure (Burning Deck) and Periods, selected writings 1972-1987 (Gegenschein). I have given numerous poetry readings in the U.S. and Europe.

 

I began playing music in 1975 and was a part of the New Wave/Punk Scene in NYC, fronting two bands (The N.DoDo Band and Didus and the Fabulous Mascarenes) while writing over 200 songs. I also produced over 50 shows of music, poetry, art and dance at
my NYC performance loft- The Gegenschein Vaudeville Placenter from 1976-1978.

 

In 1987 I began to paint. Since 1987 I have had numerous one person and group shows of my artwork in the U.S. and Europe. In April 2012 I had a one person show at the Museé Création Franche in Beglés, France. In 1994 I opened my first gallery (Wares For Art) in Soho, NY. Since then I have curated shows of art and produced performances of music and performance art. I am the U.S. representative for a number of European and American outsider artists. I have written a number of articles on Outsider art for Raw Vision magazine (England) and Out of Art (Netherlands).

In 1999 I began teaching at P.S. 41 (The Greenwich Village School) in Manhattan. From 1999 to 2015 I developed and taught a unique curriculum of art and poetry that I created called Expression Art. Then in 2016 I became the studio coordinator at Pure Vision Arts, a studio for autistic and developmentally handicapped artists until 2017 when I returned to substitute teaching in elementary schools in Queens, NY. which, I presently do. I am presently on the boards of Pure Vision Arts (New York) and the Musée Création Franche in Bégles , France.