I was born in Lithuania, where I grew up and graduated from art school. Before leaving the country, for eight years, I had a successful career as a porcelain artist.

In 1988 I immigrated to the USA. Here in America I began a new career as a fine artist specializing in graphic arts.

After my first two solo shows and a number of group shows I began to understand how difficult it is to survive as a fine artist, regardless of successful art sales. So, I found a graphic design teacher and for one year took private lessons in computer graphics.

As a graphic designer I freelanced for a while, and later found a position with a business management-consulting firm, E-Myth Academy, where I worked for four years as their creative director. While there I continued working on fine art and had two more solo shows. In 2000 I left the Academy and created a solo venture called Monograf, once again mostly focusing on my art. This time however my primary tools were a computer, a 35mm. camera, and a scanner.