After completing my PhD in Asian and Japanese art at the University of Kansas, and following years of professional experience in art museums and universities, and research and travel in Japan, I began my own business based in Lawrence, Kansas, as an independent researcher and appraiser of a broad range of Asian art and antiquities. I conduct research for private collectors, museums, universities, and businesses, providing information on their art, assessing quality and determining valuations of their collections.

Complementing this work, I lecture about Japanese culture and art at museums, universities, professional organizations, scholarly symposia, and businesses throughout the United States and internationally.

Additionally, I plan and lead personalized art and architecture-focused cultural tours to Japan for adult and university student groups.

My research studies on various aspects of Japanese art have been published in museum catalogues, encyclopedias, multi-authored scholarly books, and journals such as Orientations, and in two books: Tea of the Sages, the Art of Sencha (1998) and Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art: 1600-2005 (2007), both on subjects not previously addressed in non-Japanese literature.

In addition, I produce professional quality stock and art photography of public art, pre-modern and contemporary buildings, gardens, temples, and urban life in Japan.